Sentences with phrase «from alternating current»

Interestingly, the hardware that transforms the electricity from alternating current to direct current is the same as what's carried in the car for 120 - and 240 - volt charging.

Not exact matches

If this does not reflect your current income, you can elect to provide alternate proof (e.g., pay stub, letter from employer, proof of self - employment).

The bad news is that I'm coughing regularly and probably starting the chest cold that has had my wife in bed all weekend (and, no, in her current condition she is NOT hot...) Airborne zinc lozenges, and vitamin C are already on board and will alternate with the brewskis for at least the next several couple of days (then back to work on Wednesday, I hope...) My favorite line from Animal House is definitely in order...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers proposed a cornucopia of possible solutions, ranging from finishing the trial with just 11 jurors to replacing a current juror with an alternate — a move that would require the newly constituted 12 - member jury to restart deliberations entirely.

Stone stepped down from JPL in 2001, but his touch remains in the current cadence of Mars exploration, alternating between big - budget missions like Curiosity and smaller ones like the MAVEN orbiter, which studies the Martian atmosphere.

Using a resistor to convert electrical charge to alternating current, Krupenkin was able to harvest electrical energy from drops of either mercury or galinstan, a gallium - based alloy as they were moved along these channels and over the electrodes.

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.

Together with colleagues from Chalmers University of Technology and the company Borealis in Sweden, he has found a powerful method for reducing energy losses in alternating current cables.

Although direct - current lines are highly efficient, the equipment that converts alternating current into direct current and back again is not, so the advantage accrues on long spans — such as those from the windy high plains and the sunny Southwest.

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.

I'm on the fence on this one... recently I've been playing tougher, longer games, (Wolfenstein, RE5 etc.) and Cloudy With a Chance Of Meatballs was a nice break from that and although the dialogue is often times completely irrelevant to the current situation, a good selection of funny weapons and a collectables system with alternate ending make this game fun... I thoroughly enjoyed the 12 hours of gameplay that it did offer but it's really hard to get attached to something that doesn't stay around too long... I have a Gamepass from Blockbuster which allows me unlimited game rentals.

Westinghouse prefers the alternating current, and demonstrates his method's versatility by providing light to Great Barrington, Mass., from a mile away.

It will be based on DC's Flashpoint comic book crossover series from 2011 - written by current DC Films co-chief Geoff Johns - which follows Flash as he travels back in time and prevents the Reverse - Flash from murdering his mother, thus sending the entire DC Universe into an alternate timeline, known as Flashpoint, in which the Amazons and Atlanteans are at war, Kal - El never became Superman, and Thomas Wayne was Batman, amongst other things.

Because of the whole Star Wars Legends alternate universe (the classic Expanded Universe) and the current canon universe, there's some move for changes to be made in the movie and not to play spoiler, they change it up from the previous novels.

Space limits an extended discussion here, but we note two conclusions from a 2012 article by Economic Policy Institute researcher Monique Morrissey, who explains that «the logical implication of Richwine and Biggs's [pension] position is that public employers and taxpayers would be indifferent between current pension funding practices and investing in Treasury securities, even though this would triple the cost of pension benefits» and that R & B «selectively alternate between the cost of benefits to employers and the value to workers, and inappropriately equate the latter with the often much higher cost to individuals of obtaining equivalent benefits.»

An inverter converts the direct current from the combustion engine into alternating current for the electric motor.

The 144V output from the battery is boosted to 520V DC maximum before conversion to alternating current.

If this does not reflect your current income, you can elect to provide alternate proof (e.g., pay stub, letter from employer, proof of self - employment).

The committee shall consist of three members from different areas of the U.S.A. and two alternates, all members in good standing, no more than one of who may be a member of the current Board of Directors.

Alternating Currents: American Art in the Age of Technology, Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art at the San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market St. through Oct. 18, 1998.

Alternating Currents: American Art in the Age of Technology, Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art is currently on view at the San Jose Museum of Art.

In addition to these performances and sales, attendees are invited to see the current exhibitions from The Menil Collection, the Watercolor Art Society — Houston and the Houston Center for Photography; as well as attend youth art workshops from Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), Friends of Mandell Park and Aurora Picture Show; film screenings with Aurora Picture Show and SWAMP; watermedia demonstrations by Watercolor Art Society — Houston; and creative writing tours with Writers in the Schools.

The artists in the exhibition engage with a variety of media, drawing inspiration from diverse sources — such as everyday objects, childhood memories, current and historic events, and the body — often creating parallel or alternate narratives that complicate fact, fiction and memory.

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.

And they did not address the difficulties of maintaining voltage and frequency of alternating current within extremely tight limits (a necessity in technologically dependent societies) when a large share of the supply is from wind and solar.

For most residential uses, solar energy must be inverted from DC to AC (alternating current) which is the type of energy most houses use.

Most REDD initiatives have worked at the local level only, usually by providing alternate income streams for the rural poor, but the current trend is towards more ambitious efforts that cover entire jurisdictions and harness carbon finance to purge deforestation from corporate supply chains.

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.

(Aside from controlling voltage levels, the module also controls the motor's revolutions per minute, torque and the regenerative braking system, as well as converting direct current into usable alternating current, according to HowStuffWorks).

However, the profile contains more detailed information about your background, current location, alternate names, etc. so people can distinguish you from the other people that pop up on the same page.

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.

Edison, not wanting to lose the royalties he was earning from his direct current patents, began a campaign to discredit alternating current.

In addition to the rooftop panels, the project includes inverters to convert electricity generated by the modules from direct to alternating current, as well as utility - grade meters with remote monitoring capabilities.

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.