Renewable Energy terms starting with W

37 terms

  1. Wake effect Enhanced plume dispersion due to mechanical turbulence and zones of turbulent eddies, primarily downwind of a building, which results in increased…
  2. Wash A normally dry stream bed that occasionally fills with water.
  3. Waste management Procedures, physical attributes, and support services that collectively provide for the identification, containerization, storage, transport, treatment…
  4. Waste minimization Actions, policies, or procedures that collectively serve to reduce the amount of wastes generated as a result of operation of an activity or facility.
  5. Waste streams Unused solid or liquid by- products of a process.
  6. Wastewater Water that typically contains less than 1% concentration of organic hazardous waste materials.
  7. Water code A type of legislation that is specific to the management of water resources.
  8. Water quality A term used to describe the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water, usually with respect to its suitability for a particular purpose.
  9. Water right A legal entitlement of an individual or entity to extract water from a water source (surface water or groundwater) and to use it for a beneficial use (e.g.
  10. Water Table The upper level of ground water; the level below which soil and rock are saturated with water.
  11. Water-cooled vibrating grate A boiler grate made up of a tuyere grate surface mounted on a grid of water tubes interconnected with the boiler circulation system for positive cooling.
  12. Watermaster In Oregon, an official of the Water Resources Department who allocates available surface or groundwater in the state.
  13. Watershed All land area from which run-off water may enter a pond or lake.
  14. Watt The rate of energy transfer equivalent to one ampere under an electrical pressure of one volt. One watt equals 1/746 horsepower, or one joule per second.
  15. Watt (W) The unit of electrical power equal to 1 ampere under a pressure of one volt. A Watt is equal to 1/746 horsepower.
  16. Weed An undesirable plant.
  17. Wet closed-cycle cooling system See Closed-loop cooling system
  18. Wet cooling system See Closed-cycle cooling system
  19. wet scrubber An air pollution control device used to remove pollutants by bringing a gas stream into contact with a liquid.
  20. Wetlands Area having specific hydric soil and water table characteristics supporting or capable of supporting wetlands vegetation.
  21. Wheeling The process of transmitting electricity over one or more separately owned electric transmission and distribution systems.
  22. whole tree chips Wood chips produced by chipping whole trees, usually in the forest. Thus the chips contain both bark and wood.
  23. Whole-tree harvesting A harvesting method in which the whole tree (above the stump) is removed.
  24. Wickiup Temporary dwelling framed of arched poles covered by brush, bark, rushes, or mats.
  25. Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Act Primary river conservation law enacted in 1968. The Act was specifically intended by Congress to balance the existing policy of building dams on rivers…
  26. Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 Act passed by Congress in 1971 giving BLM the responsibility to protect, manage, and control wild horses.
  27. Wild horses and burros Unbranded and unclaimed horses or burros roaming free on public lands in the western United States and protected by the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro…
  28. Wilderness All lands included in the National Wilderness Preservation System by public law, generally defined as undeveloped federal land retaining its primeval…
  29. Wilderness characteristics Wilderness characteristics include (1) Naturalness: the area generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint…
  30. Wildfire Any nonstructural fire that occurs in the wildland.
  31. Wildlife corridor Linear spaces that connect various areas of an animal's habitat (i.e., links between feeding, watering, resting, breeding, or seasonal habitats).
  32. willstatter lignin Lignin obtained from the lignocellulosic complex after it has been extracted with hydrochloric acid.
  33. Wind Rose A diagram that indicates the average percentage of time that the wind blows from different directions, on a monthly or annual basis.
  34. Winnowing Selective sorting or removal of fine particles by wind or water.
  35. Withdrawal A withdrawal is money you take out of your banking, brokerage firm, or other accounts.
  36. wood A solid lignocellulosic material naturally produced in trees and some shrubs, made of up to 40%-50% cellulose, 20%-30% hemicellulose, and 20% -30% lignin.
  37. wort The liquid remaining from a brewing mash preparation following the filtration of fermentable beer.