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hotel load

Syllables: ho·tel loadUK/həʊˈtɛl ləʊd/US/hoʊˈtɛl loʊd/

hotel load noun: the electrical load caused by all systems on a vehicle (especially a marine vessel or a truck) other than propulsion.

Noun

hotel load (plural hotel loads)

  1. The electrical load caused by all systems on a vehicle (especially a marine vessel or a truck) other than propulsion.
    • Auxiliary power units provide electricity to all systems aboard a ship except main propulsion. These systems include hotel services (lighting, plumbing, and pumps for water), […] Cruise ships […] have big hotel loads; hence, quiet, unobtrusive fuel cell auxiliary power units may be particularly...1986 February, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, “Other Transportation Applications”, in Marine Applications for Fuel Cell Technology: A Technical Memorandum, Washington, D.C....
    • As well as providing the propulsive power, the batteries also have to provide power for the operation of sensors, weapons and auxiliary machinery and those for habitability, ventilation and air-conditioning of the crew. They constitute a steady drain on the batteries, governed by the length of time...1994, Roy Burcher, Louis J. Rydill, Concepts in Submarine Design (Cambridge Ocean Technology Series; 2), Cambridge; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 125–126

Examples of hotel load in a sentence

  • They constitute a steady drain on the batteries, governed by the length of time submerged, and together are termed the Hotel Load.1994, Roy Burcher, Louis J. Rydill, Concepts in Submarine Design (Cambridge Ocean Technology Series; 2), Cambridge; New York, N.Y....
  • The "hotel load" (i.e., the electricity required for people), in watts per square foot, was multiplied by the module area[…].1997 May, “Appendix C: Environmental Impacts Analysis Methods”, in Final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for...
  • Here the total electrical power consumed by the vehicle, P, is equal to the sum of the propulsion power, P#95;#123;prop#125; and hotel load, H.2009, J. G. Bellingham, “Platforms: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles”, in Steve A. Thorpe, editor, Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences...

Forms of hotel load

pluralhotel loads

Origin of hotel load

Possibly from the fact that this type of electrical load relates to the human occupancy aspects of a vehicle such as air conditioning and lighting, analogous to the features of a hotel.

Questions about hotel load

What does hotel load mean?
Hotel load means the electrical load caused by all systems on a vehicle (especially a marine vessel or a truck) other than propulsion.
How do you use hotel load in a sentence?
They constitute a steady drain on the batteries, governed by the length of time submerged, and together are termed the Hotel Load.
What part of speech is hotel load?
Hotel load is a noun.
How do you pronounce hotel load?
Hotel load is pronounced /həʊˈtɛl ləʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of hotel load?
The plural of hotel load is hotel loads.

Words near hotel load in the dictionary

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  10. hotel room
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