by Saqib Saeed | 2020, December, 16 | Saqib Saeed, Transformers
Large Power Transformers (LPT) are of critical value to both the electric power transmission and the distribution grid. (see Fig. 1) These transformers are unique in their design, tailored to specific customer use, and are uniquely vulnerable to schedule slippage...
by Saqib Saeed | 2020, November, 6 | Articles, HVDC, Saqib Saeed, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
Introduction China is deepening energy cooperation, boosting power infrastructure development under its ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) initiative with partner countries to sustain its economic growth. Accumulative population of countries involved in the OBOR is about 4.4...
by Saqib Saeed | 2020, July, 10 | Articles, Industrial Automation, Jared Kearby, Saqib Saeed, Transformers
Power Technology Research along with CWIEME partnered for a whitepaper examining the electrical engineering industry’s outlook for 2020/2021. The report covers the market for transformers, industrial motors, EV traction motors, EV hybridization and coil winding...
by Saqib Saeed | 2020, May, 19 | HVDC, Power Quality, Reactive Power, Saqib Saeed, SVCs/STATCOMs, Switchgear, Transformers
The power sector in the United States, just like every other industry, has been deeply affected by COVID-19. Last month, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported expectation of major delays, even cancellations of, planned generation projects in...
by Saqib Saeed | 2019, May, 20 | Articles, Saqib Saeed, Switchgear, Transformers
A Substation (SS) acts as a strategic node in a transmission and distribution (T&D) network. Most substations operating at high voltage (HV) or extra-high voltage (EHV) perform switching and routing of AC power. So, the operation of substation equipment which is...
