Technology advancements and new regulatory requirements could reshape how power plant owners operate and maintain large power transformers. Experts outline emerging strategies and call attention to ...

A main bank transformer fire has put a halt to power ascension testing at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear plant. The incident occurred at about 9:10 p.m., on August ...

Distribution transformers must adhere to NEC and NFPA 70 standards, with specific requirements for overcurrent protection, grounding, and installation based on ...

At 3:26 am on August 28, with the successful energization of the 220 kV No. 1 main transformer for power transmission at 220 kV Kuitun Substation, State Grid Kuitun Power Supply Company successfully ...

Transformers are static electrical devices with no moving parts, transforming electrical power from one voltage and current setting to another. The frequency of the electrical current remains constant ...

A typical Hydro-Québec substation showing only one of the installed grid transformers. Hydro-Québec has more than 2,000 grid and GSU transformers with an average age of more than 30 years in operation ...

This Idea For Design provides a Spice model for an ideal transformer that sidesteps an issue with an earlier IFD. This model not only works at dc, but also allows for bi-directional operation of the ...

The LLC Resonant Power Converter is a very complex circuit. This blog is the fourth in a series of blogs that attempts to simplify the circuit in order to understand the basics. This series is written ...

Puerto Rico's LUMA Energy has announced that the transformer located at the Santa Isabel TC substation is in operation. Crews successfully completed the work that will allow customers in the Aibonito, ...