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  2. Kilowatt-hour - Wikipedia

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    A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.

  3. List of energy abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    C&I—Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission)CA—Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon-neutrality —Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator.

  4. Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering - Wikipedia

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    An active or passive element of an electronic circuit. electronic control unit In an automobile, an embedded electronic system that controls some aspect of a vehicle (ignition, transmission, and so on). electronic design automation A system in which a computer provides assistance to the designer of a device or system. electronic engineering

  5. Units of energy - Wikipedia

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    A unit of electrical energy, particularly for utility bills, is the kilowatt-hour (kWh); [3] one kilowatt-hour is equivalent to 3.6 megajoules. Electricity usage is often given in units of kilowatt-hours per year or other periods. [4] This is a measurement of average power consumption, meaning the average rate at which energy is transferred ...

  6. Glossary of power electronics - Wikipedia

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    An electronic AC/DC converter with a DC or AC link. indirect commutation A series of commutations from one principal arm to another or back to the original one by successive commutations via one or more auxiliary arms. indirect (power) conversion Electronic conversion with one or more DC or AC link(s). indirect current link AC converter

  7. Electricity meter - Wikipedia

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    North American domestic analog (Ferraris disk) electricity meter. Electricity meter with transparent plastic case (Israel) An electricity meter, electric meter, electrical meter, energy meter, or kilowatt-hour meter is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, a business, or an electrically powered device over a time interval.

  8. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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    geo: average power consumption per person worldwide in 2008 (21,283 kWh/year) 3.3–6.6 × 10 3 W eco: average photosynthetic power output per square kilometer of ocean [23] 3.6 × 10 3 W tech: synchrotron radiation power lost per ring in the Large Hadron Collider at 7000 GeV [6] 10 4: 1–5 × 10 4 W tech: nominal power of clear channel AM [24 ...

  9. Passive sign convention - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the "reference directions" of the current (), voltage (), and power () variables used in the passive sign convention.If positive current is defined as flowing into the device terminal which is defined to be positive voltage, then positive power (big arrow) given by the equation = represents electric power flowing into the device, and negative power represents power flowing out.