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In trade, barter (derived from bareter [1]) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. [2]
base load power plant An electric power plant that furnishes the part of load that does not vary during a day. battery An electrochemical device that produces electric power from chemical reactions. battery eliminator An AC adapter, which allows battery operated equipment to run on wall-socket AC power. Bayer filter
Early in the history of power plants, barring was done by operators turning the shaft with a bar. This is still done if electric barring is not available, as the consequences of bowing a shaft are enormous. Turning gear Biomass Living or recently dead material such as plant matter, used as either fuel or industrial production as biofuel
Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...
A power station, a facility for the generation of electrical power; An engine and related systems that propel a vehicle; An aircraft engine and its propeller (usually used in countries other than the U.S.)
VPPs typically aggregate large numbers of distributed energy resources (DER). Resources can be dispatchable or non-dispatchable, controllable or flexible load (CL or FL). Resources can include microCHPs, natural gas-fired reciprocating engines, small-scale wind power plants (WPP), photovoltaics (PV), run-of-river hydroelectricity plants, small hydro, biomass, backup generators, and energy ...
PCS—Power conversion system, electric power conversion. Plant Control System. PCT—Programmable Communicating Thermostat (electricity), Production Conformity Test; PD—Preliminary Determination; PDC—Phasor data concentrator. See description in phasor measurement unit article. (electricity) PDCI—Pacific Direct Current Intertie (US ...
A magnetohydrodynamic generator directly extracts electric power from moving hot gases through a magnetic field, without the use of rotating electromagnetic machinery. MHD generators were originally developed because the output of a plasma MHD generator is a flame, well able to heat the boilers of a steam power plant. The first practical design ...