Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Decoding NEC Art. 450 for Distribution Transformers

Distribution transformers must adhere to NEC and NFPA 70 standards, with specific requirements for overcurrent protection, grounding, and installation based on ...
IEEE

Dynamic Differential Protection of Transformer Considering CT Saturation Based on Waveform Distortion Estimation

Abstract: The protection relay performs a significant role in maintaining the power system’s reliability and stability. However, Current Transformer (CT) saturation affects the overcurrent, ...
POWER Magazine

Power System Protection with Digital Overcurrent Relays

Power systems today operate in an environment where reliability and safety must be maintained despite rising loads, expanding interconnections, and increasing dependence on distributed energy ...
WKYC3

Power returns after reported transformer explosion caused widespread outages on Cleveland's west side, officials say

CLEVELAND — More questions remain after a reported transformer explosion caused widespread power outages on Cleveland's west side Monday evening. More than 20 hours after the incident, Cleveland ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Some Cleveland residents still without power after transformers explode: ‘It’s all bad’

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Residents near West 44th Street and Buckley Road are raising concerns after a house fire sparked a chain reaction that caused multiple transformers to explode Monday night. At least ...
Hackaday

A Much Faster Mac On A Microcontroller

Emulating older computers on microcontrollers has been a staple of retrocomputing for many years now, with most 8-bit and some 16-bit machines available on Atmel, ARM, or ESP32 platforms. But there’s ...
KTVU

PG&E transformer fire prompts further power outages for thousands of SF residents

SAN FRANCISCO - A transformer caught fire in San Francisco on Sunday evening, leading thousands of PG&E customers to lose power just a week after a massive outage caused about a third of the city to ...
The Conversation

Before trips to Mars, we need better protection from cosmic rays

Dr. Zahida Sultanova works for the University of East Anglia and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She is a member of European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) and Ecology and Evolutionary ...
SiliconANGLE

Google details cloud-based Private AI Compute system for securing Pixel data

Google LLC today detailed Private AI Compute, a cloud-based system it uses to power its Pixel handsets’ artificial intelligence features. Some of the AI models used by the latest Pixel 10 smartphone ...
Electronic Design

Powering Next-Gen 800-V DC AI Data Centers with GaN-Based Solutions

Underscoring the utility of its PowiGaN gallium-nitride (GaN) technology in powering next-generation AI data centers, Power Integrations recently outlined the capabilities of 1,250- and 1,700-V ...
Electronic Design

Solid-State Circuit Protection Using SiC JFETs

Modern power electronics are growing in both power capacity and density, making circuit protection more important than ever. There's increasing interest in solid−state circuit breakers and power ...