The system was implemented in a utility fire-tube boiler and the results showed its efficiency to deal with variations of the dynamic parameters of the process arisen at different operating conditions.
Simplicity: The prototype system for the U.S., ShakeAlert, is already deployed at dozens of businesses, utilities, fire departments and cities along the West Coast, and typically provides a countdown until shaking begins.
Beginning in 2010, anyone seeking to pump more than 57,600 gallons a day will need a permit, with exceptions for farms, water utilities, fire districts and some geothermal systems.
He says that when utilities fire up their "least efficient, oldest, and least desirable" generating resources to meet peak demand, every increment of increased power on the grid sends costs surging, whether one is talking fuel costs, greenhouse gas emissions, or service reliability.
During this term he sat on committees involved in issues relating to finance, police and utilities (fire, water and light).
Utilities fired up conventional power stations to make up for lost electricity generation.
The major goal of this study was to demonstrate the utility of fire regime simulation modeling to explore the variability of fire regime characteristics, with respect to formulating and assessing forest management strategies.
Double click on the nmrca.crt icon and the Keychain utility should fire up.
Those that remain open are overwhelmed by an influx of utility workers, fire and police crews, journalists, and evacuees.
Government social services, he argued, should be regarded not as a form of welfare, but as a "social utility," like fire departments and post offices.
As the sociologist Grace Davie put it in her book Religion in Britain, the church is a sort of public utility, a fire station or pop-up A&E unit.
