Sentences with phrase «power electrical needs»

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It's estimated wind can never supply more than the 19 % of electrical needs it does in the world leader, Denmark, until someone comes up with a way of storing the wind power that blows when we don't need it (for the times when it doesn't), or a way of transmitting electricity over huge distances with minimal line loss.

If consumers can economically produce, store, and swap electrical energy, they will not need the power grid.

In July, WWF Scotland said that wind produced enough power to meet, on average, the electrical needs of 124 percent of Scottish homes between January and June of this year.

Tech gadgets don't always need electrical power.

It can be adapted to meet a wide range of electrical power needs from applications such as automotive charging, biomedical implants, robotics, and the subsea industry.

The building boom figures to triple the city's power demands, hence the need for 450 new electrical substations.

I will need a private room with an electrical outlet in order to power up my pump.

The battery that supplies all electrical power is charged by little generators built into the rear wheels and the battery should rarely (if ever) need to be charged by external means.

Power: Do the turntables you're looking at use batteries or do they need to be connected to an electrical outlet?

To keep up with the rise of wind and solar power, Europe's electrical grid needs to get stronger and smarter, a demand that will be difficult to meet in an era of weak economies and tight budgets

Backup power was needed at Fukushima after the magnitude - 9.0 quake struck and the six power lines bringing in offsite electrical power to Fukushima Daiichi were severed, says Michael Weightman, Britain's chief nuclear installations inspector and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear Safety Group.

The new system is also designed to allow a PHEV to use its battery as an energy storage device, enabling the car to hold electrical energy in the battery while the grid has surplus power (during off - peak hours, for example) and contribute its surplus energy back to the grid when the latter needs more power to meet peak demand, Su says.

Singer says it could be potentially tapped to drive a tiny electrical generator, although the amount involved — about 10 - 24 joules per cycle — is so tiny that billions of single - ion engines would be needed to generate useful power.

Susan Shaw, a spokeswoman from Siemens Solar Industries, the Californian company that donated 26 of the solar units, says that although the solar units do not power the lights directly, they help to offset the extra demand from the tree, reducing the need to import power from outside the region which leads to wear and tear on electrical transformers.

«My work has focused on developing technology that translates electrical signals in human muscle into signals that control powered prosthetic limbs — such as decoding muscle signals to tell a prosthetic leg that it needs to walk forward or step up onto a staircase,» says Dr. Helen Huang, senior author of a paper on the work and an associate professor in the joint biomedical engineering program at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A coil of wire made from such a metal could carry an electrical current round and round forever, without needing a power source to drive the current.

The concept permits the «consumer», who is generating heat or electricity for their own needs, to send their surplus electrical power back into the power grid or share excess heat via a distributed heating grid.

Such switches might control and stabilize crafts both in air and sea in a completely mechanical way, without the need for electrical sensors and powered control systems.

Perhaps most speculatively, Bot says, such switches might control and stabilize an aircraft or underwater glider in a completely mechanical way, without the need for electrical sensors and powered control systems.

«These crystals produced very high thermoelectric powers over a wide temperature range, from the cryogenic level of 50 K (which is around -223 °C) up to room temperature, but still maintained the low electrical resistivity that is needed for practical cooling applications.»

Our new near - zero - power technology could one day eliminate the need to ever change or recharge a battery,» said Patrick Mercier, an electrical engineering professor at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and the study's senior author.

«When needed, the battery can be discharged so that the stored chemical energy is effectively converted to electrical power.»

But these prototypes are limited: Either they need an external power source to generate the many kilovolts required for the electrical discharge, or they need an external gas supply and regulation to sustain the plasma.

The pool water volume provides a minimum of 30 days of passive cooling of the spent fuel assemblies following a loss of all electrical power without the need for additional water.

The US nuclear regulator is satisfied that NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) design can operate safely without the need for safety - related electrical systems.

Results: High capacity, safe batteries are needed for efficient hybrid or electrical vehicles and for storing and releasing electricity from intermittent power sources like wind turbines and solar panels.

I hung a mirror to deflect the electrical transformer on my street, but you might hang one to offset a neglected lot nearby, oncoming traffic, a church (remember there are funerals there as well as happy occasions), a water tower or large power line, or even a graveyard (need I say more?).

The characters routinely allude to the riots and human - on - human bloodshed of the interceding years, and the same chaos promises to return once the power runs out, which is why Malcolm desperately needs to reactivate an electrical dam located on the cliffs near — you guessed it — the ape village.

«We need to divert auxiliary power to the rear deflector shield,» instructs Solo, as he takes charge of steering through what appears to be a huge electrical storm.

One of the factors in the conflict between the humans and apes in this story is the need for electrical power.

Elevator installers - repairmen need strong science skills in order because their work combines electrical, structural and mechanical engineering skills; the same is true for electrical and electronics installers who work in power plants.

I suspect newer cars with this feature have the necessary sensors and variable - output starter needed to turn the engine with the minimal necessary electrical power so that you don't lose all your savings from the alternator recharging the battery.

Oh and I can't forget about a roll of toilet paper to hold a live battery or starter cable from touching any ground, when you still need connections to power to diagnose electrical problems.

If the car stops stalling then you need a new power booster and if it does not then look at possible electrical causes.

The Electric Code Detector is a component of the fuse block that detects increased electrical power needed and increases the idle speed to allow the alternator to provide more power.

Either way an electrical issue would need to have the fuses and switches in the light system checked for proper operation and power to and from them...

Since you're working on an electrical sensor, you'll need to disconnect the power from your battery.

The only thing that I dislike about my vehicle is that many of the power / electrical features have failed, which have needed repair, like the power windows, power seats, etc..

Along with the Ecotec 2.4 L and six - speed transmission, the eAssist system uses power stored in the air - cooled, lithium - ion battery to provide needed electrical boost in various driving scenarios, optimizing engine and transmission operation.

Once you locate the power steering pressure switch, you'll need to remove the electrical harness attached to this component.

The vehicle's front trunk will come equipped with high - and low - voltage electrical outlets for plugging in power - tools and appliances as needed — this feature is sure to please many on the job site.

Mated to a 2.4 L Ecotec direct injection four - cylinder engine and next - generation six - speed automatic transmission, the eAssist system uses power stored in the battery to provide needed electrical boost in various driving scenarios, optimizing engine and transmission operation.

Such a machine would not even need a starter motor or any belt powered accessories such as alternator, water pump, air - conditioner or power steering because electrical powered versions are more efficient and now lighter weight.

The Electrical Power Assisted Steering system also offers significant weigh reduction over a conventional hydraulic steering system and electrically generates power - assist only as nePower Assisted Steering system also offers significant weigh reduction over a conventional hydraulic steering system and electrically generates power - assist only as nepower - assist only as needed.

Acceleration from the four - cylinder is aided a bit by electrical power, so it isn't bad, but Chevy needs to ditch its four - speed automatic transmission, and, we're told, will pretty soon.

Massive 110 Amp Alternator For ultimate accessory integration and to power all your electrical needs, the RANGER Diesel is outfitted with a massive 110 amps of alternator output — more than double previously.

A DC / DC converter supplies the vehicle's electrical system with the 12V power it needs.

USB charging has become so common that it's now easy to find replacement electrical outlets at home improvement stores with USB ports built it, negating the need for a USB power adapter.

We need electrical power sources on all those tables.

A quick aside on «power» — the electrical kind: I am concerned about our technology — not because it's usurping my beloved book - in - hand moments, but on a much more basic need level.