Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

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Baffle

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device, such as a steel plate, used to check, retard, or divert a flow of a material.

Circuit

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device, or system of devices, that allows electrical current to flow through it and allows voltage to occur across positive and negative terminals.

Thermophotovoltaic cell

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device where sunlight concentrated onto a absorber heats it to a high temperature, and the thermal radiation emitted by the absorber is used as the energy source for a photovoltaic cell that is ...

Governor

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device used to regulate motor speed, or, in a wind energy conversion system, to control the rotational speed of the rotor.

Ground

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device used to protect the user of any electrical system or appliance from shock.

Pyranometer

Energy; Energy efficiency

A device used to measure total incident solar radiation (direct beam, diffuse, and reflected radiation) per unit time per unit area.

Tennessee valley authority (TVA)

Energy; Energy efficiency

A federal agency established in 1933 to develop the Tennessee river valley region of the southeastern U.S., and which is now nation's largest power producer.