Sentences with phrase «when electricity flows»

Diodes are composed of two conductive materials, such as silicon or germanium; the light - emitting variety uses materials such as gallium arsenide, which releases photons when electricity flows through it.

Light emitting diodes light up when electricity flows through them (like light bulbs).

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You have faith that your job and desk and boss will still be there when you get to work, that electricity will be flowing, that the ground beneath your feet will remain stable, etc...

When Thomas Edison had tried some hundreds of times to find a wire that could transmit a continuous flow of electricity, and had failed some hundreds of times, he did not say, «It is not the will of electricity to shine continuously in my wire.»

As this experiment involves the flow of electricity and use of a knife to cut the fruit, you should supervise your child when she is building and practicing the experiment.

When you plug in an appliance or flip on a light switch, electricity seems to flow instantly through wires in the wall.

Non-ionizing radiation from magnetic fields is produced when electric devices are in use and electricity is flowing.

As expected, big blackouts spiked when simulated electricity flows exceeded a critical threshold.

Further, he found the signature memristor effect: When he reversed the flow of electricity, as in an alternating current, the efficiency of the conductance increased, as if the microtubule had remembered the current that previously passed through it.

Take electricity: When an electrical current flows in one wire, a mutual friction drags current in a nearby wire.

Superconductors are materials that, when cooled below a certain temperature, conduct free - flowing electricity without it being impeded by resistance.

When it is sunny outside, the process reverses, and electricity from rooftop photovoltaic cells, which can generate up to 2.6 kilowatts of power at high noon, flows outward.

Other new technologies — such as micro grids that generate and store power for individual neighborhoods and automatic switches that can find open lines when some lines go down — can also help keep the electricity flowing.

When energy is needed, the water is released to flow through turbines, generating electricity.

When a lithium - ion battery supplies electricity, lithium ions flow into empty sites in the atomic lattice.

During the day, when demand for electricity is higher, power will be generated by both the wind turbines and water flowing from the upper reservoir to the lower.

The calculation leaves out major costs, such as expanding and strengthening the power grid to handle far more complex flows of electricity from millions of solar installations, and creating breakthroughs in energy storage technology to lengthen solar power's impact beyond the daylight hours and to deal with sudden drops in output when clouds arrive.

To salvage some of that energy, the team added a regenerative braking system: when the driver's foot is removed from the accelerator, the electrical connections are reconfigured so that instead of electricity going from the batteries to turn the motor, the motor generates electricity that flows back through the inverter to recharge the batteries.

When those metals come into contact with sweat, saline or even fluid discharges from wounds, silver acts as the positive electrode and zinc serves as the negative electrode — and electricity flows between them.

When there's a demand for electricity, the water is released to flow down the hill, turning turbines to run a generator.

When we talk about something that's conductive, we're referring to something that allows electricity to flow through it.

superconductor Materials that have no resistance to the flow of electricity, typically only when they are cooled below a certain temperature.

When the tip hits a cell, electricity can't flow as well and impedance goes up.

When the circuit transmits too much electricity, the fuse heats up, then «pops», not allowing anymore electricity to flow.

This seems like a waste of electricity (and thus fuel) when cruising at 60 - 75 mph, where the air flow from the fan is going to be dwarfed by air flow from the vehicle's motion.

We're not sure about Nissan's claim that e-Pedal will make driving more exciting, but we do agree when they say it will make driving the LEAF simpler and more engaging: in our experience, one - pedal driving forces you to pay closer attention to the flow of traffic and encourages the kind of driving that saves energy, no matter whether your car runs on electricity or gasoline.

When the exhibition travels to Kunsthalle Basel in spring 2016, the heaters will therefore maintain the same temperature, despite the different amount of electricity flowing through them.

It is one of the few hydro - power stations in Australia to include pumped hydro in which water is pumped from the lower Jounama Pondage to the upper Talbingo Reservoir when electricity is plentiful and cheap, so that it can flow back down through the turbines to generate more electricity at times of higher demand.

Here's how it works: water flowing downhill from the reservoirs will power the hydro plant when electricity is needed.

And of course existing techniques for load management such as pumped storage (sending water uphill when electricity is plentiful; using a downhill flow later to drive a generator) can be scaled up.

The present grid was designed at a time when power plants in central locations exclusively controlled a one - way flow of electricity to consumers.

Pumped storage works by using excess electricity to pump water upwards, and allowing the water to flow downwards and power turbines when needed.

Consequently, when the water flow is available to generate large amounts of hydro power, wholesale electricity prices drop.

An example might be the facts of R v Hollinshead [1985] 2 All ER 769, [1985] 3 WLR 159, where the defendants sold devices which, when fitted to an electricity meter, reversed the flow of current so that the meter recorded fewer units of electricity than were actually consumed.

Fuses have a thin strip of metal that literally blows when there's too much electricity flowing through it.