Grid Frequency [mains electricity]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 14/08/2019 10:41:34:

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The devil is in the details.

Not a complete answer to power problems, but a helpful way of managing awkward short-term shortages. Once developed the same technology could be added to domestic freezers, and perhaps other greedy non-critical appliances like vacuum cleaners and tumble driers.

Dave

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… but an algorithm that treats reduced demand as being equivalent to actual back-up storage, is too reminiscent of modern fiscal juggling for my taste.

What happens when the system fails, or is hacked ?

MichaelG.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 14/08/2019 10:55:52:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 14/08/2019 10:41:34:

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The devil is in the details.

Not a complete answer to power problems, but a helpful way of managing awkward short-term shortages…

Dave

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… but an algorithm that treats reduced demand as being equivalent to actual back-up storage, is too reminiscent of modern fiscal juggling for my taste.

What happens when the system fails, or is hacked ?

MichaelG.

We are only nine meals away from anarchy…

Dave

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Having to wait for the wind to pick up before vacuuming the carpet sounds a bit medieval to me. Just bite the bullet and get some nuclear stations built. According to the World Health Organisation it is the safest form of power generation (not sure why they don't list gas and oil, but they contribute plenty of CO2

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Of course if you have a smart meter they could switch off any or all domestic loads and leave the trains running.

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