high calorific value
1calorific value — /ˌkælərɪfɪk ˈvælju/ (say .kaluhrifik valyooh) noun 1. the amount of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given quantity of a substance, especially a fuel. 2. Also, calorific content. the number of calories (def. 2) in a type of food:… …
2calorific — [[t]kæ̱lərɪ̱fɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains. [TECHNICAL] ...food with a high calorific value. ...highly calorific fats …
3high volatile A bituminous coal — n the rank of coal, within the bituminous class of the Classification D388, such that on the dry and mineral matter free basis, the volatile matter content of the coal is greater than 31 % (or the fixed carbon content is less than 69 %), and its… …
4high volatile B bituminous coal — n the rank of coal, within the bituminous class of Classification D388, such that, on the moist, mineral matter free basis, the gross calorific value of the coal in British thermal units per pound is equal to greater than 13 000 (30.24 Mj/kg) but …
5high volatile C bituminous coal — n the rank of coal, within the bituminous class of Classification D388, such that, on the moist, mineral matter free basis, the gross calorific value of the coal in British thermal units per pound is equal to or greater than 11 500 (26.75 Mj/kg)… …
6coal utilization — Introduction combustion of coal or its conversion into useful solid, gaseous, and liquid products. By far the most important use of coal is in combustion, mainly to provide heat to the boilers of electric power plants. Metallurgical coke… …
7oil shale — Geol. a black or dark brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation. [1870 75] * * * Any fine grained sedimentary rock that contains solid organic matter (kerogen) and yields significant… …
8Coal upgrading technology — refers to a class of technologies developed to remove moisture and certain pollutants from low rank coals such as sub Bituminous coal and lignite (brown coal) and raise their calorific values. Companies located in Australia, Germany and the… …
9Mobile incinerator — The role of incineration of waste and equipment used for it has changed radically in the recent years. While they were formerly notorious as pollutant spewing technical monsters in the eyes of citizens groups, nowadays, thermal waste treatment… …
10Erucic acid — Chembox new ImageFile=Erucic acid.png ImageSize=300px IUPACName=( Z ) Docos 13 enoic acid OtherNames= Section1= Chembox Identifiers CASNo=112 86 7 PubChem=5281116 SMILES=CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O Section2= Chembox Properties Formula=C22H42O2… …
