rated capacity

collocation in English

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rate
noun[C]
uk
/reɪt/us
/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofrateandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Due to age, overuse, and poor maintenance, the efficiency of delivery of the canal system is only 35-40 per cent ofratedcapacity.
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Details ofratedcapacityfor individual plants are commercially confidential.
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Moreover, wind farms can only provide an intermittent and lower output than theirratedcapacity.
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The vessels in the class have aratedcapacityof 25 ton bollard pull.
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The panels have aratedcapacityof approximately 85 kilowatts, capable of producing 118 megawatt-hours of energy per year.
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However, many power plants usually produce much less power than theirratedcapacity.
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A typical average figure is between one-third and one-half of the maximumratedcapacity.
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Ratedcapacityof the station is 2 million cubic meters per hour.
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Trains are overcrowded during peak hours, with nine-car trains ofratedcapacity1,700 passengers, actually carrying around 4,500 passengers at peak hours.
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In the year 2012, the overcrowding level was 41 percent aboveratedcapacityand was the highest level since 2004.
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The incinerator has aratedcapacityof 5000 tons / year of waste.
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In some cases a power plant produces much less power than itsratedcapacitybecause it uses an intermittent energy source.
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The school was constructed in 1980, and has aratedcapacityof 750.
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Battery cycle life is most commonly specified at a discharge depth of 80 percent ofratedcapacityand assuming a one-hour discharge current rate.
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The lighthouse has aratedcapacityof 23 nmi.
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Each tug in the class has aratedcapacityof 20 tonnes bollard pull.
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The heat flow to the liquid hydrogen shell was 4 watts, boill-off about 7.5 liters per day, or 1% of theratedcapacity.
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It was opened in 1962, and has aratedcapacityof 162, but only housed 92 in 2004.
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A quantity of cargo less than that fills the visible orratedcapacityof an inter-modal container.
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The plant has 11 turbines with aratedcapacityof 5,428 megawatts.
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