A region remote from a signal source.
In geology, a surface at which strata are no longer continuous, but displaced.
The tendency for a fault to become active, i.e. for movement to occur.
The extent to which a fault has slipped in past times.
Fluidized bed combustion: combustion in a fluidized bed (q.v.).
A group of alumino-silicate minerals that makes up much of the Earth’s crust.
The material that is fed to a process.
Flue gas desulphurization.
A process that transforms a gas mixture of CO and H2 into liquid hydrocarbons and water.
The immobilization of CO2 by its reaction with another material to
produce a stable compound.
A gas-solid contactor or reactor formed by a bed of stationary solid particles that allows the passage of gas between the particles.
The injection of a fluid into an underground reservoir.
Gases produced by combustion of a fuel that are normally emitted to the atmosphere.
A gas-solid contactor or reactor comprising a bed of fine solid particles suspended by passing a gas through the bed at sufficiently high velocity.
In geology, the bending of rock strata from the plane in which they were formed.
A body of rock of considerable extent with distinctive characteristics that allow
geologists to map, describe and name it.
Water that occurs naturally within the pores of rock formations.
Deposition of a solid on the surface of heat or mass transfer equipment that has the effect of reducing the heat or mass transfer.
Any break in rock along which no significant movement has occurred.
Electrochemical device in which a fuel is oxidized in a controlled manner to produce an electric current and heat directly.
Any releases of gases or vapors from anthropogenic activities such as the processing
or transportation of gas or petroleum.
U.S. Government initiative for a new power station with low CO2 emissions.
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