Load-following and intermittency | 37 comments (37 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Engineering Fundamentals Alert (none / 1)

Still, the US Navy (and Royal, Soviet and French navy) experience should tell us a lot about the mechanical stresses imposed by load following.

The intermittence the French nukes follow is not an intermittent source; but the intermittent demand.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sat Feb 13th, 2010 at 04:58:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Engineering Fundamentals Alert (none / 0)

If there is no intermittent source, why would they have an intermittent load?

by rootless2 on Sat Feb 13th, 2010 at 07:49:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Engineering Fundamentals Alert (none / 1)

People don't use power all the time.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Feb 14th, 2010 at 02:13:30 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Engineering Fundamentals Alert (none / 0)

yes but this is generally predictable and slow.

by rootless2 on Sun Feb 14th, 2010 at 04:31:51 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Engineering Fundamentals Alert (4.00 / 3)

Nope, it's on the same scale. The largest amplitude change, the daily variation can be up to 50%. See the upper bound of the curves in the diagrams in the diary.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Feb 14th, 2010 at 05:24:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Load-following and intermittency | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

Trmp and Energy Reality

No More Equality Under the Law, the End of Isonomy in...

Generating a toxic discourse that's not really about ARINS

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - May 2025

Recent Diaries

Shipping Shrouds Instead of Food / Aid

Criminal Enterprise Called NATO - R2P Civilians

Trump's Victory Plan for Ukraine

UK-EU Deal: The Anti-Trump Side Letter

Dutch "Left" Will Not Be Silenced!

BrEnter In the Offing?

America Supports Nakba 2, Transport to Hell

Trmp and Energy Reality

Preaching Policy Contra Russia @Atlantic Council

Arab Side Letter :: Solve the Gaza Crisis Now

Ukraine Not Invited to June NATO Summit

Stop Bloodshed, Invest In Peace

Trump: Sanctions Are Self Defeating

City Agriculture - May 13, 2025

Major Shift Powers in Mena - West Asia

China Trade Deal: Repair 4 Years of Biden Neglect

Trump: Zelensky Should Agree to Direct Talks w Putin

IDF Sniper Murderer of Shireen Abu Akleh Named

Rift Trump w Netanyahu Deepens

MAGA Freaked Out on Election Leo XIV

Occasional Series