Sentences with phrase «alternating current power»

In today's solar photovoltaic systems, direct current power coming from solar panels is converted to alternating current power, making it compatible with a building's electrical distribution.

These could include new measures to extend plant protection when outside and backup alternating current power and new instrumentation to monitor conditions in spent fuel pools in emergencies.

Generally, plants are not required to survive a simultaneous loss of outside and internal alternating current power («station blackout») and an earthquake, the NRC said.

Not exact matches

These sorts of clocks keep time by counting the number of oscillations in the alternating current they receive, which also powers them; in other words, the number of times the flow of electricity changes directions every second.

SolarCity (SCTY) CTO Peter Rive told me at the event that the company will charge customers $ 5,000 for the 10 kWh unit, a price that includes installation and an inverter to convert direct current power to alternating current for use in the home.

The costs don't include installation or the inverter that converts direct current power to alternating current for use in the home.

Just as importantly, his work on the distribution of electricity led to the world's first power plant in New York City (though his technology choice, direct current (DC), was eventually surpassed by the alternating current approach (AC) championed by rival inventor, Nikola Tesla).

A type of power inverter, the small, shiny box doesn't produce power itself, but instead changes direct current to alternating current, an essential process in electric car technology that lets battery power spin the car's motor.

These include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, the former uses alternating magnetic fields to simulate specific brain areas while the latter aims electrical currents of power equal to a 9 - volt battery to specific brain areas.

When it flies into the magnetic field an alternating current (AC) voltage is induced in the receiving antenna and the drone's electronics convert it efficiently into a direct current (DC) voltage to power it.

The traction - drive system typically consists of a boost converter (which steps up voltage when the electronic circuit requires a higher operating voltage than the battery can provide alone), two inverters (which take direct current (DC) voltage and convert it to alternating current (AC)-RRB-, and electric motors to provide motive power (pdf).

But applying a short 1 hertz alternating current to the solution set it going in a realistic way — without the need for any extra power — for up to an hour.

His designs advanced alternating current at the start of the electric age and allowed utilities to send current over vast distances, powering American homes across the country.

MacDonald wondered whether the U.S. grid might be able to overcome intermittency problems if it added high - voltage, direct - current (HVDC) transmission lines — which suffer less energy loss than do traditional alternating - current transmission lines — to connect regional grids, so that power could be moved to where it was needed.

The second, also a major challenge, requires lowering the costs and raising the performance of the electronics that convert direct current from photovoltaic solar power to alternating current used on the grid.

The researchers will also test the method in high - voltage cables for direct current, since direct current is more efficient than alternating current for power transmission over very long distances.

A power inverter can make the conversion to AC, but a typical inverter with the required capabilities contains about 300 pounds of material: a computer to change the frequency of alternating current as motor speed changes, massive switches, and cooling equipment to dissipate the heat generated by the heavy current.

By tapping into the random fluctuations of the carbon atoms that make up graphene sheets, the scientists can generate an alternating current strong enough to indefinitely power a wristwatch.

The switch would consist of a plasma - filled tube that turns current on and off in systems that convert the direct current coming from long - distance power lines to the alternating current that lights homes and businesses; such systems are used to reverse the process as well.

Kang's powers served as the perfect opportunity to stitch together some favorite alternate Marvel universes like Spider - Man 2099's Nueva York, Spider - Man Noir's Noir Universe, Captain America's Hydra Empire, and current Marvel locales like the Inhumans» Attilan, the Guardians of the Galaxy's Knowhere, and an Asgard on the brink of Ragnarok.

Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric.

Ignoring that, is it any way realistic in the current economic climate, even in a bio-domed, alternate - comedic world — that a company's power brokers have this much time to devote to fiddlesticks fucking around?

As electricity emerges as a power source, Edison supports direct current, and Westinghouse sees the greater potential of long range alternating current.

This electricity can be converted to alternating current (AC) power for use in the building or if more power is generated, the surplus will be exported to the National Grid.

The New Generation i20 employs a permanently - magnetised Brushless Alternating Current (BLAC) motor - driven power steering (MDPS) system, for greater accuracy and operating range.

The electrically powered high - performance sports car has the Combined Charging System (CCS) on board, which allows charging with direct and alternating current.

The F3DM has two alternating current electric motors, a 50 - kilowatt unit that drives the wheels and a 25 - kilowatt helper that can send power to the wheels or generate electricity through regenerative braking.

The alternating current is converted into direct current by the on - board power electronics and the battery is charged with an output of up to 11 kW kilowatts.

The power electronics control the flow of high - voltage power between the motors and the battery, converting direct current (DC) stored in the battery into alternating current (AC).

Those feed a battery bank comprised of four six - watt L - 16 batteries — the same kind used in golf carts — which in turn are fed through a five - kilowatt inverter, turning the DC power of the batteries into the alternating current necessary to run power tools and a variety of appliances specially selected for their energy efficiency.

Radio waves are actually just a high frequency type of alternating current (AC), which is the type of electricity in our power grids, but devices need DC power to operate.

Many people seem to have an irrational fear of nuclear power generation plants, just as people a century ago were fearful of domestic electricity supplies using alternating current.

Assuming wind power was the primary driver of the expansion and increased from 27 GW in 2012 to 51 GW by 2020, at minimum, 4,400 km of existing lines would need to be optimized and 3,800 km of power lines (1,700 km of new alternating current and 2,100 km of new direct current) would need to be built.

HVDC technology can move more power over longer distances with less electrical loss than alternating current (AC) transmission routes; by doing so, HVDC transmission preserves land resources and maximizes clean energy availability.

Power on AC grids can be disconnected relatively easily using circuit breakers, which fire off just at the point when the cyclic alternating current momentarily reaches zero.

Yellow squares are solar power plants, blue squares are wind power plants, red lines are high - voltage direct current transmission, and green lines are high - voltage alternating current transmission.

The power innverter in an electric car is used to «convert» the direct current, or DC power provided by the battery pack into an alternating current, or AC power, which then drives the electric motors that propel the vehicle.

Wireless chargers (also known as «inductive charging») typically use an induction coil to create an alternating electromagnetic field from within a charging base station, and a second induction coil in the portable device takes power from the electromagnetic field and converts it back into electric current to charge the battery.

Tested 3 phase alternate current (AC) power, phones and radios for high acceptance test and strict procedures.

The inverter, similar in size to a hardcover book, converts direct current, or DC power, coming from the car battery into alternating current, or AC, used in most homes.