Article of the week
March 17, 2018 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, Utility Practice & Experience •
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American inventor and ardent DC advocate, Thomas Edison, seems destined to have the last laugh. Progress in power electronics and insulation design over recent years have finally helped DC achieve major gains against AC systems which, despite Edison’s efforts, came to dominate electrical transmission across the past century. Indeed, DC technology is more...
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January 6, 2018 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, HV/HP Testing, Testing
Not long ago, a HV cable termination operating in a Mediterranean country experienced catastrophic failure, sending high velocity porcelain shards in all directions. The installation happened to be next to a parking lot but fortunately this occurred on a day...
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January 2, 2018 •
Article of the week, Utility Practice & Experience, Woodworth on Arresters
Given the possible application of line arresters to mitigate the effects of lightning, it strikes me as inexplicable that arresters are not being used more often to reduce momentary lightninginduced outages on transmission lines. I have asked experts to...
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December 22, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, HV/HP Testing
CIGRE Brochure 438 (2010) reviews systems to predict and monitor ice accretion on power networks and also discusses the different anti-icing and deicing methods currently available. These countermeasures are divided into both ‘active’ methods (such as...
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November 11, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, Insulators
There are three proven insulator technologies being deployed in delivery of electrical power throughout the world. Porcelain and glass insulators have been used since the start and have had a very good record of performance and reliability. In fact, the...
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June 24, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, Insulators
Pollution flashovers of insulator strings have historically been one of the main causes of line outages under normal operating conditions. Indeed, years ago this was a relatively common occurrence across many countries suffering from heavy industrial...
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April 27, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week, Corona, Insulators, Utility Practice & Experience
Norwegian power utility, Statnett, operates a network of over 10,000 km of overhead lines from 132 to 420 kV. Recent changes in power flow made it necessary to increase capacity so, like many transmission system operators, Statnett is working towards building...
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April 8, 2017 •
Arresters, ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Article of the week
The metal oxide surge arrester (MOSA) is a comparatively inexpensive component within a modern power system. Typically, it is specified, purchased and installed – but then overlooked when planning condition monitoring of assets at a substation. However, an...
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