Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

periodo horario

English translation:

time of day

Added to glossary by patyjs
Jan 31, 2012 17:47
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

periodo horario

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
This is from a Mexican report/article about compensation for surplus energy generation. Does it refer to the tariff period?

"El concepto de Energía Sobrante para su venta o compensación en meses posteriores consiste en medidores en el punto de interconexión y en centros de consumo del Permisionario. La energía generada en cualquier periodo horario y no consumida por los centros de consumo puede ser “acumulada” por el Suministrador y “entregada” en otros periodos horarios y en días o meses diferentes."

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time of day

I think "time period" is too vague here: "any time period" is "any period of time" and doesn't necessary mean "periodo horario", which refers to a period during the day (or night). This is the important point here: it's talking about electricity produced, for example, during the night and saved for use during peak periods of the day.

Although "time of day" may seem to refer to a particular hour of the day, in fact it refers to a period of the day (or night) as well. It is the standard term when talking about peak and off-peak electricity consumption:

"Time of Day metering (TOD), also known as Time of Usage (TOU) or Seasonal Time of Day (SToD), metering involves dividing the day, month and year into tariff slots and with higher rates at peak load periods and low tariff rates at off-peak load periods. [...]
TOD metering normally splits rates into an arrangement of multiple segments including on-peak, off-peak, mid-peak or shoulder, and critical peak. A typical arrangement is a peak occurring during the day (non-holiday days only), such as from 1 pm to 9 pm Monday through Friday during the summer and from 6:30 am to 12 noon and 5 pm to 9 pm during the winter."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_meter#Time_of_day_m...

"Time-of-day rates are based on the time in which you use electricity. Similar to peak pricing used for air travel, cell phones, hotel stays, etc., time‑of‑day electric rates mean that you pay lower rates during periods of low demand (i.e., off-peak) and higher rates during periods of maximum demand (i.e., peak)."
http://www.ctenergyinfo.com/dpuc_time_of_day_rates.htm


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Another possibility is "period of the day", though this is just a much less usual way of saying the same thing. But "period" or "time period" alone won't do here. If you say "the energy generated in any period [...] can be delivered in other periods", there is nothing to indicate it refers to "periodos horarios": morning, afternoon, evening, night, or whatever. "Any period" could be any duration from an hour or two to a couple of days or more. Even if you assume it means hours rather than days, it could be any period of the day or night. But that of course it not what this means. The reader might guess the right meaning, but that's not good enough. The words "of day" have got to be included here.
Note from asker:
This is perfect Charles. Thank you!
Peer comment(s):

agree Andrew Bramhall : Yes, think "Economy 7" if you've ever lived in the U.K.
22 mins
Exactly. Thanks a lot, Oliver.
agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
12 hrs
¡Gracias, Claudia! :)
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time period

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Peer comment(s):

agree cranesfreak
6 mins
agree philgoddard : This is actually a tautology - just "period" would do.
31 mins
agree Richard Hill
40 mins
neutral Andrew Bramhall : Too vague, and just 'period' even more so, because it takes no account of the timeframes of supply/demand, etc..
45 mins
agree Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
2 hrs
agree José J. Martínez : yes
11 hrs
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Timetabled period (Timetable period )

Energy generated but not used in the centres of consumption in any timetabled period can be "accumulated(aggregated)" by the supplier and "carried over" to other timetabled periods on different days and to other months.
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time frame

I think period of time is redundant, since period means lenght of time, so I would better use time frame
Example sentence:

power plants that were unable to supply power during that time frame

Peer comment(s):

agree Marianela Melleda
3 hrs
Thanks Marianela!
agree franglish
13 hrs
Thanks!
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hourly period

I work in this field. This is the standard translation.

"For an electric utility company, the actual point of peak demand is a single half hour or hourly period which represents the highest point of customer consumption of electricity."
http://www.idc-online.com/downloads/EE_EXTRACT_PDF_SEP11.pdf

"Since this computer simulation calculates the dispatch cost of the marginal resource, please confirm that these price forecasts could be described as representing the variable operating costs for the last dispatched generation resource in each particular hourly period."
http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2008/DOC_19669_C17...

"The District’s peak load is the maximum load on the
system in any hourly period. " http://www.chelanpud.org/documents/Master_IRP_document.pdf

HTH
Peer comment(s):

neutral Charles Davis : Elizabeth: doesn't "hourly period" mean a period of one hour? I don't think that's what "periodo horario" means.
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