Energy terminology · MLC-0117

Energy terms: F (129)

• Fabricated fuelFuel assemblies composed of an array of fuel rods loaded with pellets of enriched uranium dioxide.
• Facilities chargeAn amount to be paid by the customer in a lump sum, or periodically as reimbursement for facilities...
• FacilityAn existing or planned location or site at which prime movers, electric generators, and/or equipment for...
• FahrenheitA temperature scale on which the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above zero on the scale and the...
• Failure or hazardAny electric power supply equipment or facility failure or other event that, in the judgment of the reporting...
• Farm out (in) arrangementAn arrangement, used primarily in the oil and gas industry, in which the owner or lessee of mineral rights...
• Farm useEnergy use at establishments where the primary activity is growing crops and/or raising animals. Energy use...
• f.a.s. valueFree alongside ship value. The value of a commodity at the port of exportation, generally including the...
• FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board
• Fast breeder reactorA reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained primarily by fast neutrons rather than by thermal...
• FBRFast Breeder Reactor
• Federal coal leaseA lease granted to a mining company to produce coal from land owned and administered by the Federal...
• Federal electric utilityA utility that is either owned or financed by the Federal Government.
• Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionThe Federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates...
• Federal Power ActEnacted in 1920, and amended in1935, the Act consists of three parts. The first part incorporated the Federal...
• Federal Power CommissionThe predecessor agency of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Federal Power Commission was created...
• Federal regionIn a Presidential directive issued in 1969, various Federal agencies (among them the currently designated...
• Fee interestThe absolute, legal possession and ownership of land, property, or rights, including mineral rights. A fee...
• Feeder lineAn electrical line that extends radially from a distribution substation to supply electrical energy within an...
• FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
• FERC guidelinesA compilation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's enabling statutes; procedural and program...
• Fertile materialMaterial that is not itself fissionable by thermal neutrons but can be converted to fissile material by...
• FGDFlue-Gas Desulfurization
• FieldAn area consisting of a single reservoir or multiple reservoirs all grouped on, or related to, the same...
• Field areaA geographic area encompassing two or more pools that have a common gathering and metering system, the...
• Field discovery yearThe calendar year in which a field was first recognized as containing economically recoverable accumulations...
• Field productionRepresents crude oil production on leases, including lease condensate. Excludes plant condensate and other...
• Field separation facilityA surface installation designed to recover lease condensate from a produced natural gas stream usually...
• File rate scheduleThe rate for a particular electric service, including attendant contract terms and conditions, accepted for...
• FilingAny written application, complaint, declaration, petition, protest, answer, motion, brief, exception, rate...
• Final investment decisionA key milestone and stage in a proposed project’s lifecycle when senior management, the board of directors...
• Final orderA final ruling by FERC that terminates an action, decides some matter litigated by the petitioning parties...
• Financial Accounting Standards BoardAn independent board responsible, since 1973, for establishing generally accepted accounting principles. Its...
• Finished leaded gasolineContains more than 0.05 gram of lead per gallon or more than 0.005 gram of phosphorus per gallon. Premium and...
• FirmAn association, company, corporation, estate, individual, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, or...
• Firm powerPower or power-producing capacity, intended to be available at all times during the period covered by a...
• First purchase (of crude oil)An equity (not custody) transaction commonly associated with the transfer of ownership of crude oil coupled...
• First purchase priceThe price for domestic crude oil reported by the company that owns the crude oil the first time it is removed...
• First purchaserA firm that acquires ownership of domestic crude oil by a first purchase transaction. Physical custody of the...
• Fiscal yearThe U.S. Government's fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30. The fiscal year is designated by...
• Fissile materialMaterial that can be caused to undergo atomic fission when bombarded by neutrons. The most important...
• FissionThe process whereby an atomic nucleus of appropriate type, after capturing a neutron, splits into (generally)...
• Fixed asset turnoverA ratio of revenue to fixed assets which is a measure of the productivity and efficiency of property, plant...
• Fixed assetsTangible property used in the operations of an entity, but not expected to be consumed or converted into cash...
• Fixed carbonThe nonvolatile matter in coal minus the ash. Fixed carbon is the solid residue other than ash obtained by...
• Fixed charge coverageThe ratio of earnings available to pay so-called fixed charges to such fixed charges. Fixed charges include...
• Fixed cost (expense)An expenditure or expense that does not vary with volume level of activity.
• Fixed operating costsCosts other than those associated with capital investment that do not vary with the operation, such as...
• FlareA tall stack equipped with burners used as a safety device at wellheads, refining facilities, gas processing...
• Flat and meter rate scheduleAn electric rate schedule consisting of two components, the first of which is a service charge and the second...
• Flat demand rate scheduleAn electric rate schedule based on billing demand that provides no charge for energy.
• Flat plate pumpedA medium-temperature solar thermal collector that typically consists of a metal frame, glazing, absorbers...
• Fleet vehicleAny motor vehicle a company owns or leases that is in the normal operations of a company. Vehicles which are...
• Flexible fuel vehicleA vehicle that can operate on
• FlexicokingA thermal cracking process which converts heavy hydrocarbons such as crude oil, tar sands bitumen, and...
• Floating Storage Regasification UnitA floating vessel that can transport, store, and regasify liquefied natural gas (LNG) onboard, usually for...
• Floor (coal)The upper surface of the stratum underlying a coal seam. In coals that were formed in persistent swamp...
• Floor priceA price specified in a market-price contract as the lowest purchase price of the uranium, even if the market...
• Floor spaceThe area enclosed by exterior walls of a building, including parking areas, basements, or other floors...
• Floor, wall, or pipeless furnaceSpace-heating equipment consisting of a ductless combustor or resistance unit, having an enclosed chamber...
• Flow controlThe laws, regulations, and economic incentives or disincentives used by waste managers to direct waste...
• FlueAn enclosed passage way for directing products of combustion to the atmosphere.
• Flue gas desulfurizationEquipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the...
• Flue-gas desulfurization unit (scrubber)Equipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the...
• Flue-gas particulate collectorEquipment used to remove fly ash from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the...
• Fluid catalytic crackingThe refining process of breaking down the larger, heavier, and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into...
• Fluid cokingA thermal cracking process utilizing the fluidized-solids technique to remove carbon (coke) for continuous...
• Fluidized-bed combustionA method of burning particulate fuel, such as coal, in which the amount of air required for combustion far...
• Fluorescent lampA glass enclosure in which light is produced when electricity is passed through mercury vapor inside the...
• Fluorescent light bulbsThese are usually long, narrow, white tubes made of glass coated on the inside with fluorescent material...
• Fluorescent lighting other than compact fluorescent bulbsIn fluorescent lamps, energy is converted to light by using an electric charge to "excite" gaseous atoms...
• Flux materialA substance used to promote fusion, e.g., of metals or minerals.
• Fly ashParticulate matter mainly from coal ash in which the particle diameter is less than 1 x 104 meter. This ash...
• FMEFree Market Economies. Countries that are members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) are...
• f.o.b. priceThe price actually charged at the producing country's port of loading. The reported price should be after...
• f.o.b. value (coal)Free-on-board value. This is the value of coal at the coal mine or of coke and breeze at the coke plant...
• Footage drilledTotal footage for wells in various categories, as reported for any specified period, includes (1)the deepest...
• Forced outageThe shutdown of a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility for emergency reasons or a condition...
• Foreign accessRefers to proved reserves of crude, condensate, and natural gas liquids applicable to long-term supply...
• Foreign currency transaction gains and lossesGains or losses resulting from the effect of exchange rate changes on transactions denominated in currencies...
• Foreign currency translation effectsGains or losses resulting from the process of expressing amounts denominated or measured in one currency in...
• Foreign operationsThese are operations that are located outside the United States. Determination of whether an enterprise's...
• Foreign-controlled firms (coal)Foreign-controlled firms are U.S. coal producers with more than 50 percent of their stock or assets owned by...
• Forward cost (1)Forward costs are those operating and capital costs yet to be incurred at the time an estimate of reserves is...
• Forward cost (2)The operating and capital costs still to be incurred in the production of uranium from in-place reserves. By...
• Forward costs (uranium)The operating and capital costs that will be incurred in any future production of uranium from in-place...
• Forward coverageAmount of uranium required to assure uninterrupted operation of nuclear power plants.
• Fossil fuelAn energy source formed in the Earth's crust from decayed organic material. The common fossil fuels are...
• Fossil fuel electric generationElectric generation in which the prime mover is an internal combustion engine or a turbine rotated by...
• Fossil fuel plantA plant using coal, petroleum, or gas as its source of energy.
• Fossil fuel steam-electric power plantAn electricity generation plant in which the prime mover is a turbine rotated by high-pressure steam produced...
• FoundryAn operation where metal castings are produced, using coke as a fuel.
• Foundry cokeThis is a special coke that is used in furnaces to produce cast and ductile iron products. It is a source of...
• FPCFederal Power Commission
• FractionationThe process by which saturated hydrocarbons are removed from natural gas and separated into distinct...
• Framework Convention on Climate ChangeAn agreement opened for signature at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4, 1992, which has...
• Free alongside ship (f.a.s.)The value of a commodity at the port of exportation, generally including the purchase price plus all charges...
• Free on board (f.o.b.)In the international petroleum industry, this term typically refers to the price of oil or natural gas...
• Free wellA well drilled and equipped by an assignee as consideration for the assignment of a fractional share of the...
• Fresh feed inputRepresents input of material (crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, other hydrocarbons and...
• Fresh feedsCrude oil or petroleum distillates that are being fed to processing units for the first time.
• FRSFinancial Reporting System Survey (EIA survey).
• FuelAny material substance that can be consumed to supply heat or power. Included are petroleum, coal, and...
• Fuel cellA device capable of generating an electrical current by converting the chemical energy of a fuel (e.g...
• Fuel cell electric vehicleAn electric vehicle that generates on-board electricity with a fuel cell powered by hydrogen rather than...
• Fuel cycleThe entire set of sequential processes or stages involved in the utilization of fuel, including extraction...
• Fuel emergenciesAn emergency that exists when supplies of fuels or hydroelectric storage for generation are at a level or...
• Fuel ethanolEthyl alcohol for fuel use that is produced by the fermentation of sugars. Fuel ethanol is denatured with...
• Fuel Ethanol Minus DenaturantAn unobserved quantity of anhydrous, biomass-derived, undenatured ethanol for fuel use. The quantity is...
• Fuel expensesThese costs include the fuel used in the production of steam or driving another prime mover for the...
• Fuel injectionA fuel delivery system whereby gasoline is pumped to one or more fuel injectors under high pressure. The fuel...
• Fuel oilA liquid petroleum product less volatile than gasoline, used as an energy source. Fuel oil includes...
• Fuel purchase agreementAn agreement between a company and a fuel provider which stipulates that the company agrees to purchase its...
• Fuel ratioThe ratio of fixed carbon to volatile matter in coal.
• Fuel switching capabilityThe short-term capability of a manufacturing establishment to have used substitute energy sources in place of...
• Fuel woodWood and wood products, possibly including scrubs and branches, etc, bought or gathered, and used by direct...
• Fuel/fabricator assembly identifierIndividual assembly identifier based on a numbering scheme developed by individual fuel fabricators. Most...
• Fuels solvent deasphaltingA refining process for removing asphalt compounds from petroleum fractions, such as reduced crude oil. The...
• Fuel-switching DSM program assistanceDSM program assistance where the sponsor encourages consumers to change from one fuel to another for a...
• Fugitive emissionsUnintended leaks of gas from the processing, transmission, and/or transportation of fossil fuels.
• Full forced outageThe net capability of main generating units that are unavailable for load for emergency reasons.
• Full power dayThe equivalent of 24 hours of full power operation by a reactor. The number of full power days in a specific...
• Full power operationOperation of a unit at 100 percent of its design capacity. Full-power operation precedes commercial operation.
• Full requirements consumerA wholesale consumer without other generating resources whose electric energy seller is the sole source of...
• FumaroleA vent from which gas or steam issue; a geyser or spring that emits gases.
• FurnaceThe part of a boiler or warm-air space-heating plant in which combustion takes place.
• Furnace coke plantA coke plant whose coke production is used primarily by the producing company.
• Furnaces that heat directly, withoutusing steam or hot water (similar to a residential furnace)Furnaces burn natural gas, fuel oil, propane/ butane (bottled gas), or electricity to warm the air. The...
• Futures marketA trade center for quoting prices on contracts for the delivery of a specified quantity of a commodity at a...

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