Sentences with phrase «only as a generator»

Meanwhile the front mounted 54hp motor acts only as generator.

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid uses a one - way clutch that allows the motor typically used only as a generator to deliver torque to the wheels, depending on driving conditions.

The hybrid also uses a one - way clutch that allows the motor typically used only as a generator to deliver torque to the wheels, depending on driving conditions.

The two - cylinder acts only as a generator to produce electricity, extending the i3 range to about 186 miles.

Not exact matches

As cheap natural gas squeezes the margins of nuclear generators, there's only one company currently building reactors in the country — Southern Co., at its Vogtle plant in Georgia.

Maria, which hit the island as a Category 4, completely knocked out the island's power grid — so the only power is coming from generators and car batteries.

You can see this by imagining a generator that you can buy at a hardware store which can produce 1000W and is only as big as your knee.

«They want them there just as an ultimate level of security, but they'll be roughly 90 percent less polluting than the existing ones... With just the diesel generators you can only power a couple of lights and maybe one elevator but if you actually wanted to use this as a shelter for an extended period of time you would need the cogeneration plant,» he said.

Indian Point not only serves as one of the state's largest power generators, but also as a de facto «pumping station» helping to more efficiently delivers power from northern areas to downstate New York.

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

NuScale claims it will be able to produce power at about seven to nine cents per kilowatt - hour — roughly the same as big nuclear plants, only a few cents more than the cheapest modern natural gas — fired or coal - fired plants, and one - third the cost of a typical diesel generator.

Existing quantum random number generators are only as reliable as their parts.

It only needs to change the perspective: as an oncoming car approaches, the effects generator zooms into a library picture to make the vehicle appear to get closer.

The device, known as a pulsed - power generator, will be the largest of its kind in the civilian world, smaller only than half - a-dozen or so similar devices in military laboratories in the US, Russia and Europe.

Working at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, scientists claim to have created a sponge - like graphite - carbon material that helps convert water to steam using sunlight only one - hundredth as bright as that required by conventional steam - producing solar generators.

Not only was Stella's home flooded, many of her seamstresses lost everything and her studio in San Juan still to this day must run a power generator as they have no electricity.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

Unlike more conventional hybrid systems, Nissan's e-Power system only uses the gas engine as a generator and will not power the car directly.

The fact that diesel has more BTUs / gallon is good, too, but not the only reason a diesel engine is more efficient as a generator.

Alternatively, the plug - in hybrid system that's been an option for the Prius uses all electric power, drawing energy primarily from a plug - in charger that's used while the car is parked, with the gas engine only acting as an onboard generator when battery power gets too low.

The hybrid's IMA system utilizes an electric motor fitted between the gas engine and the five - speed automatic transmission that boosts power only when necessary (such as when you're climbing a hill or passing in traffic) and also functions as a generator, charging the batteries during deceleration and braking.

This includes introducing Electric Power Steering (EPS)-- familiar from the Corsa — across all variants, as it only draws exactly as much energy as it needs from the generator.

What's happening is an odd disconnect between the acceleration that I felt from the electric motor supplying torque for passing and the loud scream of the gasoline motor that was only acting as a generator and really had no impact on the physical performance of the car at the moment.

It uses only an electric motor to move the car, while a petrol engine is used as a generator producing electricity that goes directly into propelling the electric motor or, when electricity is in excess, to charge the batteries (similar to BMW's REX).

In most conditions, Insight operates on electric power only, drawing energy from the engine (operating as a generator) or battery pack.

Only upwards of 65 mph, does the ICE hook up to the wheels, but it still runs the generator to use the main electric motor as assist.

The BMW i3 is the only electric vehicle that offers the option of a range extender — a small gasoline engine that can act as a generator when the battery runs low.

The EQ Boost starter generator not only serves as an alternator, but is also responsible for hybrid functions.

This is a stepping stone to a pure Plugin Hybrid that only uses a small ICE engine as a generator or pure EV's.

As we witness fundamental change, not only of the publishing industry but of all content generators and media organizations, books, reading and even more broadly storytelling, are subject to fundamental transformation.

The deer really want more oak trees but three of your humans want you to start building a fast food restaurant - only to get that fast food restaurant running, you have to have farmers growing food and raising cattle, a flour mill running, bakeries baking, a slaughterhouse - and each of these requires a certain amount of labor (must come from your established community) as well as power and water, which can be generated by solar power, windmills, or oil powered generators.

Having played as much as I have, and considering the wonderfully challenging and addictive level generator, this is one of only a few PSM games I'm keeping installed.

It's not weatherproof and can only be used in dry weather, which is fine for people who just want a solar back - up generator for occasional use or even as a regular gadget charger, but means it definitely isn't meant for any emergency response applications.

Backup generator: A generator that is used only for test purposes, or in the event of an emergency, such as a shortage of power needed to meet customer load requirements.

On current gas price expectations, a CO2 price of only $ 5 per ton would be sufficient to make new gas - fired generators as economical as new coal - fired plants, based on the present value of fixed and variable costs.

Lovable Wind Generators discusses the need for wind turbines to not only generate electricity, but to be visually pleasant as well.

Given your background it is probably evident that with only the GHG model input and the resulting «water vapor feedback» controlled, the GCM functions as a noise generator with a variable bias.

These examples show why the electrification plans of the government of Indonesia are multi-dimensional; they include the extension of the existing grid, promoting micro-hydro and off - grid solar technologies as well as solar - diesel or solar - battery hybrids; only in relatively few cases are isolated diesel generators the optimal approach.

Another good idea (but more capital - intensive) would be for farmers who use diesel generators as a main source of power to install a small wind turbine or some solar panels and to only use the generator as backup.

Advertising at the same price as the Yeti 1250, this solar generator weighs only 24 lbs.

But then I went on to envisage, at least in my own mind, a time when large fossil fuel generators had all closed own — mainly in order to avoid ruining our one and only habitable planet — and that the 24/7 power supply would be a mix of Solar PV, solar thermal (eg CSP), wind and the lesser sources such as hydro, tidal, geothermal etc having taken over the complete electricity supply — especially since Australia doesn't have, and is almost certain never to have, nuclear fission plants.

At the moment, as mentioned earlier, we are not a cost burden, we are an income generator — a profit center — not only covering our costs but generating a healthy surplus each year.

If the generator only gives you one figure as an average, that really doesn't help you decide on a company.

That consisted of not only maintaining functionality of all equipment and machines (such as: boilers, air - handlers, pumps, condensers, generators, etc.) but making sure equipment was performing at peak performance to meet energy stars efficiency standards.