peak efficiency

collocation in English

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peak
adjective[before noun]
uk
/piːk/us
/piːk/
Peak times are the times when most people are using or ...
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efficiency
noun
uk
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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(Definition ofpeakandefficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although this plant uses more power than it generates, it allows these other plants to operate at close topeakefficiencyfor an overall cost savings.
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The first experiments used beams of positives and negatives as fuel, and demonstrated energy capture at apeakefficiencyof 65 percent and a minimum efficiency of 50 percent.
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Some companies (see power optimizer) are now placing peak power point converters into individual panels, allowing each to operate atpeakefficiencydespite uneven shading, soiling or electrical mismatch.
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It now takes two years to train him, and an estimated further four before he reachespeakefficiency.
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Changes are taking place within the yard, both in attitudes and in the need to hitpeakefficiency.
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It is recognised that in time of national emergency aircrews must perform atpeakefficiency, the cost of failure being great.
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Our forces must be kept atpeakefficiency, updated as necessary, in order to continue to provide a credible deterrent.
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Once the building industry is reduced to below itspeakefficiency, there is always some difficulty in getting it restarted on the technical, administrative and workers side.
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The primary responsibility lies with the industry to restructure, forge international alliances, plan for the future, benchmark itself against its leading competitors and ensure that it operates atpeakefficiency.
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These amplifiers can only achieve theirpeakefficiencyon the peaks of the amplitude.
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They had a 4-story warehouse and workshop atpeakefficiencyand 37 full-time staff.
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There are several ways to determine if the material-handling equipment is achievingpeakefficiency.
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Each of them can be enhanced by a number of available parts forpeakefficiency.
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That is, the fixed speed wind turbine is not operating atpeakefficiencyacross a range of wind speeds.
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The engine reached a peak thermal efficiency of 38.5%, compared to a modern spark-ignition gasoline engine, which has apeakefficiencyof 20-25%.
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Amonix has achieved a world record 34.9% outdoor efficiency and 36.2%peakefficiencyin its modules.
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It also can be easily be adjusted to run atpeakefficiencyat low-flow/high-pressure and high-flow/low-pressure by changing the pitch on the propeller (some models only).
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