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    "label": "Depot charging",
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      "name": "Depot charging",
      "aka": [
        "overnight charging"
      ],
      "section": "topic-infrastructure",
      "definition": "Charging a fleet of buses or trucks at the depot, usually overnight at 50–150 kW per vehicle, which keeps cell stress low and lets an energy-management system sequence the chargers against the site’s grid connection.",
      "related": [
        "electric-bus",
        "pantograph-charging",
        "energy-management-system",
        "vdv-261",
        "fast-charging",
        "smart-charging"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/depot-charging/",
      "mentions": []
    }
  },
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      "id": "workflow:depot-allocation",
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      "label": "Share a site supply",
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        "title": "Share a site supply",
        "kind": "studio",
        "summary": "Multiple branches share one power cap.",
        "steps": [
          "Compare proportional and input-priority allocation.",
          "Lower the cap at fixed departure times."
        ],
        "example": "Three vehicles requesting 11 kW each under a 22 kW cap initially receive 7.33 kW each with proportional allocation.",
        "observe": "The site cap can hold while a vehicle misses its target.",
        "limits": "Downstream unused capacity is not silently redistributed.",
        "url": "https://design.lemonergy.com/cosim.html?example=charging-depot",
        "label": "Open the Studio example",
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          "docs/CHARGING_BLOCKS_SPEC.md"
        ]
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      "label": "Charging infrastructure",
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        "id": "topic-infrastructure",
        "name": "Charging infrastructure",
        "lede": "Where and how vehicles are charged: charging strategies, power levels, connectors and the protocols between vehicle and charger.",
        "context": "Separate compatibility from requested average power.",
        "example": "A 100 kW model request does not establish real voltage, current, connector or negotiation compatibility.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/capacity-and-c-rate/",
        "lesson_label": "Open charging quantities"
      }
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      "label": "Electric bus",
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        "name": "Electric bus",
        "abbr": "e-bus",
        "section": "topic-applications",
        "definition": "A battery-electric city or coach bus, with packs of 300–700 kWh on the roof and at the rear, LFP or NMC, charged overnight in the depot or at the terminus by pantograph. Its duty cycle — long hours, deep daily cycles, a twelve-year life — makes battery aging the central engineering question.",
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          "depot-charging",
          "pantograph-charging",
          "vdv",
          "sort-cycle",
          "total-cost-of-ownership",
          "opportunity-charging"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/electric-bus/",
        "mentions": [
          "kilowatt-hour"
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      "id": "term:pantograph-charging",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Pantograph charging",
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        "name": "Pantograph charging",
        "aka": [
          "OppCharge",
          "SAE J3105"
        ],
        "section": "topic-infrastructure",
        "definition": "Fast charging of a bus through an automatic contact on the roof — raised from the vehicle or lowered from a mast — at the terminus or en route, at 150–600 kW for a few minutes. It allows a smaller battery at the price of high-rate cycling and more infrastructure.",
        "related": [
          "electric-bus",
          "depot-charging",
          "fast-charging",
          "vdv-261",
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          "opportunity-charging"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/pantograph-charging/",
        "mentions": []
      }
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      "label": "Energy management system",
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        "name": "Energy management system",
        "abbr": "EMS",
        "section": "topic-pack",
        "definition": "The site-level controller of a storage system that decides when to charge and discharge according to prices, grid signals and the battery’s limits, and dispatches those commands to the BMS and inverters.",
        "related": [
          "bms",
          "inverter",
          "stationary-storage",
          "modbus",
          "energy-arbitrage"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/energy-management-system/",
        "mentions": []
      }
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      "id": "term:vdv-261",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "VDV 261",
      "properties": {
        "id": "vdv-261",
        "name": "VDV 261",
        "aka": [
          "VDV-Schrift 261",
          "e-bus charging"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The VDV recommendation on charging infrastructure for electric buses: depot charging, opportunity charging with pantographs, interfaces and the energy-management interaction with the vehicle. It builds on the OppCharge and SAE J3105 pantograph specifications.",
        "related": [
          "vdv",
          "pantograph-charging",
          "depot-charging",
          "electric-bus",
          "iso-15118"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/vdv-261/",
        "mentions": [
          "opportunity-charging"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:fast-charging",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Fast charging",
      "properties": {
        "id": "fast-charging",
        "name": "Fast charging",
        "section": "topic-charging",
        "definition": "Charging intended to replenish a specified amount of energy or state of charge in a short time. There is no universal C-rate threshold: performance depends on cell chemistry, temperature, starting state and power limits. High current can increase heating and lithium-plating risk, requiring appropriate limits.",
        "related": [
          "lithium-plating",
          "c-rate",
          "cc-cv-charging",
          "dc-fast-charging",
          "thermal-management",
          "mscc"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/fast-charging/",
        "mentions": [
          "state-of-charge"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:smart-charging",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Smart charging",
      "properties": {
        "id": "smart-charging",
        "name": "Smart charging",
        "aka": [
          "managed charging",
          "load management"
        ],
        "section": "topic-infrastructure",
        "definition": "Controlling when and how fast vehicles charge to fit grid capacity, electricity prices and departure times, rather than charging at full power on arrival. A depot of buses uses it to stay within its grid connection; homes use it to charge on cheap night tariffs.",
        "related": [
          "depot-charging",
          "ocpp",
          "energy-management-system",
          "vehicle-to-grid",
          "iso-15118"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/smart-charging/",
        "mentions": []
      }
    }
  ]
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