TERMIUM Plus®

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LOAD PROFILE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Power Supply
DEF

An approximation of the amount of energy typically taken during each hour by a consumer or class of consumers over a defined period, such as monthly, given the total amount of energy metered for that defined period.

OBS

Load profiles are needed for consumers who do not have interval meters, and are used to allocate total k Wh usage over the month to each hour, in order to perform settlements that are based on hourly prices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
DEF

Quantité approximative d'énergie habituellement consommée chaque heure par un usager ou une catégorie d'usagers au cours d'une période de temps définie, comme un mois, compte tenu de la consommation totale d'énergie relevée au cours de la période définie.

OBS

On a besoin des profils de la charge dans le cas des usagers qui ne sont pas pourvus de compteurs à intervalles; on les utilise pour répartir sur une base horaire la consommation totale en k Wh relevée au cours du mois afin d'établir des transactions basées sur les prix horaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
OBS

A report in numerical and graphical form which shows the projected overloads and underloads on each work center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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