The Utility Co I work for has not had good experience with silicone polymer insulators, especially in high contamination areas such as near the sea...we only get about 5-10 years out of them. They perform better in inland areas with low or moderate contamination. Have you considered porcelain...
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I am looking for info, industry best practices, academic papers, etc. regarding installation and operation of a 230kV cable system on a road bridge. I have a copy of IEEE 575-2014 which has some good info, but I cant seem to find much else on the topic. Specifically there are safety...
Lheo,
Both of my colleagues worked for consulting companies doing electrical layouts for commercial buildings. One had 10 years of experience doing that before joining my company. The other fellow had about 2 years of experiance.
My current job requires excellent technical writing skills and...
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I work in the Transmission Planning Dept of a large utility and two of my colleagues were previously employed in "detail engineering". They can both run load flow studies, transient stability studies, etc. as well as any of the other engineers.
The transition may be a challenge but it's...
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I am working on verifing impedence data for a large number of transmission transformers. The data is being used in a GE PSLF powerflow model of a large transmission nework.
I would like to develop quick way to flag any bad data. In the interest of time, I can't go pull the test...
Try this:
http://www.geopower.ca/
Western Geopower is currently working on a new plant at the Geysers Complex in N.California.
http://www.calpine.com/
Calpine Corp. owns most of the generating plants in the Geysers Complex (>500MW)
The California Energy Commission has complied a report on...
itsmoked,
Currently some of the steam is recycled and reinjected, I think about 20%. Nature provides most of the recharge, however this takes time. Currently, output is pretty stable a 900 MW. I think I see addition wastewater reinjection projects in the future and expansion of production...
Hi Folks,
I saw ths post and figure I should throw in my 2 cents. I work for PG&E (the local electric and gas utility) and I am the electric transmission planning engineer for this part of N California. I have had the opportunity to see some of these units operating.
Currently, the Geysers...
Here is the news story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/04/29/BAGVOPHQU46.DTL
A gasoline tanker crashed and burned underneath, the resulting fire and heat destroyed the overpass above.
This is really going to screw up my commute to work tomorrow! (and prob...
A company called ZAP! (www.zapworld.com) located in Santa Rosa, CA claims it is developing a electric SUV that can be recharged "in as little as 10 minutes". Somehow I find this a bit optimistic.
This got me thinking, and I looked at the specs for an existing state-of-the-art Battery system...
