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C9: Concentration energy slang definitions Adapted from http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=energy_slang
A special truck is used to transport propane. These trucks are designed to run on propane. The back of the truck is much shorter than other tanker trucks used to transport gasoline or diesel. / “Bobtail”This is a solid carbon made from coal. It is used to make steel. It is a refined product often burned to generate electricity. / "Coke"
This is a scraping tool that is sent through a pipeline to clean it out. "Smart " ones have sensors that can detect cracks or corrosion in the pipeline, helping to prevent leaks. / “Pig”
Doing this to a switch or a circuit breaker means to switch-off the flow of electricity through a section of an electric circuit. This can disconnect electricity in a small circuit like a certain area of a house. It can also be more widespread, disconnecting a generating station from the larger electric power grid. A circuit may be turned off on purpose, in order to safely do electrical work. Sometimes a circuit gets turned off unintentionally, causing a power outage. / “Trip”
A is a type of elevator used in a mineshaft to move miners and equipment. / "Cage"
This is a buried anchor attached to a wire rope, or "guy line," that is used to keep a derrick standing upright / "Dead Man"
A nickname for an oil rig worker. / "Roughneck"
The point where crude oil and natural gas leave a well. / "Wellhead"
A building where nuclear reactors are contained. The shape and size of containment buildings may vary from station to station. / "Can"
This converts animal waste into usable energy. On some dairy farms, the muck from inside the barn is collected and put into a large tank. Inside it, methane gas is separated from the liquid and solid waste. The methane gas can then be used to generate electricity to light the barn, or to sell to the electric power grid. / "Digester"
This term refers to the ownership rights of a mineral property (oil, gas, or coal). The owner is entitled to a share of the money made from oil, gas, or coal production on the property. / "Royalty"
This is when electricity is moved through a local grid for use in another area. / "Wheeling"
This is the basic gasoline-making process in a refinery.It uses high temperatures, low pressure, and a catalyst to create a chemical reaction that breaks heavy gas oil into smaller gasoline molecules. With this process, more of each barrel of oil can be turned into gasoline. / "Cat Cracker"
(short for catalytic cracker)
A small house located on the floor of an oil or gas rig that is usually used as an office or storage area. / "Doghouse"
A technology that traps pollutants and keeps them from escaping into the air. They are used in an electric power plant to trap sulfur that is produced from burning coal or natural gas / “Scrubber”
A well that is not drilled in a proven field. / "Wildcat"
A set of valves, pipes, and fittings used to control the flow of oil and gas as it leaves a well and enters a pipeline. / “Christmas Tree”
This is the exposed area from which coal is extracted. / "Face"
A technology that converts radiant energy from the sun into electrical or heat energy. Photovoltaic cells in the solar panels change radiant energy to electrical energy. The electrical energy can be used to power appliances in the building. Electricity not needed for the building may be sold to electric utilities using the electric grid. / "Solar System"
A group of wind turbines used to generate electricity. / “Wind Farm”
The place where a company that sells natural gas receives the natural gas from the pipeline company. The "(this) price" is the sales price of the natural gas at this point. / "City Gate"
A kind of pump that is sometimes used to pump oil from a well. Named this because of its shape. / “Horse Head”
A set of tanks used to store petroleum products. / "Tank Farm"
Another name for uranium oxide, named for its color and texture. After uranium is mined and separated from ore, it is made into this and shipped to a conversion plant for more processing. Uranium must first be converted into a gaseous form and then go through a long process of "enrichment" before it can be used by a nuclear power plant. / "Yellowcake"