The mass utilization efficiency of the thruster is thus around 90 %, while the discharge current efficiency is around 70 %, for a combined thruster efficiency of around 63 % ( = 90 % ?70 % ).
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Each BCDU can regulate discharge current from two battery ORUs ( Orbital Replacement Unit, a series-connected pack of 38 Ni-H 2 cells ), and can provide up to 6.6 kW to the Space Station.
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The high discharge currents do damage the switch contacts due to arcing ( causing the contacts to oxidize and often deposit carbon ), so it is advised to either use a solid-state MOSFET switch or clean the trigger contacts regularly.
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If it is driving an uninterruptible power supply, the discharge current may actually increase as the battery discharges, as the inverter draws more current at lower voltage to maintain constant power output . Edison 23 : 49, 15 September 2006 ( UTC)
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Applications that require a small current for a long time, for example a smoke detector, also use primary batteries since the self-discharge current of a rechargeable battery would exceed the load current and limit service time to a few days or weeks.
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Although discharge currents of the batteries are at present below the level of practical use, the nanotubes in the ink allow the charge to conduct more efficiently than in a conventional battery, such that the nanotube technology could lead to improvements in battery performance.
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However, other Velikovskian enthusiasts such as Ralph Juergens ( dec . ), Earl Milton ( dec . ), Wal Thornhill, and Donald E . Scott have claimed that stars are powered not by internal nuclear fusion, but by galactic-scale electrical discharge currents.
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The relatively high voltage drop around poorer electrical conductors ( such as a human being ), causes the surrounding air to ionize and break down, and the external flashover diverts most of the main discharge current so that it passes " around " the body, reducing injury.
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The source is typically running at 0.5 3.0 slm ( particles per second ) and a discharge current of 100 300 A . The cascaded plates in between the cathode and anode are electrically insulated from each other by 1 mm thick Boron nitride plates.
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Turbulence in a fluid produces sound waves ( that is why jet airplanes are so loud is this happening in the air jet's turbulence ) and analogously, the electrons constituting a discharge current are in " electromagnetic turbulence " / " electromagnetic turbulent flow " and radiate electromagnetically.
