Dictionary of Energy
Covering all aspects of energy and its role in society, this unique text provides a comprehensive and organized body of knowledge on what is certain to become an increasingly vital area of scientific study in the 21st century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dictionary of Energy
P: packaged air conditioner pyrotechnics
packaged air conditioner passive ventilation
packaged air conditioner
HVAC. a complete, self-contained air-conditioning unit assembled into one casing.
PAD
Petroleum Administration for Defense.
PADD
Petroleum Administration for Defense District.
paddlewheel
Transportation. a steam vessel propelled by rotating, horizontal-axis wheels that enter the water more or less perpendicu-larly to propel the ship.
paddlewheel The historic paddlewheel packet boat Gordon Greene, seen on the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
PAFC
phosphoric acid fuel cell.
PAH
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza
1919 1980, Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, including a period of tumultuous change in the world oil market. In 1979 religious opposition, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, drove the Shah into exile, setting off a chain of events that contributed to a sharp rise in oil prices and eventually triggered a global recession.
paint pot
another term for MUD POT.
pair production
Nuclear. a process in which a high-energy photon, generally interacting with an atomic nucleus, produces a particle and an antiparticle; this is the chief method by which energy from gamma rays is observed in condensed matter.
paludification
Biomass. the process of development of a peat bog; the decaying of plant matter to form a bed of peat.
palynology
Climate Change. ...
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