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Published 08 Dec 2021
Partial Discharge Special Thanks To William Higinbotham President at EA Technology for allowing T&D to republish Below is a great example of using partial discharge instruments to prevent failures without doing unneeded maintenance. Contamination of cable terminations causes partial discharge Cable terminations are often used outside on riser poles...
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Published 01 Dec 2021
The following article, exploring offshore wind subsea power cables, has been republished with the kind permission from the authors: Othmane El Mountassir & Charlotte Strang-Moran from ORE Catapult | Published September 2018 | AP-0018 Installation, Operation & Trends By the end of 2018, installed offshore wind power capacity will...
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Published 03 Nov 2021
HYSO QD HYSO QD from Socomore is the former PF-QD manufactured by PT Technologies Europe – HYSO QD is a quick drying residue free manual cleaning solvent for surface cleaning and degreasing in manufacture, maintenance and fabrication activities. HYSO QD removes general soils, oils, greases and combustion residues. Features...
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Published 01 Nov 2021
By Stephen Harrison | Training & Technical Manager Current Training Service Pty Ltd Terminations for MV Power Cables The image shows a shed (rain shed) – this is a heat shrink moulded part and component of standard medium voltage cable terminations. The installed rain shed is in operation on...
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Published 06 Sep 2021
Protecting Underground Cables This Article was originally published by T&D World. From Superstorm Sandy to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence and Michael – the volume of rain and storm surge has and can cause unprecedented flooding. Flooding negatively impacts power systems – but not for the reasons you might...
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