The power grid is a complicated beast, regardless of where you live. Power plants have to send energy to all of their clients at a constant frequency and voltage (regardless of the demand at any one ...

Power transmission and distribution (T&D) systems depend on long chains of transmission lines, substations, transformers, breakers, feeder circuits, reclosers, sectionalizers, fuses, cut-outs, service ...

The MECL System Design Handbook is a great reference and covers many topics. One topic covered is transmission line theory, reflections, and lattice diagrams. Lattice diagrams are used to calculate ...

The evacuation of bulk electrical power over long distances can be done mainly by high voltage alternating current (HVAC) ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News. When a winter storm knocked out Texas’ power grid in 2021, the scale of the devastation it wrought was exacerbated by a singular ...

In applications where large forces/torques are required, with a fast response time and high accuracy, hydraulic control systems are essential. They have a more competitive power-weight ratio than ...