EPRI Journal articles from June 2000

EPRI Journal archives from June 2000

Power to Liberate the Future.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... From our vantage point in the United States at the start of the new millennium, the future looks bright. Our nation is at peace, the economy is thriving, crime rates are declining, air and water are cleaner than they have been in many...

Dynamic Security Assessment.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... By providing on-line calculation and analysis capabilities, the new Dynamic Security Assessment software enables utilities to use transmission system capacity more efficiently and thus reduce costs. Poorly understood voltage and dynamic...

UCA 2.0 Published by IEEE.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The version 2.0 specification of EPRI's Utility Communications Architecture (UCA [TM]), which uses open-system protocols to enable device interoperability and database interconnectivity, has been published by the IEEE Standards Association in a...

NDE Personnel Qualification Testing Software.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Since nondestructive evaluation is vital in assessing the integrity of critical nuclear components, the performance of NDE personnel is an issue that utilities with nuclear plants constantly address. To facilitate personnel testing, EPRI...

Custom-ER Software.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The customer information systems traditionally used by utilities--commodity-oriented systems tied to back-office revenue management operations--are ill suited to today's competitive objectives of gaining and retaining market share....

MagShield 1.0.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... MagShield 1.0 is a state-of-the-art analytical tool for designing and evaluating the ferromagnetic and conductive shielding used to reduce 60-Hz magnetic fields in offices, laboratories, and other building spaces. Unlike earlier software,...

Monitoring Bird Activity Around Utility Equipment.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Electricity demand growth and the spread of power delivery infrastructure continue to prompt concerns about the safety of birds around utility equipment. Collisions and electrocutions not only harm avian populations but also can cause costly...

Brain Power Applied to Power Grid Operation.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The increasing complexity and interconnectedness of the national energy, telecommunications, transportation, and financial infrastructures pose new challenges for secure, reliable management and operation. Some of the country's best minds in...

Program Addresses Infrastructure Security.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... Recent hacking incidents that halted e -business on several high-profile Web sites have fueled concerns about the potential for disruptions of the critical interdependent systems supporting the global energy infrastructure. To address these...

Technology and the Quest for Sustainability.
June 22, 2000... The world is threatened by a basic conflict between the need to preserve finite, sometimes delicate environmental resources and the desire of a growing population to promote economic development and a better quality of life. Despite this...

The Value of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... The Story in Brief The trading of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions permits is likely to become an important part of any coordinated international response to global climate change. While trading is recognized as a key to...

E-EPIC Analyzing Emissions Policies.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... THE STORY IN BRIEF What consequences might U.S. air emissions policies have in the first half of the twenty-first century? According to a new EPRI study, current and planned policies on sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide...

AEP Tests Microturbine Performance.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... American Electric Power has conducted the first detailed electrical tests of how a microturbine generator (MTG) interacts with the power grid and other electrical devices in a utility environment. These and future tests scheduled at AEP are...

Intelligent Sootblowing System Documented.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... Residues from coal combustion in power plant boilers accumulate on the surface of boiler tube banks, where they impede heat transfer and reduce efficiency Over time, large deposits can detach from the banks and fall to the bottom of the...

PQPager Answers Call in Sweden.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... The MoDo Group, a major Swedish paper producer, is one of the first industrial firms outside North America to apply EPRI's PQPager on a continuing basis to monitor power quality problems. Implementation of this easy-to-use voltage sag monitor...