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Friday, July 27, 2007

Power

Power is the rate at which work is performed or energy is transmitted or the amount of energy essential or finished for a given unit of time. It is many types of conversion Power.Power (physics) is the quantity of work done or energy transferred per unit of time. Motive power is power which moves great, such as output of a motor. Electric power generation is the process of converting any form of energy to electrical energy.

Power station, a capability for generating electricity, nuclear power, the conversion of nuclear force to electricity, solar power, the translation of solar energy to electricity, wind power, the conversion of wind energy to electricity, wave power, the conversion of signal energy to electricity, tidal power, the conversion of energy of the tides energy to electricity, geothermal power, the conversion of geothermal power to electricity, hydropower, the conversion of possible or kinetic energy of water to electricity, Optical power of a lens is the opposite of its focal length, Effective radiated power in radio telecommunications is a calculate of radio station antennas

Monday, July 23, 2007

Reactance

Reactance is the invented part of electrical impedance, a measure of opposition to a sinusoidal alternating current. Reactance arises from the occurrence of inductance and capacitance within a circuit, and the SI unit is the ohm. The value of the reactance is a lower maximum value on the amount of the impedance. A positive reactance implies that the phase of the voltage leads the phase of the current, while a harmful reactance implies that the phase of the voltage lags the phase of the current. A reactance of zero implies the current and voltage are in phase and equally if the reactance is non-zero then there is a phase distinction between the voltage and current

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Energy meter

An electric meter or energy meter is a machine that measures the amount of electrical energy supplied to a residence or business. These are customers of an electric company.

The most common type is more accurately known as a (kilo) watt-hour meter or a joule meter. They may also record other variables including the time, when the electricity was used. Modern electricity meters operate by continuously measuring the instantaneous voltage and current (amperes) and finding the product of these to give direct electrical power (watts) which is then integrated against time to give energy used (joules, kilowatt-hours etc). The meters fall into two essential categories, electromechanical and electronic. The type of meter described commonly used on a single-phase AC supply. Different phase of meter configurations use additional voltage and current coils. The most general type of electricity meter is the electromechanical induction meter.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Escalator

An escalator is a conveyor transport device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks that keep the surfaces of the individual ladder horizontal. As a power-driven, continuous moving stairway planned to transport passengers up and down short vertical distances, escalators are used around the world to move pedestrian traffic in places where elevators would be impractical. Principal areas of usage include shopping centers, airports, transit systems, convention centers, hotels, and public buildings.

They have the capacity to move large numbers of people, and they can be placed in the same physical space as set of steps. They have no waiting interval, except during very heavy traffic, they can be used to guide people towards main exits and they may be weather-proofed for outdoor use.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Computer

A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions.Computers take plentiful physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, overriding as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. Today, computers can be made small enough to fit into a wrist watch and be powered from a watch battery. Society has come to distinguish personal computers and their portable equivalent, the laptop computer, as icons of the information age; they are what most people think of as a computer. However, the most general form of computer in use today is by far the embedded computer. Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are often used to organize other devices—for example; they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital cameras, and even children's toys.
The ability to store and implement programs makes computers extremely versatile and distinguishes them from calculators. The Church–Turing thesis is a mathematical statement of this flexibility: Any computer with a certain minimum capability is, in principle, capable of performing the same tasks that any other computer can perform. Therefore, computers with capability and complexity ranging from that of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer are all able to perform the same computational tasks as long as time and storage capability are not considerations.