Even if your facility doesn't incur the $10 million/min cost of downtime that some facilities experience, unplanned downtime is costly. Power quality plays a central role in the downtime drama, but focusing on the availability of power can cause you to ...

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 resources.

Power system reliability evaluation is a critical domain of research dedicated to ensuring the continuous and stable supply of electrical power. This field encompasses the quantitative assessment of power grids against potential faults, variable loads, and ...

The demand for reliable power systems in critical facilities continues to increase, putting pressure on engineers to design reliable systems within project budgets that are often decreasing. This article discusses some of the factors to be considered when ...

Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, the North American Electric Reliability ...

Given the unique challenges that power supplies in high-reliability environments face, Infineon decided to investigate Power System Reliability Modeling (PSRM) and develop innovative solutions to overcome those challenges. This whitepaper will serve as an ...

Steps engineers can take to help mitigate power outage impacts. Paths to PLC redundancy. Paths to PAC redundancy. How can a dual Ethernet ring help with resilience? Power outages are becoming more frequent in the U.S. One research group states that from ...

What if your railway power system could handle voltage drops & shocks without stopping? Learn about the solution that keeps trains running.

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