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A light petroleum distillate that is used in space heaters, cook stoves, and water heaters and is suitable for use as a light source when burned in wick-fed lamps. Kerosene has a maximum distillation temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent recovery point, a final boiling point of 572 degrees Fahrenheit, and a minimum flash point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Included are No. 1-K and No. 2-K, the two grades recognised by ASTM Specification D 3699 as well as all other grades of kerosene called range or stove oil, which have properties similar to those of No. 1 fuel oil. Also see Kerosene-type jet fuel.
Industry:Energy
The buying and selling of futures contracts so as to protect energy traders from unexpected or adverse price fluctuations.
Industry:Energy
The price at which supply equals demand for the Day-ahead or hour-ahead markets.
Industry:Energy
A kerosene-based product having a maximum distillation temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent recovery point and a final maximum boiling point of 572 degrees Fahrenheit and meeting ASTM Specification D 1655and Military Specifications MIL-T-5624P and MIL-T-83133D (Grades JP-5and JP-8). It is used for commercial and military turbo jet and turbo prop aircraft engines.
*Commercial: Kerosene-type jet fuel intended for use in commercial aircraft.
*Military: Kerosene-type jet fuel intended for use in military aircraft.
Industry:Energy
Contracts which establish future prices and quantities of electricity independent of the short-term market. Derivatives may be used for this purpose.
Industry:Energy
A contract in which the price of uranium is not specifically determined at the time the contract is signed but is based instead on the prevailing market price at the time of delivery. A market price contract may include a floorprice, that is, a lower limit on the eventual settled price. The floorprice and the method of price escalation generally are determined whenthe contract is signed. The contract may also include a price ceiling or a discount from the agreed-upon market price reference.
Industry:Energy
An oily, colorless, hygroscopic liquid with a camphor-like odor. Used in soap making, dry cleaning, plasticizers, insecticides, and germicides.
Industry:Energy
A mirror that reflects solar rays onto a central receiver. A heliostat automatically adjusts its position to track daily or seasonal changes in the sun's position. The arrangement of heliostats around a central receiver is also called a solar collector field.
Industry:Energy
The pricepaid for uranium delivery under a market-price contract. The price iscommonly (but not always) determined at or sometime before delivery and may be related to a floor price, ceiling price, or discount.
Industry:Energy
A unit of apparent power, equal to 1,000 volt-amperes; the mathematical product of the volts and amperes in an electrical circuit.
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