Energy terms starting with C

326 terms

  1. CSP A type of tumor found in breast or prostate tissue. It is often large and bulky and grows quickly.
  2. Cube Law In reference to wind energy, for any given instant, the power available in the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind velocity; when wind speed…
  3. Cubic Foot (of Natural Gas) A unit of volume equal to 1 cubic foot at a pressure base of 14.73 pounds standard per square inch absolute and a temperature base of 60 degrees…
  4. Cuesta An elongated ridge formed by gently tilting sedimentary strata. The landform has a steep slope (escarpment or cliff) where the strata are exposed on their…
  5. Cull Any item of production picked out for rejection because it does not meet certain specifications.
  6. Cull section A log cut from a tree that is rejected because of defects making it unsuitable for conventional forest products.
  7. Cull trees Live saw-timber and pole-timber size trees which do not contain a merchantable sawlog due to poor form, quality, or undesirable species.
  8. Cultural disturbance See Cultural modification
  9. Cultural modification Any human-caused change in the land form, water form, vegetation, or the addition of a structure which creates a visual contrast in the basic elements (e.
  10. Cultural resources Archaeological sites, structures, or features; traditional use areas; and Native American sacred sites or special use areas that provide evidence of the…
  11. Cumulative effects Effects on the environment resulting from actions that are individually minor but that add up to a greater total effect as they take place over a period…
  12. Cumulative impacts The impacts assessed in an environmental impact statement that could potentially result from incremental impacts of the action when added to other past…
  13. Current (Electrical) The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes.
  14. Current Dollars The value or purchasing power of a dollar that has not been reduced to a common basis of constant purchasing power, but instead reflects anticipated…
  15. Curtailable load Electricity deliveries that are subject to interruption by the grid operator.
  16. Customer Charge An amount to be paid for energy periodically by a customer without regard to demand or energy consumption.
  17. Customer Class Categories of energy consumers, as defined by consumption or demand levels, patterns, and conditions, and generally included residential, commercial…
  18. Cut-and-fill The process of earth grading by excavating part of a higher area and using the excavated material for fill to raise the surface of an adjacent lower area.
  19. Cut-In-Speed The lowest wind speed at which a wind turbine begins producing usable power.
  20. Cut-Out-Speed The highest wind speed at which a wind turbine stops producing power.
  21. Cyanobacteria Blue-green algae, prokaryotic, photosynthetic organisms that generally have a blue-green tint and lack chloroplasts.
  22. Cycle In alternating current, the current goes from zero potential or voltage to a maximum in one direction, back to zero, and then to a maximum potential or…
  23. Cycling Losses The loss of heat as the water circulates through a water heater tank and inlet and outlet pipes.
  24. Cyclone Burner A furnace/combustion chamber in which finely ground fuel is blown in spirals in the combustion chamber to maximize combustion efficiency.
  25. Cyclone separator A device used to remove particulate matter suspended in exhaust gases.
  26. Czochralski Process A method of growing large size, high quality semiconductor crystal by slowly lifting a seed crystal from a molten bath of the material under careful…