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Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Performance Index-Based Security Assessment and Screening Effect: Part 1

Learn how to conduct performance index-based security assessment in power systems and how the screening effect impacts the accuracy of the assessment.


Mitigating Motor Drive Risks: The Critical Role of Gate Driver Isolation

Mitigating Motor Drive Risks: The Critical Role of Gate Driver Isolation

This article will focus on how a single-point power supply failure can lead to uncontrolled movements and examine how the robust construction of…


Using DCR Current Sensing in Buck-Boost Controllers

Using DCR Current Sensing in Buck-Boost Controllers

This article compares the benefits of using inductor DC resistance current sensing in four-switch buck-boost controllers to traditional solutions.


Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

Featured Facility: Test Lab for Electrical Systems Safety

The electrical engineering specialist Mersen operates a test center on its French facility of Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, next to Lyon. The company’s…


Designing Intrinsically Safe Systems

Designing Intrinsically Safe Systems

Intrinsic safety is a system concept that relies on an accurate design. Learn about the design basics of intrinsically safe systems here.


Intrinsic Safety 101

Intrinsic Safety 101

Discover all you need to know about intrinsic safety – an explosion-prevention design technique applied to the electrical equipment and wiring…


Utility Power Transmission and Distribution Systems

Utility Power Transmission and Distribution Systems

Electrical power used in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings is typically generated by a utility at a central point and transmitted…


Understanding the Ferranti Effect in Transmission Lines

Understanding the Ferranti Effect in Transmission Lines

This article presents an overview of the Ferranti effect, describing the causes and consequences of the phenomenon and highlighting which main…


AC and DC Circuit Breakers for Overcurrent Protection

AC and DC Circuit Breakers for Overcurrent Protection

This article highlights circuit breaker that is an overcurrent protection device (OCPD) designed to protect electrical devices and individuals from…


Grounding and Bonding to Prevent Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

Grounding and Bonding to Prevent Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

Learn how to prevent the threats of static electricity in flammable gas and vapor-laden atmospheres.


What are Overcurrent Protection Devices?

What are Overcurrent Protection Devices?

Learn about the basics of overcurrent, how it occurs, and ways to protect against and prevent it in power circuits.


The Risks of Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

The Risks of Static Electricity in the Petroleum Industry

Learn about the threats of static electricity in Class I hazardous (classified) locations.


The Hazards and Applications of Static Electricity

The Hazards and Applications of Static Electricity

In this article, learn about conditions that increase electrostatics, where static buildup can occur, its dangers, ways to mitigate the risk, and…


The Fundamentals of Electrostatics

The Fundamentals of Electrostatics

Learn about the basics of static electricity, what it is, and its generation processes.


Types of Surge Arresters

Types of Surge Arresters

Learn about the most common types of surge arresters used to protect against transient overvoltages and lightning strikes.


Substation Protection Against Transient Overvoltages and Lightning Strikes

Substation Protection Against Transient Overvoltages and Lightning Strikes

Learn how surge arresters protect power substations against lightning and switching overvoltages.


Substation Shielding Methods for Lightning Strikes

Substation Shielding Methods for Lightning Strikes

This article explains different substation shielding techniques used to reduce the chance of and damage from direct lightning strikes.


Understanding the Interaction between Lightning and Power Transmission Lines

Understanding the Interaction between Lightning and Power Transmission Lines

Learn about the impact lightning strikes have on transmission lines and proper grounding’s role in lowering the chances of irreversible damage to…


Frequency Control in a Power System

Frequency Control in a Power System

Learn about the primary, secondary and tertiary frequency control in a power system.


How to Improve Resistance to Ground

How to Improve Resistance to Ground

Learn about the methods used to lower the resistance of a grounding electrode