Glossary Of Energy Terms - S

A collection of energy related terms with their meanings, starting with the letter S. Click on any word to read its meaning.

Saccharide

SAE VISCOSITY NUMBER

Salable coal

Salable natural gas

Sales

Sales for resale

Sales to end users

Sales type

Sales volume (coal)

Salt dome

Salt gradient solar ponds

Sample (coal)

Saturation

Schedule

Scheduled outage

SCHEDULING COORDINATOR

Scheduling coordinators

Scoop loading

Screenings

SE (Seasonal Efficiency)

Seam

Seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER)

Seasonal pricing

Seasonal rates

Seasonal units

Seasoned wood

Second Generation Biofuels

SECONDARY ENERGY

Secondary heating equipment

Secondary heating fuel

Sector

Securitization

SECURITIZE

SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio)

Selective absorber

SELF-GENERATION

Self-Generator

SELF-SERVICE WHEELING

Seller type

Semianthracite

Semiconductor

SENSIBLE COOLING CAPACITY

SENSIBLE HEAT

Separate metering

Separative work unit (SWU)

Septic tank

Series connection

Series resistance

Service area

Service provider

Service well

SET POINT

SETBACK THERMOSTAT

SETTLEMENT

SHADE SCREEN

SHADING

SHADING COEFFICIENT

Shaft mine

Shakes/shingles

Shallow pitting

Shell storage capacity

Short circuit

Short circuit current

Short purchases

Short term sales

Short ton

Short-term debt or borrowings

Short-term purchase

Shortwall mining

Shrinkage

Shut in

Shut-in royalty

Shutdown date

SIDE FINS

Sidetrack drilling

Siding

Silicon

Silt

Silt, culm, refuse bank, or slurry dam mining

Single crystal silicon

Single crystal silicon (Czochralsky)

Single purpose project

Single-circuit line

Single-family housing unit

Sinter

SITE

Site characterization

Site energy

Site energy consumption

Site-specific information DSM program assistance

SKY TEMPERATURE

SKYLIGHT

Slope mine

Slot

Sludge

Slurry

Slurry dam

Small pickup truck

Small power producer (SPP)

SMOG

Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium lights

Sodium Methoxide or Potassium Methoxide

Sodium silicate

Sodium tripolyphosphate

Softwood

SOLAR CELL

SOLAR COLLECTOR

Solar constant

Solar cooling

Solar declination

Solar dish

Solar energy

SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SERI)

SOLAR HEAT GAIN

SOLAR HEAT GAIN FACTOR

SOLAR HEATING AND HOT WATER SYSTEMS

SOLAR IRRADIATION

Solar pond

SOLAR POWER

Solar power tower

Solar radiation

SOLAR SATELLITE POWER

Solar spectrum

SOLAR THERMAL

Solar thermal collector

Solar thermal collector, high temperature

Solar thermal collector, low-temperature

Solar thermal collector, medium-temperature

Solar thermal collector, special

Solar thermal panels

Solar thermal parabolic dishes

SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT

Solar trough or solar parabolic trough

Solvency

SOURCE ENERGY

Source material

Space heating

Special collector

Special contract rate schedule

SPECIAL CONTRACTS

Special naphthas

Special nuclear material

Special purpose rate schedule

Specific Gravity

SPECIFIC HEAT

Specular reflectors

Speculative resources (coal)

Speculative resources (uranium)

Spent fuel

Spent fuel disassembly hardware

Spent liquor

SPILL ENERGY

Spillway

Spinning reserve

Splash Blending

Split system

Split tails

SPLIT-THE-SAVINGS (Electric Utility)

Spontaneous combustion, or self-heating, of coal

Spot market (natural gas)

Spot market (uranium)

Spot price

Spot purchases

Spot-market price

SPR

Stability

Stabilization lagoon

Stack

Stand-alone generator

Standard contract

Standard fluorescent

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

Standby charge

Standby electricity generation

Standby facility

Standby heat loss

STANDBY LOSS

Standby service

Starch

Startup test phase of nuclear power plant

Startup/flame stabilization fuel

State

State permit/license/mine number

State severance taxes

Station (electric)

Station use

STEADY STATE EFFICIENCY

Steam

Steam (purchased)

Steam boiler

Steam coal

STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT

Steam electric power plant (conventional)

Steam expenses

Steam for heating/cooling

Steam from other sources

Steam or hot water radiators or baseboards

Steam or hot-water system

Steam transferred-credit

Steam turbine

Still gas (refinery gas)

STIRLING ENGINE

Stock change

Stocks

Storage additions

Storage agreement

Storage capacity

Storage field capacity (underground gas storage)

Storage hydroelectric plant

Storage site

Storage Stability

STORAGE TYPE WATER HEATER

Storage withdrawals

Storm door

Storm or multiple glazing

Storm window

Stover

STRANDED BENEFITS

Stranded costs

STRANDED COSTS/STRANDED ASSETS

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)

Stratification

Stratigraphic test well

Stratosphere

Stream-flow

Strip mine

Strip mining (surface)

Strip or stripping ratio

Stripper well

Structural Chemical Analysis

Styrene

Subbituminous coal

Subcompact/compact passenger car

Subdivision

Submetered data

Subsidiary

SUBSTATION

Subtransmission

Sugarcane Ethanol

Sulfur

Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

Sulfur oxides (SOx)

Summer and winter peaking

Sunk cost

Superconductivity

SUPERCONDUCTOR

SUPERTANDKER

Supplemental gas

Supplemental gaseous fuels supplies

Supply

SUPPLY BID

Supply source

SUPPLY-SIDE

Supply, petroleum

Support equipment and facilities

Supporting structure

Surface drilling expenses (uranium)

Surface mine

Surface mining equipment

Surface mining methods

Surface rights

SURPLUS

Surplus energy

Suspended rates

SUSTAINED ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT

Swamp coolers (evaporative coolers)

Switchgrass

Switching station

SWRTA

SYNCRUDE

SYNFUEL

Syngas

Synthetic natural gas (SNG)

Syringyl

SYSTEM

System (electric)

System (gas)

SYSTEM INTEGRATION (OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES)

System interconnection

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