power outage Articles
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Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following an October 2006 Snowstorm in Western New York
Following an October 2006 snowstorm that caused widespread power outages in western New York State, hospital emergency department (ED) visits for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning increased. Overall, 264 people representing 155 households were diagnosed with CO poisoning during the power outages. Telephone interviews were conducted with a subset of these individuals. Respondents provided information ...
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Discrete event simulation of the post-earthquake restoration process for electric power systems
This paper describes a discrete event simulation model of the post-earthquake restoration process for electric power systems. The model explicitly represents the real-life restoration process, enabling development of geographically disaggregated, quantitative restoration curves with uncertainty bounds, a dynamic map showing the spatial distribution of outages changing over time, and information ...
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Power Outages, Safety and Savings
Power outages and extreme weather conditions are on the rise, causing increased disruptions to grid-tied power supplies, preventing families and business owners from having reliable access to power. Installing energy storage in your home or business is a practical way to build critical back-up reserves so you have power 24/7. Energy storage keeps you safe, maintains the lights and other essential ...
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Cummings Generator
A Cummings generator is an awesome investment for a diverse variety of reasons. Standby generator sets are crucial during power outages in properties like factories, industrial properties, hospitals, and homes. Emergency power systems come equipped with a backup power supply in the occurrence of a normal power outage. Emergency power outages can be caused due to many factors such as tropical ...
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Miami Commercial Generators
Commercial Generators are considered to be the main source of electrical energy for businesses and construction sites. Businesses require a regular source of electrical energy so that they can sustain their normal operations. If you are going to provide a power supply to any commercial building, it is always wise to go for Commercial Generators rather than the normal ones. Miami Commercial ...
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Importance of an Emergency Generator
An emergency generator set is a critical resource across numerous applications. Whether it is providing emergency power to homeowners, businesses, or critical situations such as keeping electrical power systems operational in hospitals, it’s easy to see why generator systems play a vital role. Some applications may not be as obvious as others. In fact, many are taken for granted on a ...
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Power Outages, Extreme Weather, & Microgrids Explained
Recent wildfires in California and bomb cyclones in New England have led to massive power outages. Here are 10 answers to frequently asked questions about why outages occur, how power lines start wildfires, and alternatives to our aging and unreliable power grid. How do power grids work? Utilities generate electricity at power plants, and then distribute it to our homes and businesses over ...
By Bloom Energy
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Protect Your Data Center During Power Outages and Heatwaves
IT Infrastructure located in a hot climate is a challenge. This is exasperated when heatwaves occur. Abnormally hot temperatures present considerable challenges to your Data Center. Protect Your Data Center During Power Outages and Heatwaves. Heatwaves increase the demand placed on public power grids. The increased demand means power grids are more subject to failure. It is therefore ...
By AKCP
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Resilient homes: worth the investment?
This case explores the economic viability of using an external generator and various other supplies to power a house in order to provide minimum power for sustaining living conditions, and contrasts these costs with the projected cost an insurance company would incur such as replacing and/or repairing burst pipes, spoiled food, and relocating a family to a hotel while repairs are completed. ...
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Convenience Of A Natural Gas Generator For Homes
One of the most popular and convenient ways to prepare for power outages is purchasing a natural gas generator for homes. The electrical grid is vulnerable to a wide variety of issues including powerful storms that can cause extensive power outages. In a hurricane-prone state like Florida, it is only a matter of time before a hurricane or tropical storm leaves your home in the dark. The loss of ...
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Could Grid Modernization Provide the Path to a More Equal Society?
Smart grids have been in the headlines for over a decade. Today we’ve finally reached an impasse: our existing energy infrastructure is no longer fit for purpose. It is crumbling under the weight of abnormal weather conditions, demand fluctuations, and momentous changes to baseloads, historically supported by fossil fuels. Just a few short months ago, flash flooding across Europe left many ...
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Solar Vs Grid-tied Lighting
There are different types of connections that can be adopted to provide lighting in your home. Your choice will largely depend on what you want to use it for and how much of it you will need; even though everyone always wishes that they never have to miss a day of lighting. Grid-tied lighting is where the system is dependent on the main electricity grid but a solar panel is also part of the ...
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The next step: quantifying infrastructure interdependencies to improve security
Understanding cascading effects among interdependent infrastructure systems can have an important effect on public policies that aim to address vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures, especially those policies pertaining to infrastructure security. Efforts to quantify these cascading effects and illustrative examples of such metrics are presented. The first set of examples is based upon ...
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Common Uses For Generator Sets
Businesses, homes, industrial facilities, and commercial properties of all kinds all over the world depend on generator manufacturers to help them continue functioning during emergency power outages. This is due to the powerful capabilities of emergency generator sets. Depending on its application, investing in a standby generator installation can have invaluable benefits. It can help to ensure ...
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HPI received a call from Fiat-Chrysler regarding an FT-4 engine problem during a regional power alert - Testimonial
HPI received a call from Fiat-Chrysler regarding an FT-4 engine problem during a regional power alert. Fiat-Chrysler needed help to get their in-house powerplant online to support the local power grid in Michigan. Unfortunately when the request came through, one of their two FT-4's would not start and they were looking at a stiff penalty under a local power agreement. HPI quickly sent in a Field ...
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Buying a Backup House Generator
The optimal choice for homeowners dealing with an emergency power outage, regardless of how long it lasts, is to invest in a backup house generator. Whether the power goes out for a short or long period of time, a home standby generator makes sure that homeowners can have their needs met when they need it most. Most people know that natural disasters have the power to disrupt life and result in ...
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Wind power smoothing using rotor inertia aimed at reducing grid susceptibility
Due to wind speed variations, the output power of wind turbines fluctuates. These power fluctuations make the wind power undispatchable. Furthermore, they can cause frequency deviations and power outage particularly when wind power penetration is significant. This paper presents a novel control method to mitigate the power fluctuations using the rotor inertia as an energy storage component. ...
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Reliable Backup Power Recovers Significant Income from Lost Bank ATM Transactions
In many locations a stable power grid is taken for granted. But there are still many places around the globe where power outages can cause significant interruptions to business operations, disruptions that can have serious financial implications. In these places, reliable backup power can be extremely valuable. One location where ATM operation is regularly interrupted is in the Philippines, a ...
By GenCell Ltd
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Generator Automatic Transfer Switches
Generator Automatic Transfer Switches are used in many electrical applications. These are particularly appropriate for industries that need to transfer heavy electric loads from one point to another. They can also be used to switch off the main power supply in an area where there is a risk of a power outage. These are generally used in areas of high electrical activity such as factories and ...
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Power station planned outages - Case Study
Luminant is a Texas-based electric utility. Luminant's operations include electricity generation and wholesaling, mining, construction, and development. Luminant wished to find a method that would optimize the maintenance and upgrade schedule for its fleet of coal-fired power units to maximize its ability to meet its delivery obligations and its ability to benefit from high seasonal spot ...
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