Glossary of terms and Definitions
Gas generation industry abbreviations, terms and jargon
Air Receiver — a pressure vessel that allows regulated flow from the feed air compressor
ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Ar — Argon
Bar — 100 kPa. Approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level (14.5 psi)
Barg – one atmospheric (14.5 psi) gauge
Booster Compressor — increases the feed pressure of the N2 or O2 to your application
CF — cubic foot
CCF — hundred cubic feet
CE — “Conformité Européenne” (a mandatory marking for certain product groups). It is the near counterpart of Underwriter’s Laboratories in the United States.
CMS — Carbon Molecular Sieve
CO2 — carbon dioxide
CO — carbon monoxide
COTS — Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CRN — Canadian Registration Numbers
CSA — Canadian Standards Association
Dew Point — temperature to which air must be cooled in order to reach saturation (assuming air pressure and moisture content are constant)
Hz — Hertz
kW — kilowatt
LPM — liters per minute
mA — milliamp
N2 — nitrogen
NM3H — normal meters cubed per hour (cubic meters per hour)
NM3M — normal meters cubed per minute (cubic meters per minute)
O2 — oxygen
O3 — Ozone
Ph — phase
PLC — Programmable Logic Controller
POGS — Portable Oxygen Generating System
ppm — parts per million
PSA — Pressure Swing Adsorption
PSI — pounds per square inch
PSIA — pounds per square inch absolute
PSIG — pounds per square inch gauge
Product Receiver — a pressure vessel that allows regulated flow of N2 or O2 to the application
SCFH — standard cubic feet per hour
SCFM — standard cubic feet per minute
Sieve Bed — the nitrogen or oxygen separation tanks where the CMS is housed
SM3H – Standard meters cubed per hour
SM3M — standard meters cubed per minute
V — volt