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25-01-2012 - Don't Stop, Keep Going
Final Thoughts
From the discussions on busbar protection in this issue of the magazine we can see that the effor...  read more

19-01-2012 - Engineering a Great Home Made Beer
As long as I remember I've always liked to draw
As long as I remember I’ve always liked to draw.  At first- I was doing it during sch...  read more

19-01-2012 - Fault Location on Power Networks
Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks
For many decades distribution systems protection has been considered a no brainer due to the simpl...  read more

18-01-2012 - International Protection Testing Symposium, 2011
International Protection Testing Symposium, 2011
The main goal of the IPTS 2011  was sharing knowledge and experiences related to the testing...  read more

18-01-2012 - CIGRE B5 Colloquium 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland
CIGRE B5 Colloquium 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland
The program included technical and social events that provided many opportunities for the partici...  read more

18-01-2012 - Conference on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues in South-Eastern Europe
Conference on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues in South-Eastern Europe
The aims of the Conference, to bring together engineers, researchers, managers, financiers and po...  read more

18-01-2012 - National Seminar on Production and Transmission of Electricity
National Seminar on Production and Transmission of Electricity
The XXI SNTPEE conference and exhibition is the largest technical event of the Brazilian electric...  read more

18-01-2012 - Western Protective Relay Conference, Spokane, USA
Western Protective Relay Conference, Spokane, USA
Most of the attendees were from the western United States, but there were also some international...  read more

18-01-2012 - International Conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection
International Conference on Advanced Power System Automation and Protection
The event started with an opening ceremony hosted by the Secretary-general of the CSEE Dr. Ruomei...  read more

18-01-2012 - Maintenance Strategies for Digital Substation Automation Systems
Maintenance Strategies for Digital Substation Automation Systems
They are designed and configured with powerful engineering tools by highly trained staff. The maint...  read more

18-01-2012 - IEEE PES Chapters as a bridge between the local IEEE sections and the technical societies
IEEE PES Chapters as a bridge between the local IEEE sections and the technical societies
The scope of the Power & Energy Society embraces research, development, planning, design, construct...  read more

18-01-2012 - International Standards are Crucial
Where there is a will there is a way!
The objective aims at 20% reduction in emissions, 20% renewable energies and 20% improvement in en...  read more

17-01-2012 - Protection History - Generator Protection
Protection History - Generator Protection
BBC produced the two-step unbalance protection with linear measuring functionality IPX in the b...  read more

17-01-2012 - Introduction
Testing of Modern Bus Protection Systems
Testing of distributed busbar protection systems requires a good understanding of the architecture ...  read more

17-01-2012 - ADEA - a brief review
ADEA - a brief review
Age discrimination as an important element of employment discrimination usually attracts a lot of a...  read more

16-01-2012 - DCBPU Operating Concept
IEC 61850 Process-Bus Based
Directional Comparison Bus Protection employs direction of fault of all connected feeders to detect...  read more

16-01-2012 - Introduction
Impact of IEC 61850 on Bus Protection
Bus Protection Principles The behavior of bus protection systems during different fault conditions...  read more

09-01-2012 - Pelamis Wave Power
Pelamis Wave Power renewable electricity from ocean waves
The Pelamis is an offshore wave energy converter, operating in water depths greater than 50m, us...  read more

09-01-2012 - Cognitive Computing
Cognitive Computing Beyond machines - new ways of thinking
So far, with some small exceptions of mostly academic work on the use of Artificial Intelligence ...  read more

06-01-2012 - Precision Time
Precision Time Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced v...  read more

06-01-2012 - Easier Configuration and Selection
Easier Configuration and Selection PC Toolsuite Improvements within Alstom?s MiCOM S1 Family
Alstom launches an interactive product catalog, easing your choice of the right device for each ...  read more

06-01-2012 - Meter Testing with OMICRON CMControl
Meter Testing with OMICRON CMControl New test tool extends the functional range of the versatile CMC front panel control
The CMControl, the flexible front panel control for the OMICRON CMC test sets, now provides a com...  read more

06-01-2012 - Bitronics M653
Bitronics M653 M653 Triple Display Meter Saves Wiring and Time
The M653 is a three-display-at-once meter which is mounted in a 19”, 3U high panel. This gi...  read more

06-01-2012 - Toshiba's Italian Subsidiary Wins Contract
Toshiba's Italian Subsidiary Wins Contract for Smart Grid System
Toshiba Corporation’s subsidiary, Ansaldo Trasmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A (Ansaldo T&D),...  read more

06-01-2012 - RuggedCom Releases ROX(tm) v2.2
RuggedCom Releases ROX(tm) v2.2
ROX™II, the 'brains' behind RuggedCom's RuggedBackbone™ products, has been upgrad...  read more

06-01-2012 - PML630
PML630 Compact power management solution for load shedding applications
Industrial power systems PML630 is intended for small to medium sized industrial networks. PML630...  read more

06-01-2012 - SEL-2240 Axion(tm)
SEL-2240 Axion(tm) Distributed Control and Integration Platform
The SEL Axion? is a fully integrated modular input/output (I/O) and control solution ideally suite...  read more

06-01-2012 - New CSAEMS
New CSAEMS at CPUT, Cape Town, South Africa
A new Center for Substation Automation and Energy management Systems (CSAEMS) was opened on 27 Sept...  read more

28-12-2011 - Goda Nudelman
Interview with Guanghui Sun
PAC World:   When and where were you born? GS:  I was born in an ordinary family in the Shangdong ...  read more

28-12-2011 - Counteracting Propagation of major Disturbances
Impact of Hardware Design on Failure Mode of Protective Devices
This article presents the design characteristics and assumptions at the substation, and of the prot...  read more

28-12-2011 - Do we need a business case for IEC 61850?
Do we need a business case for IEC 61850?
The typical reasoning was: The business case for IEC 61850 is process bus. Process bus is not neces...  read more

28-12-2011 - introduction
Protecting Busbars
Members of CIGRE B5.16 Working Group: Zoran Gajic, Andr Quaresma dos Santos, Hans-Werner Funk, Kenn...  read more

28-12-2011 - Editorial September Issue 2011
Editorial
I am sure we can quote many similar stories that allow us to paraphrase "If it is not broken, don't...  read more

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