Discover how allocational efficiency optimizes resource use, balancing societal needs with economic growth. Learn essential ...

Discover how efficiency variance reveals the gap between expected and actual inputs in production and its impact on labor, materials, and costs.

Many systems operating from a small-capacity battery require a high-efficiency switching DC/DC converter to lengthen the operating lifetime between battery recharges. However, many of these systems ...

One famous limit of thermodynamics is that heat engines, like steam engines and internal combustion engines, must be less efficient than a Carnot heat engine (a heat engine cycle designed by French ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Dr. Jonathan Koomey, Lecturer, Stanford Univ. Any conversation among semiconductor experts will inevitably drift to the ...

For every small business, efficiency matters. Getting more – more units produced, more sales, more revenue – for less – less waste, less labor, less cost – is every business leader's dream. However, ...

Figure 1: To keep power-system design simple, ac power is converted to a 48 V, dc-distribution voltage. Each system board converts the 48 V to an intermediate dc-bus voltage, for example 12 V, which ...

LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas production has continued to rise as companies squeeze more from each well despite a fall in the number of rigs employed, with the industry boosting ...

BOOST makes detailed public spending data, including data on sub-national spending, more open and accessible than ever before. The global financial crisis has prompted many governments to seek ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -The falling number of oil and gas rigs deployed across the United States is reaching a level that would indicate onshore crude output from the world's top producer could fall in ...