EPRI Journal articles from May 1997

EPRI Journal archives from May 1997

Pacemakers and EMF. (electric and magnetic fields)
May 1, 1997... Currently about 115,000 cardiac pacemakers are implanted annually in the United States. These devices have saved countless lives by artificially stimulating diseased or damaged hearts when necessary, ensuring that they continue to beat in a...

Fingerprinting MGP contaminants. (manufactured gas plant)
May 1, 1997... Manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites are a legacy of the gaslight era, which began in the early 1800s. At that time, with natural gas not yet available, cities and towns used a crude reaction process to manufacture gas from coal for street...

Market potential high for fuel cells.(Cover Story)
May 1, 1997... THE STORY IN BRIEF With the advantages of modularity, high reliability, top efficiency, and pollution-free operation, fuel cells have long been seen as a power option that is custom-made for the twenty-first century. Now, as advanced, lower-cost...

Deregulating in the information age.
May 1, 1997... THE STORY IN BRIEF The electric power industry reached a major milestone under a tight deadline early this year with the launching of an Internet-based system for buying and selling power transmission services. Called OASIS, this system is the...

The Written-Pole. (motor technology)(includes related article on electrification)
May 1, 1997... The Story in Brief The award-winning Written-Pole technology, developed with EPRI support, overcomes some fundamental drawbacks of conventional motors and addresses critical needs of electric power customers big and small. With an innovative...

Real-world test of ultraviolet air disinfection for controlling tuberculosis.(Project Startups)
May 1, 1997... After more than four years of planning, a project to determine the efficacy of ultraviolet air disinfection for controlling the spread of tuberculosis got under way in New York City on May 22. This study, which is expected to last five years and...

Researchers probe Denver's brown cloud.(Project Startups)
May 1, 1997... Situated in a large, shallow valley and home to some two million people, Denver is subject to accumulations of airborne particulate matter and other emissions from multiple point and area sources under various types of meteorological conditions....

Membrane filtration cuts costs at Maui Pineapple. (Maui Pineapple Co.)(In The Field)
May 1, 1997... Maui Pineapple Company, the sole producer of canned pineapple and pineapple juice in the United States, processes 175,000 tons of the fruit annually at its plant in Kahului. During processing, oil-fired evaporators remove water from a dilute...

PQPager communicates with marketing executives.(In The Field)
May 1, 1997... Ten utilities asked EPRI how they could get up-to-the-minute power quality data into the hands of their marketing executives. In response, EPRI developed the PQPager, an inexpensive power quality monitor that communicates directly with...

Hosts sought for trace metal removal demonstration.(In The Field)
May 1, 1997... A water treatment process that uses iron-coated sand produces significantly smaller volumes of sludge than iron coprecipitation technology, currently used by some utilities to meet water-quality-based permit limits for heavy metals in wastewater....