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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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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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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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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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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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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Gas engines for resiliency of site operation
The choice to deploy a combined heat and power (CHP) system, utilising reciprocating gas engines, is often an investment decision to help drive cost and carbon savings to an organisation, whose focus is not traditionally, power generation. Clarke Energy have deployed CHP in numerous ‘critical’ applications around the world; whereby a power outage could cause considerable disruption ...
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Safety and Reliability in High Mast, Light Tower and Area Lighting
When illuminating a work area, sporting complex, roadway, or any populated area, safety and reliability are of the utmost importance. Without proper illumination, risk for accidents and injury is increased. Power outages, mechanical or equipment failure, or acts of nature can introduce unwanted hazards into the environment. Advances in LED technology have solutions that address these safety ...
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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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Yamaha Generators are a Perfect Fit for Your Home
Yamaha generators are very versatile gensets that you can take advantage of at home and everywhere else where an alternative power source is needed. Their portable inverter generators are excellent products that everyone should invest in, especially when living in areas that are prone to power outages and erratic power supply. Here are some practical uses for these powerful generators at home ...
By My Generator
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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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How Temporary Parking Lot Lights Can Solve Debilitating Problems
Recently, the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) had a power outage that affected several terminals, halted their operations, caused major security problems throughout nearly the entire airport, and forced 21 airlines to cancel their flights in the span of a few hours. As an airport that sees traffic of 70 million commuters per year, approximately 191 thousand daily on average, safety is an ...
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Benefits of Investing in Commercial Refrigerators
In today’s world of utmost competition, it is most imperative for industries and businesses—especially the ones that deal with food service—to keep up their game by investing in unswerving tools and utilizations. When it comes to investments, one must consider the long-term benefits of the item that is to be purchased, as well as its mechanical strength and longevity. This is ...
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Combined Heat and Power University - Queens University - Case Study
OWNER Queen's University LOCATION Kingston, Ontario, Canada PRODUCT Taurus (7.5 MWe) Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Reduced Emissions Queen's University in Ontario's central heating plant uses two 7.5 MW Taurus 70 generator sets and heat recovery steam generators which connect to the local utility. In the event of a power outage the combined heat and power system is designed to transfer to island ...
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Don’t Forget the UPS! Why Electrical Contractors Should Include Backup Power in Projects
The power grid isn’t as reliable as it used to be. Extreme weather events such as the 2021 Texas deep freeze and a string of hurricanes and nor’easters along the eastern seaboard have caused major power outages, sometimes lasting multiple days. In California, utilities have to shut off power when winds could knock out transmission lines to avoid wildfires. Adding to the challenge, ...
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ADSS Fiber Optic Cable
Introduction of ADSS Fiber Optical CableADSS cable, All-dielectric Self-supporting Optical Cable (also known as All-dielectric self-supporting fiber optic cable). All-dielectric fiber optic cable is made of all-dielectric materials. Self-supporting means that the reinforcing member of the optical cable itself can withstand its own weight and external load. Because of its self-supporting , its ...
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Evonik Industries - 5 MW Natural Gas CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Garyville, LA MARKET SECTOR: Chemical FUEL: Natural Gas GENERATING CAPACITY: 5 MW THERMAL OUTPUT: 80,000 lbs/hr Steam IN OPERATION SINCE: 2012 EQUIPMENT:(1) 5 MW Solar Turbines gas turbine (1) Cleaver Brooks D-tube HRSG USE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY: On-site & export to utility USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Process steam INSTALLED COSTS: $10 million EMISSIONS ...
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How Commercial Solar Lighting will Affect Your Business
There are plenty of folks in contracting that aren’t aware of the benefits that commercial solar lighting can bring to a business. We’ve held conferences and meetings to discuss the benefits of solar with contractors and project managers that admitted they weren’t aware of what benefits solar can bring to their plate. Here’s a quick rundown of how a corporation can benefit ...
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