Electrical power distribution systems have gone through some significant evolutions in capability over the last few decades. The traditional distribution system is the interconnection of various power ...

Five to 10 times every day in the United States, a worker will be seriously injured in an electrical workplace accident. The accident statistics indicate that approximately once each day someone will ...

Fort Leonard Wood’s U.S. Army Prime Power School serves as the core for training in electrical power generation, distribution ...

Among the revisions in the 2014 NEC are some new Articles, one of which is Art. 393. As with most Chapter 3 Articles, this one exists to address a particular type of product. Low-voltage suspended ...

Many emerging technologies will have an impact on the grid and on other key elements of our electrical systems, electrical operations and the broader infrastructure. One of the most important types of ...

The electronic content of a modern car has become one of the key brand differentiators in the market place. Alongside the obvious problems in ensuring that the latest technologies are available to be ...

Cyberattack on an electric power T&D communications system can have a devastating impact and cause widespread power outages as evident from the December 2015 cyberattack on a Ukrainian electric power ...

GE’s Power Conversion business was chosen by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to build a test system for a cleaner and more productive future in full scale testing of shipboard propulsion ...

Like any equipment, each piece of a power distribution system has a chance of failing at some point. Even if installed properly, there are several factors that can cause failures, such as extreme ...

As more distributed-energy resources (DERs) are added to the country s electrical grid, tension between traditional electricity-distribution companies and distributed-generation advocates is palpable ...

Little attention or thought is given to these critical assets until a failure occurs. With a little thought and planning for maintenance, most electrical system failures can be eliminated. Five to 10 ...