critical power system Articles
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Digitalizing Your Critical Power System: Simple, Smart and Stable
In my last post, I talked about the difficulties faced by facility teams in keeping critical power facilities running safely, reliably, efficiently, and compliant with regulations. We looked at the many hidden risks that make these goals even more challenging. A digitally-connected power distribution system gives you the deep insights you need so you’re no longer ‘working ...
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DNS as critical infrastructure, the energy system case study
Modern critical infrastructures (e.g., power plants, energy grids, oil pipelines, etc.), make nowadays extensive use of information and communication technologies (ICT). As a direct consequence their exposure to cyber–attacks is becoming a matter of public security. In this paper, we analyse a particular infrastructure, rarely considered as source of threats, on which indeed the majority of ...
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Test data for anomaly detection in the electricity infrastructure
This paper describes a large set of electricity data for the IEEE 24 bus system generated on a test bed that copies the cyber layer of the electricity infrastructure in some detail. This data has been filtered and corrupted with natural noise and a realistic set of failure-induced and attack-induced corruptions. One of the main applications of this data is the development of novel ...
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Intelligent power routers: a distributed coordination approach for electric energy processing networks
The Intelligent Power Router (IPR), a concept based on scalable coordination, is proposed to control the next generation power network. Our goal is to show that by distributing network intelligence and control functions using the IPR, we will be capable of achieving improved survivability, security, reliability, and reconfigurability. Each IPR has embedded intelligence into it allowing it to ...
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Transformation in Telecommunication Infrastructure - ASCO Power Technologies
On February 21 2021, Bablu Kazi held his phone to my face and shared how it had more powerful processing power than the computers NASA used to send Apollo 11 to the moon. It was a strong example of the changes in telecommunications that set the pace for a really interesting conversation. Bablu Kazi is a Senior Electrical Engineer with Morrison Hershfield, a consulting engineering firm that ...
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Ensuring Reliability: Gas Monitoring Systems for Electrical Switchgear Maintenance
In the intricate world of electrical power systems, switchgear plays a pivotal role in controlling, protecting, and isolating electrical equipment to ensure the reliability and safety of the power supply. As critical components of the electrical infrastructure, switchgear units require meticulous maintenance to operate efficiently and prevent costly downtime. This is where the integration of ...
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Hospital Backup Power Plan - Understanding NFPA 110 Chapter 7
How NFPA 110 can help you plan your hospital backup power system NFPA 110 provides guidelines for the performance of emergency and standby power systems. It is a requirement for hospitals to provide Emergency Power Supply Systems (EPSS). These supply independent power for critical life support systems and infrastructure. Its intent is to ensure maximum reliability of the ...
By AKCP
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Stability of a model of power microgeneration network using the Kuramoto model
Most of critical infrastructures (CIs) depend on the power system. The predictable onset of a microgeneration paradigm (many dispersed small generators of medium-low power) will considerably decrease network stability and thus increase risk of failures and other's infrastructures dependence. In order to study the stability of synchronisation in a power microgeneration scenario, we derive the ...
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Transient stability improvement by optimally located STATCOMs employing genetic algorithm
This paper deals with determining the optimal location of single and multiple Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMs) for a long transmission line with predefined direction of real power flow so that maximum improvement in its transient stability performance is achieved. A systematic procedure is proposed to determine the optimal location of a STATCOM employing Genetic Algorithm (GA). The ...
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Designing critical policy infrastructures by participatory systems analysis: the case of Fukushima's reconstruction
Recent developments in service science and social design have resulted in new policy design methodologies. On the service science side, the concept of co–creation has appeared. On the social design side, methodologies of participatory systems analysis have emerged. Based on these developments, this paper proposes a participatory systems analysis model for public policy design (PSP), a new ...
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Reflection on Electricity’s Importance in a Pandemic
When it was first suggested that one of us do a piece for the newsletter on the impact of the current pandemic on anything battery related; I will be honest I did not see a lot of connection. That changed at 3:30 on a recent morning when I was awakened by a rather nasty thunderstorm. As I lay there, I wondered if our electrical service would survive, and had I remembered to put my phone and ...
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Helping clean energy entrepreneurs turn on the lights in poor countries
A social entrepreneur invests the little working capital she has to bring solar electricity to a community that –like 1.2 billion people worldwide– lacks access to electricity. The community used to use dirty, expensive and choking kerosene for light to cook by and for children to learn by. The entrepreneur knows she can recoup her costs, because people are willing to pay for ...
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Clean energy for all: strategies for expanding access in the developing world
Accessing reliable energy is one of the greatest obstacles the developing world faces. Globally, about 1.3 billion people go without electricity, while 2.7 billion lack modern energy services. Providing these populations with energy is difficult—ensuring that generation occurs in environmentally sustainable and cost-effective ways makes the task significantly more challenging. Expanding ...
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What’s stopping microgrids?
The perfect solution exists. Why don’t we have it? The massive blackouts that blanketed California in October cut power to more than 100,000 businesses. Hospital chains Sutter Health and Adventist Health were forced to cancel procedures and close facilities. Some Trader Joe’s and other supermarkets shuttered for days. Factories scrambled to find backup generators and fuel to run ...
By Bloom Energy
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