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islanding

islanding

9.5
A part of a power system that works alone after being separated from the main grid
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : aislamiento
  • Some renewable energy systems can achieve islanding by running independently during grid failures.

Examples

  • Inverters are required to shut down in case of a blackout to prevent islanding and electrocuting the grid maintenance engineers.

    Blog text (22)

  • The west coast city of Mumbai, which was outside of the blackout zone, uses a scheme called islanding to dodge large outages.

    Blog text (16)

  • Now Delhi is considering a similar islanding scheme.

    Blog text (16)

  • They are associated with a distributed automation scheme known as 'dynamic islanding' that functions as a backup supply.

    Academic text (2009)

  • How's... islanding?

    The Last Breath (2024)

  • Sakshi Pahwa, doctoral student in ... her recently completed master's project, "Distributed Sources and Islanding ...

    Blog text (22)

  • The engineers implemented a new islanding strategy to keep the hospital powered during outages.

  • Islanding allows specific facilities to maintain power supply even when disconnected from the main grid.

How Isolated

off-grid
6 6.3
islanding
  • Specialized
9.5
standalone
6 4.1

Surface Forms

islanding singular
islandings plural

Morphology

islanding = island (semi-transparent) = island + ing

The word clearly contains 'island' plus '-ing', but the electrical-grid metaphor is specialized and not fully predictable for a general learner.

Etymology

Islanding comes from island, which means land 'surrounded by water', plus the ending -ing. So it pictures a part of the power system becoming like an 'island', 'separate' and 'running on its own' from the main grid.