function GlossaryWordContainer(){this.glossaryWordsByID=new Object();this.glossaryWordsByName=new Object();return this}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.getWord=this.GlossaryWordContainer_getWord;function GlossaryWordContainer_getWord(a){a=this.prepareID(a);if(a==null){return null}else{if(this.glossaryWordsByName[a]!=null){return this.glossaryWordsByName[a]}else{return this.glossaryWordsByID[a]}}}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.prepareID=this.GlossaryWordContainer_prepareID;function GlossaryWordContainer_prepareID(a){if(a==null||(!isNaN(a)&&a<=0)){return null}if(!isNaN(a)){a="id_"+String(a)}a=String(a);return a}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.addWord=this.GlossaryWordContainer_addWord;function GlossaryWordContainer_addWord(e,b,d,a){e=this.prepareID(e);if(e==null||a==null||d==null||b==null){return false}b=String(b);if(b.length<=0){return false}var c=new Object();c.id=e;c.name=String(b);c.title=String(d);c.body=String(a);this.glossaryWordsByID[e]=c;this.glossaryWordsByName[b]=c;return true}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.getWordBody=this.GlossaryWordContainer_getWordBody;function GlossaryWordContainer_getWordBody(b){var a=this.getWord(b);if(a!=null){return a.body}}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.getWordTitle=this.GlossaryWordContainer_getWordTitle;function GlossaryWordContainer_getWordTitle(b){var a=this.getWord(b);if(a!=null){return a.title}}this.GlossaryWordContainer.prototype.getWordName=this.GlossaryWordContainer_getWordName;function GlossaryWordContainer_getWordName(b){var a=this.getWord(b);if(a!=null){return a.name}}var geber_glossaryWords=new GlossaryWordContainer();geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27463,"amorphous-silicon-a-si","Amorphous silicon (a-Si)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;A material used to manufacture thin-film solar cells. Here, the photoactive semi-conductor is an amorphous (non-solid) silicon that is deposited in a thin layer on the substrate material (e.g. glass). This process offers significant potential savings in comparison to crystalline silicon technology thanks to lower material and energy requirements plus the highly automated production process.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27464,"biogas","Biogas",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Biogas is generated when plant matter decays in biogas facilities. Its main elements are methane and carbon dioxide. Methane is the component harnessed to produce energy and also the primary component of natural gas.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27467,"cold-box","Cold box",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Completely encased and fully equipped, ready-to-use unit comprising heat exchangers to separate gases at low temperatures.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27465,"catalytic-reduction","Catalytic reduction",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Catalytic waste gas or exhaust gas treatment is used both in large-scale industrial plants and in all modern cars. The advantage is the relatively small amount of energy required for the chemical reaction in order to treat the waste gases or exhaust gases.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27468,"commercial-paper-programme","Commercial Paper Programme",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Programme for short-term notes on the capital market.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27469,"currency-swaps","Currency swaps",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Swaps of capital amounts denominated in different currencies.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27470,"defined-benefit-plans","Defined benefit plans",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Pension plans under which an enterprise/employer defines an amount of pension benefit to be provided, usually as a function of one or more factors such as the age, years of service or remuneration of the employee. In consequence, actuarial risks and financial risks fall on the employer.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27473,"eco-management-and-audit-scheme-emas","Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme was established in mid-1995. It is a voluntary initiative that enables businesses to evaluate and continuously improve their environmental performance.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27471,"detail-engineering","Detail engineering",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Technical term from the construction of large-scale plants. After the basic engineering comes the detail engineering, which involves tailoring the plants to the requirements of each customer. It includes the planning and specifications of machinery and apparatus and the installation of electric and control engineering equipment and systems.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27472,"ebitda-operating-profit","EBITDA (operating profit)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Abbreviation for Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation. In Linde: earnings before interest, tax, amortisation of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets, including income from associates and joint ventures, excluding financing costs for pension obligations.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27466,"cern","CERN",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Conseil Europ&amp;eacute;en pour la Recherche Nucl&amp;eacute;aire) is a major research facility located near the city of Geneva in Switzerland. The organisation is most commonly known for its particle accelerator. With 1,700 magnets and a circumference of 27 kilometres, CERN&amp;#8217;s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world&amp;#8217;s largest particle accelerator.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27474,"enhanced-gas-oil-recovery-egreor","Enhanced Gas &amp; Oil Recovery (EGR/EOR)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Tertiary recovery of natural gas and oil, enhancing the exploitation of the remaining reserves in a natural gas field or oilfield using steam, chemicals, or flooding with gas such as nitrogen.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27475,"ethane-cracker","Ethane cracker",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Steam cracking process in the petrochemical industry. Hydrocarbons (ethane) are transformed into unsaturated hydrocarbons by thermal cracking using steam. These then serve as raw materials for plastics, varnishes, solvents and pesticides.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27476,"ethylene-cracker-steam-cracker","Ethylene cracker (steam cracker)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Steam cracking is a thermal process in petrochemistry where steam is used to convert longer-chain hydrocarbons (naphtha, propane, butane, ethane and gas oil) into short-chain hydrocarbons. These resulting compounds are then used as raw materials for plastics, varnishes, solvents and pesticides.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27483,"liquefied-natural-gas-lng","Liquefied natural gas (LNG)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;LNG is regarded as a promising fuel of the future because of its high energy density, constant heat rating and high purity.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27484,"methylene-diphenyl-diisocyanate-mdi","Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;A chemical compound and aromatic isocyanate. MDI is a key raw material used in the manufacture of polyurethane and polyamideimides as well as insulating foam and adhesives.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27485,"microcrystalline-silicon-c-si","Microcrystalline silicon (&micro;c-Si)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;In contrast to amorphous silicon, microcrystalline silicon has a crystalline structure with much smaller grains than conventional crystalline cells. A double layer structure comprising microcrystalline and amorphous layers is almost always used to produce micromorphous solar cells. These types of solar cells are created by depositing an amorphous and a microcrystalline silicon layer on top of each other on the substrate. Each layer is specially designed to exploit a specific light spectrum. The solar cells are known as tandem cells as a result of this double layer model.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27482,"key-performance-indicators-kpis","Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Key operating figures which are used to measure and/or determine the progress being made by an organisation or the extent to which it is achieving its objectives or critical success factors.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27477,"gas-processing","Gas processing",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Natural gas not only contains methane but also heavy hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane and butane. These gases must be separated in a fractionator before natural gas can be used a fuel.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27478,"grid-parity","Grid parity",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;This term from the energy industry refers to a situation whereby solar electricity or electricity from other renewable sources reaches parity with grid electricity prices (generated at a coal-fired power plant, for example).&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27479,"heavy-fuel-oil","Heavy fuel oil",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;A fuel derived from the residue left after the distillation of crude oil, which is used particularly in the diesel engines of ships and in oil-fired heating (bunker oil and heavy heating oil).&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27480,"hyco-plants","HyCO plants",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Collective name for plants which produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and synthesis gas. These HyCO plants include, in particular, steam reformers, partial oxidation plants and methanol crackers.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27481,"inerting","Inerting",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;A process by which materials are converted or processed to less reactive or inert materials. Inert materials include noble gases, glass and porcelain.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27497,"treasury","Treasury",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;The Treasury department ensures that the company has sufficient liquid resources and capital. It invests surplus funds, reduces financial risks and optimises costs and income arising from financial transactions.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27498,"wafer","Wafer",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;In the semiconductor, photovoltaic and micromechanics industries, a wafer is a circular or square slice, around one millimetre thick, on which electronic components or photoelectric layers are constructed. These slices are usually made of monocrystalline silicon with diameters of between 150 and 300 mm. The larger the wafer, the more integrated circuits (chips) it can hold&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27493,"sleep-therapy","Sleep therapy",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;An effective, non-invasive method of treating chronic sleep problems such as obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). The most common and most successful form of treatment for sleep apnoea is nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy. A continuous positive stream of air, administered via a nasal mask, keeps the airways open and prevents breathing pauses.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27494,"steam-reformer","Steam reformer","&lt;DIV class=volltext&gt;Plant used to produce synthesis gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;). The process uses light hydrocarbons in preference, such as natural gas, which are mixed with hot steam via a catalyst and converted into CO and H&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;. The next stage of the process involves the conversion of the CO to carbon dioxide (CO&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;) using steam, which enables additional hydrogen to be recovered. This gas mixture is then purified, with the CO&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt; and other unwanted parts of the mixture being removed.&lt;/DIV&gt;");geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27495,"silicon","Silicon",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Silicon is a hard, brittle nonmetal with a dark grey sheen and a diamond-like lattice structure. Crystalline and amorphous silicon can be differentiated by the size of the crystals. Silicon is a typical semi-conductor element. Its ability to conduct electricity increases with temperature. Adding metal atoms (impurities) also increases silicon&amp;#8217;s conductivity.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27496,"thin-film-solar-cells","Thin-film solar cells",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;In order to create thin-film cells, thin layers of photoactive semiconductors are applied to a substrate material. These layers are approximately 0.001 millimetres thick. The cells have a very homogenous structure and are auburn to black in colour.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27489,"polypropylene-pp","Polypropylene (PP)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;A polyolefine, semi-crystalline thermoplastic. It is used in a range of products including dashboards, battery housings, child safety seats, bicycle helmets, insulating material, cable sheaths, insulating foils, pipes, fibres and packaging materials.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27490,"polyurethane-pu","Polyurethane (PU)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;PU is a versatile plastic that is used in the most diverse areas, e.g. as foam for mattresses and sponges, as coating foam to insulate buildings, and in varnishes, adhesives etc.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27491,"rectisol-plant","Rectisol&reg; plant",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;The Linde Rectisol&amp;reg; process is being used more and more often in the production of synthesis gases by partial oxidation/gasification of heavy oil and coal. This process is a physical acid gas wash, which uses an organic solvent (typically methanol) at low temperatures. In this way, most hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide is removed from the synthesis gas.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27492,"red-biotechnology","Red biotechnology",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Also called medical biotechnology. Is concerned with biotechnological and genetic engineering processes to cure diseases such as cancer and with the regeneration of tissue which has been destroyed (tissue engineering). Biotechnological diagnostic processes are particularly fast and reliable when used to identify diseases and genetic defects.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27486,"oxyfuel-process","Oxyfuel process","&lt;DIV class=volltext&gt;Combustion process in which it is possible to reach particularly high flame temperatures. It can be used for gaseous fuels as well as for liquid and solid fuels. The fuel is burned with pure oxygen. The oxyfuel process is also suitable as the basis for processes in power stations which allow for the capture and sequestration of the carbon dioxide (CO&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;) which arises from the combustion.&lt;/DIV&gt;");geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27487,"pet-reusable-bottles","PET reusable bottles",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;PET is an abbreviation of polyethylene terephthalate. PET bottles are light, stable, transparent and almost indestructible. Thanks to their light weight, PET bottles are a more environmentally friendly option than glass bottles, especially as part of a recycling system.&lt;/div&gt;');geber_glossaryWords.addWord(27488,"polyethylene-pe","Polyethylene (PE)",'&lt;div class="volltext"&gt;Polyethylene is a thermoplastic created by polymerising ethane. It has a wax-like surface and is highly resistant to acids, lyes and other chemicals. PE is used in a variety of products including foils, containers, pipes and packaging.&lt;/div&gt;');