Equation 1 · Part 2 · The Fifteen-Point-Six-Terawatt Number Is Real Arithmetic Built on the Wrong Fleet Size
Symbol L
What this part means
L occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.
Its job in the formula
L occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.
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…throughout, giving 7,884, 6,132, and 4,380 operating hours per unit per year respectively. Solving the labor-hours ledger, . for fleet size F across all nine combinations of the labor-force total L , the hours-worked bracket , and the duty-cycle-adjusted operating hours , produces a range from about 0.76 billion units (90 percent duty cycle, 1,600 hours worked) to about 1.88 billion units (50 percent duty cycle, 2,200 hours worked), with a representative central case — 70 percent…
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