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      "name": "Load",
      "section": "topic-units",
      "definition": "Whatever draws current from the battery — a motor, an inverter, a resistor in a test. Loads are specified by current, power or resistance, and a battery’s behaviour depends on which of the three stays constant.",
      "related": [
        "current",
        "power",
        "load-profile",
        "discharge"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/load/",
      "mentions": [
        "inverter"
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        "summary": "Replay applies an existing governed profile.",
        "steps": [
          "Open Drive-cycle replay.",
          "Inspect profile and scale; compare current and SOC."
        ],
        "example": "40 kW at 400 V needs about 100 A before losses; at 350 V it needs about 114 A.",
        "observe": "Current rises as voltage falls under fixed power.",
        "limits": "The selected profile determines regeneration. This is not an independent road-load or motor-efficiency model.",
        "url": "https://design.lemonergy.com/",
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        "lede": "The quantities every datasheet is written in, and how they relate.",
        "context": "Use consistent units and cell/pack basis.",
        "example": "10 A for 30 min transfers 5 Ah. At constant 3.6 V this is 18 Wh; varying voltage requires integration.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/capacity-and-c-rate/",
        "lesson_label": "Open capacity and C-rate"
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        "id": "current",
        "name": "Current",
        "section": "topic-units",
        "definition": "The rate at which charge flows through the cell and its circuit, in amperes. Outside the cell it is carried by electrons; inside, by lithium ions moving through the electrolyte.",
        "formula": "I = dQ/dt",
        "unit": "A",
        "related": [
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          "title": "Convert charge transfer to current",
          "text": "If 120 C passes a point in 60 s at a steady rate, the current is 2 A. When the rate varies, integrate the current trace to recover the total charge."
        },
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/current/",
        "mentions": [
          "electrolyte"
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        "section": "topic-units",
        "definition": "The rate at which a cell delivers or absorbs energy: voltage times current, in watts. Power is limited by internal resistance and temperature long before capacity runs out.",
        "formula": "P = V × I",
        "unit": "W",
        "related": [
          "watt",
          "specific-power",
          "state-of-power",
          "internal-resistance"
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          "title": "Separate power from energy",
          "text": "A 100 W load running for 30 min uses 50 Wh. Power tells you how fast energy is transferred; the duration determines how much energy is transferred."
        },
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/power/",
        "mentions": []
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      "label": "Load profile",
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        "name": "Load profile",
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          "duty cycle",
          "drive cycle"
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        "section": "topic-charging",
        "definition": "The current or power a battery must deliver as a function of time in its application — a drive cycle for a car, a daily charge–discharge pattern for storage. Aging tests built on a realistic profile predict life better than constant-current cycling.",
        "related": [
          "cycle",
          "depth-of-discharge",
          "cycle-aging",
          "regenerative-braking",
          "load"
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        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/load-profile/",
        "mentions": []
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      "id": "term:discharge",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Discharge",
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        "aka": [
          "discharging"
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        "section": "topic-charging",
        "definition": "Drawing current from a cell: lithium ions leave the negative electrode, cross the electrolyte and enter the positive one, while electrons do work in the external circuit. The voltage falls as the cell empties.",
        "related": [
          "charge",
          "discharge-curve",
          "cutoff-voltage",
          "depth-of-discharge",
          "load"
        ],
        "lesson": "fundamentals/cell-anatomy/#discharge",
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/discharge/",
        "mentions": [
          "electrode",
          "negative-electrode",
          "electrolyte"
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    },
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      "id": "term:inverter",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Inverter",
      "properties": {
        "id": "inverter",
        "name": "Inverter",
        "aka": [
          "power conversion system",
          "PCS"
        ],
        "section": "topic-pack",
        "definition": "The power electronics that turn the battery’s DC into AC for a motor or the grid, and back again for charging. In stationary storage it is called the power conversion system and its rating in kW or MW sets the system’s power independently of the battery’s energy.",
        "related": [
          "pre-charge",
          "dc-dc-converter",
          "stationary-storage",
          "energy-management-system",
          "direct-current",
          "iec-62477-1"
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        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/inverter/",
        "mentions": []
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