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    Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol ("feeding via the ground"), is a concept and...
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  • and extended to include France. The first standard for on-board ground-level power supply equipment for electric road vehicles was published in late 2022...
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    supplies electric power to vehicles travelling on it. Common implementations are overhead power lines above the road, ground-level power supply through conductive...
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    tram has seen a very big revival with many experiments such as ground level power supply in Bordeaux, or trolleybuses pretending to be trams in Nancy....
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    December 2003. The system is notable for using the Alstom APS ground-level power supply system in the city centre. It has been operated by Keolis Bordeaux...
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    voltage inputs of ICs like op amps. For power supplies, sometimes one of the supply rails is referred to as ground (abbreviated "GND") – positive and negative...
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    Light rail (redirect from Ground Light rail)
    an aerial tramway is cable car, which in the US usually refers to a ground-level car pulled along by subterranean cables.) The word trolley is often used...
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  • containing Ground level Altitude above ground level, in aviation Ground (disambiguation) Ground-level ozone Ground-level power supply, in rapid transit Level (disambiguation)...
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    A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load. The main purpose of a power supply is to convert electric current...
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    Par le Sol (which literally means "feeding via the ground"), is a form of ground-level power supply for street trams and, potentially, other vehicles....
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  • The stud contact system is an obsolete ground-level power supply system for electric trams. Power supply studs were set in the road at intervals and connected...
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    current collection or ground-level power supply; the main example of this is the new tramway in Bordeaux. A ground-level power supply system, also called...
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    for ground-level power supply, are scheduled to be published by the end 2024, detailing complete "specifications for communication and power supply through...
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    chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles...
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    (like the overhead conduction poles in trolleybuses), or with a ground-level power supply, or through inductive charging. As of 2017, 99% of all battery...
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    tunnel under the roadway. Modern systems fall under the term ground-level power supply. The power rails are contained in a conduit midway between and below...
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    Third rail (redirect from Power rail)
    implementing a segmented ground-level power supply, where each segment is electrified only while covered by a vehicle which is using its power. The third-rail...
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    uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or uninterruptible power source is a type of continual power system that provides automated backup electric power to a load...
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    trolley pole. The most popular solution is Alstom's proprietary ground-level power supply (APS, first used in Bordeaux and subsequently in Angers, Reims...
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    A power supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a desktop computer. Modern personal computers...
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  • performance, even at crossings and road-junctions Ground-level power supply is an alternative to overhead power lines. The most common version is the conduit...
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    for ground-level power supply, are scheduled to be published by the end 2024, detailing complete "specifications for communication and power supply through...
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    locomotives and EMUs to carry electric power (current) from overhead lines, electric third rails, or ground-level power supplies to the electrical equipment...
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    A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is...
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  • Accessible Pedestrian Signal Alimentation par Sol, electrical ground-level power supply for trams by Alstom Auxiliary Propulsion System, a component of...
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    used in other applications where power supply and signal communication take place over the same wires. Phantom power supplies are often built into mixing...
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    (12 mph). The trams use the Alimentation par le Sol II (APS II) ground-level power supply, and so do not need overhead cables. This method was first used...
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  • interconnections that are often too difficult or dangerous to cross at ground level. In Canada, the term subway may be used in either sense. The usage of...
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  • First hydrogen fuel cell powered passenger aircraft flight DLR HY4. 2017 - First 100% low-floor tram Ground-level power supply technology, TramWave, opening...
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    Third rail Fourth rail Ground-level power supply Selection of an electrification system is based on economics of energy supply, maintenance, and capital...
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