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...]. Prior to 1880, wave motors were designed to operate non-electrically to power vehicles or [[Mill (grinding)|mills]].<ref>{{Cite patent }}.</ref><ref>"Utilizing the Tide: A New and Practical Wave Motor", Argonaut, June 2, 1877, p. 7.</ref> ...

It was developed for use in [[Oscillating Water Column]] [[wave power]] plants, in which a rising and falling water surface moving in an air comp *[[Siadar Wave Energy Project]] ...

{{Short description|Power transferred per unit area}} ...g|''average'']] power transfer over one [[Period (physics)|period]] of the wave is used. ''Intensity'' can be applied to other circumstances where energy i ...

....png|300px|thumb|The amplitude of the supply current rises with increasing power consumption of the load.]] ...ude adjusting''' (also referred to as '''Amplitude control''') enables the power control of electric loads, which are operated with AC voltage. A representa ...

[[Image:Rectification.svg|thumb|right|350px|Rectification of a sine wave produces pulsed DC.]] ...ke an AC wave, the voltage of a PDC wave continually varies, but like a DC wave, the sign of the voltage is constant. ...

{{Short description|Power plug/socket smart device}} ...wer socket|sockets]] to function as a [[Remote control|remote-controlled]] power [[switch]]. As such, smart plugs can be used to make "dumb" electrical equi ...

{{Short description|Electromagnetic plane wave}} ....gif|thumb|255px|right|The [[Electric field|E-field]] of a Zenneck surface wave at an air-silver interface. <!--with almost the same wavelength as the corr ...

{{Short description|Passive power-factor correction circuit}} A '''valley-fill circuit''' is a type of passive [[power-factor correction]] (PFC) circuit. ...

{{Short description|Method of generating high-voltage wave-forms from lower-voltage components}} A '''multi-level converter''' (MLC) is a method of generating high-voltage wave-forms from lower-voltage components. MLC origins go back over a hundred yea ...

.../math> for a wave moving rightward, or <math>I(x)/V(x) = -Y_0</math> for a wave moving leftward.]] | title = Electrical Power Systems ...

...e use of a [[battery (electricity)|battery]] to provide it with electrical power. ...refer to units which do not require a power source at all, except for the power that they receive from an ambient radio source, such as radio waves. ...

...rces, such as [[solar energy|solar]], [[wind power|wind]] and [[wave power|wave]] energy.<ref>[http://www.courses.napier.ac.uk/U52151.htmvv]{{dead link|dat ...

...e plosive "p" sound from a vocalist sends an initial positive air pressure wave toward the microphone which responds with an initial inward movement of the ==Power electronics== ...

...on of the terminations. But measurement of the incident wave in a standing wave acoustic field requires uses of impedance tube technology, may be quite lab By definition the plane wave TL on an acoustic component with negligible mean flow may be described as:< ...

...can also play an important role in the operation of [[three phase electric power]] systems. ...ve amplitude zero at time zero.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Electric Power Systems: A Conceptual Introduction|last = von Meier|first = Alexandra|publi ...

...than 100 ns. This is an improvement over [[Marx generator]] based [[pulsed power]] devices which require pulse compression to achieve such fast risetimes. I ...s currently being investigated as a driver for the next generation of high power accelerators. ...

{{Short description|Hydro-electric generator using wave energy}} ...up of a Power Connector Frame (PCF), which is bolted to the seabed, and a Power Capture Unit (PCU). The PCU is a hinged buoyant flap that moves back and fo ...

{{Short description|System for supplying uninterrupted power}} ...ct of steam turbine outlet quality on the output power of a combined cycle power plant."] "Energy Conversion and Management" 89(1), 231–243</ref> ...

...he majority of phase converters are used to produce [[three-phase electric power]] from a single-phase source, thus allowing the operation of three-phase eq ...duces the three-phase power, the second motor driving the load runs on the power produced.<ref>"[http://www.agilemagco.com/transformers/3-phase/converters 3 ...

[[File:Sine voltage.svg|thumb|A [[sine wave|sinusoidal]] curve | [[Wave period]] (not an amplitude) ...