When engineers need to evaluate harmonic concerns on power systems, they generally refer to Standard 519-1992 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). But in distributed-load ...

Six times during the previous year the local utility supplying power to a large soap manufacturing plant in the Midwest suffered power outages, shutting down the plant’s production lines. Each time ...

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 10, 2001 — A growing number of businesses appear ready to adopt small-scale, onsite applications of electric-generating technology — or “distributed energy” — to address their ...

The distribution grid is the most vulnerable part of the electric power system and it is where more than 90% of all power interruptions occur. Extreme weather events, such as Superstorm Sandy and ...

The concept of distributed electric propulsion units has great potential on the track to zero-emission aircraft. Investigations raise expectations that distributed propulsion engines improve the ...