EPRI Journal articles from September 1998

EPRI Journal archives from September 1998

Priming the Pump in South Africa.(Editorial)
September 1, 1998... It has become generally accepted that increased electrification is a key requirement for sustainable growth in developing countries. The reason for this is clear: electricity's intrinsic attributes of flexibility, precision, reliability and...

DFD Process.
September 1, 1998... EPRI's Decontamination for Decommissioning (DFD) process won an R&D 100 Award for being one of the most technologically significant products of the year. DFD is a chemical process for removing radioactive contamination from shut-down nuclear...

Aerosol Duct Sealing.
September 1, 1998... Each year, leaks in the air ducts of residential heating and cooling systems cost consumers some $5 billion, wasting about 20% of the energy used for space conditioning in an average home. Fixing the often hard-to-reach leaks by conventional...

Daylighting Design.
September 1, 1998... Owing largely to a lack of easy-to-use, objective design guidelines, lights near windows remain on in most commercial buildings, wasting energy and money. This report, Daylighting Design; Smart and Simple (TR-109720), provides the practical...

Cable Digest.
September 1, 1998... The recently released Distribution Cable Research Digest 2000 (BR-110693) updates and expands on previous EPRI cable research digests, released in 1989 and 1992. A comprehensive 40-page document, the digest presents new information on...

Power Quality Toolbox.
September 1, 1998... Power quality problems cost U.S. businesses a considerable amount of money in lost productivity. Electric power companies working to address this growing problem can now count on a new EPRI product, the Power Quality Toolbox, to help. The...

Plant Simulator Helps Train Australian Operators.
September 1, 1998... EPRI's Compact Simulator technology, already used by dozens of US, utilities for cost-effectively training operators of fossil power plants, is now also being used down under-helping train plant operators across Australia to meet national...

Partnership With BC Hydro on Water and Wastewater Center.
September 1, 1998... The EPRI family of application-focused technical centers will get a new member in October, with the opening of the Water and Wastewater Center in Vancouver, British Columbia. The result of collaboration between EPRI and BC Hydro, the center...

When Disaster Strikes.
September 1, 1998... The Story in Brief Disaster can strike when communities least expect it-in the form of fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, industrial accidents, and even bombings. While it is often impossible to prevent disasters, there are measures...

DISTRICT ENERGY: COMBINING HEAT AND POWER.
September 1, 1998... The Story in Brief A high-efficiency cogeneration application that provides both electricity and thermal energy for heating and cooling could be set for a revival in the United States, following decades of deployment in Europe. The renewed...

Charting Power System Security.
September 1, 1998... THE STORY IN BRIEF Avoiding outages on today's highly interconnected transmission grid has become an increasingly difficult challenge. For the past 30 years, electric utilities have relied on conservative risk-avoidance strategies...

Fast-Charging Fleet EVs.(electric vehicles)
September 1, 1998... Widespread consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) ultimately depends on the successful development of advanced battery technologies that can provide driving range and performance comparable to the capabilities of conventional vehicles....

Neural Networks for Improved Load Forecasting.
September 1, 1998... Easy-to-use methods for producing accurate short-term load forecasts, which can enhance the reliability and cost-effectiveness of power system operation, are in great demand among electric utilities today EPRI's Artificial Neural Network...

Cable Remaining-Life Evaluation Yields Savings.(high-pressure fluid-filled cable, New York Power Authority)
September 1, 1998... Much of the high-pressure fluid-filled (HPFF) cable used by U.S. electric utilities for underground transmission is 20-40 years old. For example, the six HPFF cables at the New York Power Authority's hydroelectric plant on the St. Lawrence...