Question

Note to players: Description acceptable. One technology for this purpose has an “advanced adiabatic” variant that has yet to achieve viability. Various devices that serve this purpose can be compared using a Ragone plot. (15[2]-5[1])One type of device used (-5[1])for this purpose (15[1])relies on the formation of a double layer on two coatings of activated (-5[1])carbon and is called an EDLC. (15[1]-5[1])Another system for this purpose uses magnetic bearings to levitate a (*) flywheel. Round-trip efficiencies between 70-80% are achieved by “pumped” systems for this purpose, (10[1]-5[2])which hold water (-5[1])at two different elevations to deal (10[1])with load (10[1])fluctuations. (10[2])Technologies for this purpose (10[1])are needed because, for (10[1])many renewables, (10[1])peak demand (10[2])and (-5[1])peak production (10[1])occur at different (10[1])times. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, name this process performed by hooking up a power plant to a grid of rechargeable batteries. ■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: energy storage [accept answers indicating that energy or power or electricity or charge is being stored or saved for later use; accept grid energy storage or advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage or flywheel energy storage or pumped hydroelectric storage; accept load balancing or load matching before “load”; prompt on load balancing or load matching after “load”; prompt on charging a battery or supercapacitor]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%17%104.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%115.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%67%103.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%33%33%87.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%119.33
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%33%115.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%50%0%78.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%124.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin JiangThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them33-5
Jonathen SettleDr. Christopher Manners, MD - Samarra, IraqCornell B-3315
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again3315
EvanBroken Imperial NomadsOxford Hornets38-5
Joey Montoya[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]It's Joever4115
Colin VeeversNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.54-5
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AStanford B60-5
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU6015
Jerry VinokurovBrownstein et al.Northwestern84-5
Ashvin SrivatsaEpicPurdue8410
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry84-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford ABerkeley B87-5
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdUG Championship Players (and Mazin)9310
Michael DuThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzParth et al.9510
Conor ThompsonMichiganAmartya Senpai Notice Me9610
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoWUSTL9610
Stevie MillerMaryland AMaryland B+10010
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird10410
Ben HuCornell C++Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang10610
Vivek SasseChicago B+OSU10810
Adam FineChicago AIllinois10810
Mazin OmerWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B109-5
Vittal BhatGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryRutgers Diaspora11110
FreddyMagisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov11410
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BHouston and friends11510
Nicolaus DerikxCameron et al.Milan et al.11510
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryUG Championship Players (and Mazin)11610
Kevin YeBerkeley BStanford A13510
Allan LeeStanford BBerkeley A13510
Michael EngFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs13510
Andrew SalijNorthwesternBrownstein et al.13510
JacobOxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads13510
Benjamin ChapmanThe Passion According to C.H.Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style13510
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B13510
Geoffrey WuColumbia BWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again13810