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• Fuel efficiency — is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per… …   Wikipedia

• liquefied petroleum gas — n. a compressed or liquefied gas, generally a mixture of propane, propylene, butane, and butylene obtained as a byproduct from petroleum refining: used as a domestic or industrial fuel and in certain organic syntheses …   English World dictionary

• Liquefied petroleum gas — (also called LPG, GPL, LP Gas, or liquid propane gas) is a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and vehicles. It is increasingly used as an aerosol propellant and a refrigerant, replacing chlorofluorocarbons …   Wikipedia

• Liquefied natural gas — Not to be confused with Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas (primarily methane, CH4) that has been converted to liquid form for ease of storage or transport. Liquefied natural gas takes up about 1/600th the… …   Wikipedia

• liquefied petroleum gas — a gas liquefied by compression, consisting of flammable hydrocarbons, as propane and butane, obtained as a by product from the refining of petroleum or from natural gas: used chiefly as a domestic fuel in rural areas, as an industrial and motor… …   Universalium

• Liquefied Natural Gas — The liquefied state of natural gas, which is created by cooling the gas to about 260°fahrenheit. Energy companies change the state of natural gas into liquid form mainly for ease of transport. Natural gas in liquid form takes up about 1/600… …   Investment dictionary

• liquefied petroleum gas — liq uefied petro′leum gas n. chem. a gas liquefied by compression, consisting of flammable hydrocarbons, as propane and butane: used chiefly as a domestic or industrial fuel, and in organic synthesis, esp. of synthetic rubber Abbrev.: LPG Also… …   From formal English to slang

• liquefied natural gas — noun a natural gas consisting primarily of methane, liquefied to facilitate transport and storage; usually later regasified and used as a fuel, etc. Abbrev.: LNG …  

• liquefied petroleum gas — noun Date: 1925 a compressed gas that consists of flammable hydrocarbons (as propane and butane) and is used especially as fuel or as raw material for chemical synthesis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• liquefied petroleum gas — noun A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.… …   Wiktionary

• liquefied petroleum gas — 1. (or LP gas, LPG, bottled gas) Industry terms for any material composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons or mixture of them: Propane, propylene, butanes, and butylenes. Recovered from natural and refinery gases and kept under… …   Petroleum refining glossary