In applications in which energy conservation is critical, such as wind or solar inverters or electric-vehicle (EV) powertrains, distributing power at high voltage can help to reduce I 2 R losses. The ...

What to do with an extremely high voltage transformer and power supply… what to do… what to do… Short it out Jacob’s Ladder style of course! Fresh from ...

High-speed video footage taken by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories shows a high-energy arcing fault vaporizing a steel panel of power plant equipment, providing data that could help keep ...

Alternating current (AC) electrical power has been used in industrial facilities and in people’s homes since 1882. Over the years, we have come to recognize the hazards associated with AC, and safety ...

The world population is expected to hit 10 billion by mid-century and 15 billion by the end of this century. ~60% of the oil produced is consumed for transportation, while vehicular emissions stand ...

Each year, several hundred workers are killed as a result of inadvertent contact with energized conductors. Surprisingly, over half of those killed are not in traditionally electrical fields (i.e., ...

THE intensity of strong neutral argon emission lines radiated, by the thermally excited argon shield gas surrounding and within the central d.c. arc plasma of the Heliweld thoriated tungsten electrode ...