English Glossary

The overall heat transfer coefficient that describes how well a building element conducts heat or the rate of transfer of heat (in watts) through one square metre of a structure divided by the difference in temperature across the structure.

upflow anaerobic sludge blanket

Electromagnetic radiation with shorter wavelengths than visible light. Wavelengths of UV light range from approximately 10 nm to 400 nm. Because of the short wavelengths, UV light carries higher levels of energy per photon than infrared light or visible light. When speaking about solar cells, UV light is commonly referred to as ‘blue light’.

Ultra Mega Power Project

United Nations

Describes the state of a generating plant when the plant voltage is less than the network voltage at the POC. In this state the plant current leads the network voltage and the plant absorbs reactive power from the network.

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Power flow in only one direction.

internal voltage (synchronous generator)

A form of anaerobic digester that is used for wastewater treatment and uses an anaerobic process whilst forming a blanket of granular sludge which suspends in the tank. Wastewater (liquids with relaitvely low organic loads) flows upwards through the blanket and is processed (degraded) by the anaerobic microorganisms.

In the higher part of a stream, closer to its source

US Agency for International Development

Energy that can be used to perform a certain task, as opposed to total energy generated (some of which may not be capable of being used, such as waste heat).

Everybody that makes use of a power system, such as generators, consumers, network operators

terminal voltage

Coordinated Universal Time

ultraviolet