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U.S. Department of Energy
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The load-carrying ability of an electric power plant during a specific time interval and period when related to the characteristics of the load to be/being supplied; determined by capability, operating power factor, and the portion of the load the station is to supply.
Industry:Energy
The local climate of specific place or habitat, as influenced by landscape features.
Industry:Energy
The loss in static pressure of a fluid (liquid or gas) in a system due to friction from obstructions in pipes, from valves, fittings, regulators, burners, etc, or by a breech or rupture of the system.
Industry:Energy
The loss of heat as the water circulates through a water heater tank and inlet and outlet pipes.
Industry:Energy
The losses that result from inherent resistance in electrical conductors and transformation inefficiencies in distribution transformers in a transmission and distribution network.
Industry:Energy
The low effective temperature of the sky on a clear night.
Industry:Energy
The lower or net heat of combustion for a fuel that assumes that all products of combustion are in a gaseous state.
Industry:Energy
The lowest wind speed at which a wind turbine begins producing usable power.
Industry:Energy
The luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.
Industry:Energy
The material through which electricity is transmitted, such as an electrical wire, or transmission or distribution line.
Industry:Energy