Power control, broadly speaking, is the intelligent selection of transmitter power output in a communication system to achieve good performance within...
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personal gain, personal gratification, and the enjoyment of exercising power and control. The victims of this behavior are often subject to psychological,...
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of "power", and its meaning would be lost. Given that power is not innate and can be granted to others, to acquire power one must possess or control a form...
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speed or thrust for powered aircraft. The control yokes also vary greatly among aircraft. There are yokes where roll is controlled by rotating the yoke...
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Power Control, also known as Optimum Power Calibration, abbreviated OPC, is a function of optical disc recorders. It checks the proper writing power and...
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Voltage control and reactive power management are two facets of an ancillary service that enables reliability of the transmission networks and facilitates...
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A power-train control module, abbreviated PCM, is an automotive component, a control unit, used on motor vehicles. It is generally a combined controller...
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Home automation (redirect from Electronic Power Control)
for electronic devices. It primarily uses electric power transmission wiring for signalling and control, where the signals involve brief radio frequency...
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A control car, cab car (North America), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK, Ireland, Australia and India) is a non-powered rail vehicle from which...
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"Power & Control" is a song by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, released under the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, from her second studio album, Electra...
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or other symbols. A power symbol is a symbol indicating that a control activates or deactivates a particular device. Such a control may be a rocker switch...
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turbocharged vehicles, a boost control solenoid is actuated to reduce boost and therefore engine power. Typically, traction control systems share the electrohydraulic...
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one day (day-ahead operation) to minutes prior to the power delivery. The term power system control describes actions taken in response to unplanned disturbances...
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Ancillary services (redirect from Frequency control ancillary services)
transmission of electric power from generators to consumers given the obligations of control areas and transmission utilities within those control areas to maintain...
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same rate at which it is consumed. A sophisticated control system is required to ensure that power generation closely matches demand. If demand exceeds...
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control unit (DCU) Engine control unit (ECU) – not to be confused with electronic control unit, the generic term for all these devices Electric power...
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Variable-frequency drive (category Mechanical power control)
hydraulic systems, such as in systems with pumps and damper control for fans. Since the 1980s, power electronics technology has reduced VFD cost and size and...
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had joined themselves into a condominium asserting supreme power in Germany, the Allied Control Council was constituted the sole legal sovereign authority...
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An engine control unit (ECU), also called an engine control module (ECM), is a device that controls various subsystems of an internal combustion engine...
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rather than add. This is the fundamental mechanism for controlling the power factor in electric power transmission; capacitors (or inductors) are inserted...
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wheel to counter understeer. Some ESC systems also reduce engine power until control is regained. ESC does not improve a vehicle's cornering performance;...
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Microsoft PowerToys is a set of freeware (later open source) system utilities designed for power users developed by Microsoft for use on the Windows operating...
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List of WLAN channels (section Standard power)
725 GHz must employ dynamic frequency selection (DFS) and transmit power control (TPC) capabilities. This is to avoid interference with weather-radar...
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Rain fade (redirect from Uplink Power Control)
the transmission power: this dynamic fade countermeasure is called uplink power control (UPC). Until more recently, uplink power control had limited use...
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Enhanced Power Control Updates the power control feature to remove the open loop power control, and also to clarify ambiguities in power control introduced...
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Induction heater (section Means of power control)
induction heater the control system, control panel, or ON / OFF switch; in some cases this system can be absent the power unit (power inverter) the work...
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On marine vessels the Power Management System PMS is in charge of controlling the electrical system. Its task is to make sure that the electrical system...
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Static VAR compensator (redirect from Reactive Power Control Relay)
(SVC) is a set of electrical devices for providing fast-acting reactive power on high-voltage electricity transmission networks. SVCs are part of the...
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problems. Looking more in depth, launch control holds the engine's RPM at a set number, allowing the car to build power before the computer or operator engages...
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team of power engineers led by Gordon Hall and commercialized by Frank W. "Bill" Gutzwiller in 1957. Some sources define silicon-controlled rectifiers...
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