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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Maintenance agreement for power plant | | Dutch term or phrase: langskoppelnet | What would be the English for 'langskoppelnet' in the following phrase appearing in a maintenance agreement for a power plant?
o EB-verdeel inrichting 400/320 V met langskoppelnet
I would also be grateful for a brief explanation of what a 'langskoppeling' or 'langskoppelnet' is. Many thanks! |
|  Ron PeekKudoZ activityQuestions: 130 ( 1 open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 155
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| | parallel coupling network | Explanation:
A pure guess based on the meanings of the root words. The concept of 'parallel generation' does exist in the electrical power industry; perhaps what is being referred to here is a mechanism or arrangement to allow the generator to be coupled into the mains grid 'in parallel'.
some refs (no relevant google hits in Dutch that I can find):
Control Engineering - Distributed Power Demands Safe, Reliable ...
... "Distributed power generation suffers from ... at the point of common coupling," says Witschonke. ... UL 1741 listed) supplies reliable grid-parallel operation using ...
www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA333063 - Gelijkwaardige pagina's
[PDF] Distributed Power Generation in Alaska
Bestandsformaat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML versie
... 3.3.13 point of common coupling (PCC): The point where a ... Distributed Power Generation ... or Standby rated generator set which would operate in parallel with the ...
www.eere.energy.gov/de/ pdfs/road_show/anchorage_alaska.pdf
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Ken Cox
Local time: 14:16
| Grading comment Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Having looked at the references provided by Kenneth, 'parallel coupling network' (with a translator's note) will have to do.
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Explanation:
A pure guess based on the meanings of the root words. The concept of 'parallel generation' does exist in the electrical power industry; perhaps what is being referred to here is a mechanism or arrangement to allow the generator to be coupled into the mains grid 'in parallel'.
some refs (no relevant google hits in Dutch that I can find):
Control Engineering - Distributed Power Demands Safe, Reliable ...
... "Distributed power generation suffers from ... at the point of common coupling," says Witschonke. ... UL 1741 listed) supplies reliable grid-parallel operation using ...
www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA333063 - Gelijkwaardige pagina's
[PDF] Distributed Power Generation in Alaska
Bestandsformaat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML versie
... 3.3.13 point of common coupling (PCC): The point where a ... Distributed Power Generation ... or Standby rated generator set which would operate in parallel with the ...
www.eere.energy.gov/de/ pdfs/road_show/anchorage_alaska.pdf
| Ken Cox
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| | Grading comment | Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Having looked at the references provided by Kenneth, 'parallel coupling network' (with a translator's note) will have to do. |
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