Maximum power
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Maximum power can refer to different concepts:
- In electronics, the maximum power theoremMaximum power theoremIn electrical engineering, the maximum power transfer theorem states that, to obtain maximum external power from a source with a finite internal resistance, the resistance of the load must be equal to the resistance of the source as viewed from the output terminals...
- In systems theory, the maximum power principleMaximum power principleThe maximum power principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics, where an example of an open system is a biological cell. According to Howard T...