GE’s Digital Energy business has launched its Multilin 845 Transformer Protection System, part of the Multilin 8-Series platform of protective relay devices, which includes the 850 Feeder Protection ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. Power systems employ diodes to perform a variety of functions. For example, diodes can protect against damage due to power-source reverse-polarity ...

The information age has had a transformative effect on business and society, and the electric utility industry is no exception. New technologies in databases, monitoring hardware and control systems ...

Distributed control systems (DCSs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) have been commonplace in power plants for decades, but the technology has not been stagnant. Today’s systems are beginning ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qualus Power Services, LLC, a leading provider of engineering and technical field services to utilities and electric power grid infrastructure, announced that it has ...

Steps engineers can take to help mitigate power outage impacts. Paths to PLC redundancy. Paths to PAC redundancy. How can a dual Ethernet ring help with resilience? Power outages are becoming more ...

Over the past decade, those of us in the power industry have witnessed a remarkable transformation. Power needs have not only grown, but with each generation they have advanced — driven by smarter ...

The methods of protecting electronics from circuitry failures and managing inrush current at power on has evolved significantly from a simple fuse and maybe a P-channel FET to much more sophisticated ...

For decades, electricity regulators have treated tight control of grid frequency as a basic sign of power system security. If the frequency stayed close to the nominal value, the system was considered ...