Power Distribution Articles
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If Cobalt is So Bad, Why are Some Companies Still Using it in Batteries? Part 1
The terrible consequences of cobalt mining and usage are both well documented and heartbreaking. Devastating environmental impacts from extration that render large swath of land unusuable and polluted waterways. Children forced to work in dangerous and claustrophobic 'artisanal' mines (a truly sinister euphemism). Toxicity, lung disease, heart failure, and cancer from exposure, even ...
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What is the difference between photovoltaic power station and solar thermal power station?
Solar thermal power is a technology that converts light energy into heat energy and then generates electricity by doing work through a conventional thermal cycle.Solar thermal power is a technology that converts light energy into heat energy and then generates electricity by doing work through a conventional thermal cycle.Solar thermal power produces the same alternating current as conventional ...
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AOPS Are Going to Help Transform the Ocean Economy, but What are They?
From electric vehicle charging stations appearing everywhere to the drones Amazon is using to deliver packages in some markets, it is easy to see the electrification transformation that’s occurring on land. But the ocean is out of sight and out of mind, which is why many people don’t know what’s happening in the busy, multitrillion dollar economy operating out there. ...
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Dry ice widely used in many fields to keep fresh & cold
Dry ice is solid CO2 -carbon dioxide with temperature of -78.5 degrees. In our life, we often see it, and the application field of dry ice is also very extensive. Following Qingdao Newtep will explain the application of dry ice in various fields: 1. Food industry Because of its extremely low temperature, dry ice can be used as refrigerant to preserve food and seafood transported by cold chain. ...
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8 Winter Energy Saving Tips
This winter season will undoubtedly be different from years past, but one constant remains true: electricity and heating bills will increase during the cold, dark months of the year. Fortunately, REAP has created a guide – 8 Winter Energy Saving Tips to reduce your winter energy bills. These tips are the low hanging fruit– easy steps you can take to conserve energy and use energy ...
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Project - Sigmaplantas
Industry: Solar power plants. Partners: ISFOC, Isofoton. Description: This project include the design and development of a microplant of heliostats to concentrate solar radiation into a cogeneration receiver to generate electricity and storage hot water. Solar MEMS team participated in the design and development of an heliostat with sun sensors for a high accurate aiming of the sun ...
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Building Sustainable and Resilient Data Centers
The Covid-19 pandemic has made physical contact almost impossible to conduct business. People are staying home and going online to work and meet. This has puts pressure on data centers and communications infrastructure. It is vital that data centers are resilient, but also sustainable. There are two opposing forces at work. As demand grows, data centers expand and their energy use increases. But ...
By AKCP
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How to Locate a Rubber Pyrolysis Plant
If you're looking for some simple guidelines on how to go with a rubber pyrolysis plant, this article was written simply for you. Here are some ideas that will help you know what is perfect for you in relation to choosing a pyrolysis unit for your home. To begin with, a pyrolysis plant can be very expensive and it is much more expensive than an incinerator by way of example. Obviously, provided ...
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What’s Your Risk Tolerance during Construction of a Utility-Scale PV Solar Power Plant? Active Stow vs. Passive Mitigation
Utility-scale engineering and construction projects are inherently risky. Large numbers of people independently working on a site, out in the weather, around dangerous machinery large and small, racing to finish the project as quickly as possible. Most Engineering, Procurement, and Engineering (EPCs) in the solar industry have the personnel safety issue solved. There are ongoing, sophisticated ...
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Power Quality for Telecommunication Plants
The power supply of telephone plants and FM/TV relay stations has always entailed numerous problems and specific needs which are difficult to meet, among them: to assure the safety of operators working on the plants, according to the law to assure continuity of operation to the plants to create a compact distribution system for all loads usually present in relay stations to limit the costs ...
By IREM SpA
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Master+: Reduce Costs, Increase Reliability
Riello UPS is partnering with leading energy trading company RWE to offer data centre operators increased reliability and security of supply with the added benefit of significantly reduced costs. The innovative solution is based on a modified version of the best-selling Master Plus HE threephase online uninterruptible power supply. It harnesses the energy storage power of premium lead acid or ...
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Unilever Hammond Indiana 4.38MW CHP Plant, US - Case Study
Unilever Hammond Indiana has been in operation since 1929. Today they are primarily specializing in synthetic bar soaps under the Dove and Caress brands. The facility supplies the North American market with an estimated 950 million bars of soap ...
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Power Quality: Top Protection
The Power Quality problems of an electrical distribution network are often generated locally within the structures and can depend on various situations, such as, for example, construction works, switching on high loads, faulty distribution components and particular basic electrical disturbances. Furthermore, external causes such as atmospheric events (hurricanes, lightning, snow, ice and ...
By IREM SpA
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Cranswick PLC Food Manufacturing CHP Plant, UK - Case Study
FTSE 250 company Cranswick PLC is one of the largest food producers in Britain, who have launched a sustainability strategy to become the world’s most sustainable meat business. The company’s largest site at Preston is in operation 24/7 and is heat and power intensive therefore Cranswick decided it wanted to make its energy infrastructure more competitive. Clarke Energy worked in ...
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7 Reasons Roll Forming is More Efficient
Roll forming is a process that involves passing coiled sheet metal through a horizontal series of rotating dies to produce the desired shape. This method offers a flexible and cost-efficient process of shaping metals into different shapes or custom cross-section profiles. Roll forming is superior to other metal forming processes, and it is used in a wide range of industrial processes, including ...
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What You Need To Know About Pyrolysis Plant Costs
If you are planning on purchasing a pyrolysis plant it is vital that you are aware how much the pyrolysis plant will cost. The expense of the plant is determined by many factors. The first main factor is how big the plant. The price of the plant is going to rise as the size of the plant gets bigger. The model and capacity from the machine is also likely to factor into the costs so be sure that ...
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Steam Turbine NDT Inspection Best Practices
Steam turbines are elegant in their simplicity. Water turns to steam; steam rotates the turbines; energy is transformed into electricity. But this simplicity belies incredible complexities in their operations and tiny intricacies in their build. These intricacies demand a rigorous testing practice to make sure that the turbines work safely. Increasingly, these turbines are tested using Phased ...
By Zetec, Inc
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Did You Know? Switch Mode Rectifiers, Calculating Float Voltage & C-Rates
Switch Mode Rectifiers The most common technology in use today for stationary battery charging is the Switch Mode Rectifier (SMR). They offer a higher efficiency and are smaller and lighter than the legacy Ferro Resonant and Silicone Controlled Rectifier (SCR) types. More importantly, they are easily field-swappable. Did you know that the SMR was first invented 110 years ago and was a ...
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Where Do We Find the Most Energy-Efficient Data Centers?
The quest for energy-efficient data centers has been getting stronger every year. As computing power gets better, and more organizations and enterprises go online, data centers have to accommodate massive data more than ever. The increase of data to process also means more energy to power these centers. This phenomenon has propelled companies to develop and run more energy-efficient data centers. ...
By AKCP
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Data Centers’ Energy Use Rises - What’s Next for Efficiency?
We’ve often heard that for companies to lessen carbon footprint and become environmentally friendly, they must go online or put their papers and process in the “cloud”. But that’s not really the case, as storing files in the cloud also translates to renting a physical space where those data will be stored and accessed when needed. These places are called data centers. They ...
By AKCP
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