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Functional Testing on Digital Substations with GOOSE and Sampled Values
This article presents a high-level overview of performing practical, functional checks and testing on digital substations using generic object-oriented system events…
Abel Gonzalez, Michael Wilson, and Dhanabal Mani, Megger
Mission-Critical Architecture: Enabling Reliable and Secure Operation on Modern Power Systems
Imagine attending a conference of the world’s leading scientists or engineers, all of them experts in their field, but communicating only…
Matthew Wallace, CBS Field Services
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Catastrophic Generation Event Analysis
Using Harmonic Blocking to Prevent Spurious Trips during Inrush Conditions
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Industry Topics
A New Way to Test Distribution Automation Schemes
With an ever-growing demand for a more reliable distribution grid, utilities are constantly looking for possibilities to optimize their distribution networks by implementing distribution automation. One method to improve the network and reduce permanent outages is using pole-mounted reclosers, due ...
CORPORATE ALLIANCE CORNER
Specs & Standards
NFPA 70B Committee Report
The NFPA Committee met in Boston in September. The meeting began with confirmation that the 70B maintenance guide would be rewritten into a maintenance standard. There had been previous discussion regarding whether to make it a recommended practice, using the word “should” ...