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The ratio of the coincident, maximum demand or two or more loads to the sum of their noncoincident maximum demand for a given period; the reciprocal of the diversity factor, and is always less than or equal to one.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the electric power produced by a photovoltaic device to the power of the sunlight incident on the device.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the mass of water vapor to the volume occupied by a mixture of water vapor and dry air.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the maximum demand on an electricity generating and distribution system to the total connected load on the system; usually expressed as a percentage.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the minimum amount of work or energy required to perform a task to the amount actually used.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the percentage change in the quantity of a good or service demanded to the percentage change in the price.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the radiant energy (heat) leaving (being emitted by) a surface to that of a black body at the same temperature and with the same area; expressed as a number between 0 and 1.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the sum of the noncoincidental maximum demands of two or more loads to their coincidental maximum demands for the same period.
Industry:Energy
The refrigerating effect in Btu/h produced by the difference in total enthalpy between a refrigerant liquid leaving the unit and the total enthalpy of the refrigerant vapor entering it. Generally measured in tons or Btu/h.
Industry:Energy
The region between an n-layer and a p-layer in a single material, photovoltaic cell.
Industry:Energy