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energy generating station
vr.tr.energy-generating-station · thing-q3971388
Let an agent describe generating stations by energy source, technology, capacity and output, and point to official registers, without operational instructions.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.BLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Station Which station.
Identity
Name and ID.
Station
Name, location and identifier.
- Which station? provenance
- Which register ID? provenance
Operator
Owner.
Operator
Company.
- Who operates it? provenance
- Since when? provenance
Technology How it generates.
Source
Energy source.
Energy source
Type.
- Which energy source? provenance
- Primary or backup fuel? provenance
Units
Generating units.
Unit
Number and rating.
- How many units? measurement
- With which ratings? measurement
Performance Capacity and output.
Capacity
Installed.
Capacity
MW net or gross.
- What is the installed capacity? measurement
- Net or gross, per which source? provenance
Output
Generation.
Output
MWh and year.
- How much did it generate? measurement
- In which year? provenance
Status and impact Operation and environment.
Status
Operating status.
Status
Status and date.
- Operating, mothballed or retired? boundary
- Since when? provenance
Environment
Permits.
Permit
Permit and emissions.
- Which permits apply? provenance
- What are reported emissions? measurement
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
What it is Filled
A facility that converts primary energy, such as fossil fuel, nuclear fuel, flowing water, wind, sunlight or geothermal heat, into electricity or useful heat using one or more generating units, and delivers it to a grid or local users.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe generating stations by energy source, technology, capacity and output, and point to official registers, without operational instructions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Stations convert energy from one form to another; they do not create energy.
- Installed capacity (MW) differs from actual output (MWh) through the capacity factor.
- Combined heat and power stations also supply heat.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- give operational or security-sensitive details
May
- describe stations with sources
Moral aspects Filled
- environmental impact
- energy security
Who is affected
- nearby communities
- electricity users
Owners Filled
Steward
the operating company, under licence from the energy regulator
Master systems
- national plant registers
- ENTSO-E transparency platform
- US EIA-860
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q13226383 - registry parent class
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- power plant - facility
- electrical grid - network
- energy source - input
contains
- generating unit - component
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.energy-generating-station
- Wikidata: Q3971388 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3971388)
- EIC code: 16 characters ENTSO-E energy identification code
- EIA plant ID: numeric US plants
Direct properties required Filled
- installed capacity: kilowatts to several gigawatts MW - net or gross, stated per station
- annual output: per station and year MWh
Recognition required Filled
- Turbine halls, chimneys, cooling towers, dams, wind turbines or solar fields
- Buildings housing turbines and generators, with cooling towers, dams, wind turbines or solar arrays depending on technology.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- classify stations by energy source and technology
- give installed capacity and output with dates and sources
- find stations in national or international registers
- explain environmental and safety regulation in general terms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Outages and grid instability
- Emissions and pollution
- Technology-specific hazards (fire, radiation, dam failure)
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National licensing and grid codes
- EU Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU for large combustion plants
- IAEA safety standards and national nuclear regulation
- IEC standards by technology (such as IEC 61400 wind turbines)
Context of use required Filled
- Supplying electricity and heat.
- thermal (coal, gas, oil, biomass)
- nuclear
- hydroelectric and pumped storage
- wind farm
- solar photovoltaic and solar thermal
- geothermal
- combined heat and power
Sources Filled
- Energiecentrale - generating station sense
- Power station - generating facilities
- Glossary - Power plant - Generating-station sense and distinction between a plant and its generating units.
- How electricity is generated - Energy conversion and principal generating technologies.
- Electric Power Sector Basics - Generating facilities, energy sources and the distinct role of storage.
- Stazione di energia - Confirms the alternative DC supply sense used by the draft, exposing the registry naming conflict.
- IEC 62040-5-3:2016 - DC output UPS - The draft's AC-fed, storage-backed DC supply belongs to the DC UPS scope.
- IEEE 1375-1998 - Guide for the Protection of Stationary Battery Systems - Battery protection scope and Inactive-Reserved status.
Open questions
- The Wikidata item has no English description and mixes senses: the Dutch article describes generating stations, the Italian article industrial DC power systems; a registry correction records the generating sense.
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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