U.S. electricity consumption continues to increase almost 2% annually. As the load growth spurs calls for new power plants and transmission lines, it’s easy to forget the impact of the additional ...

Researchers have identified an environmentally alternative to a major industrial use of oil. They have discovered a way to treat palm kernel oil so that it can be used to insulate electrical ...

The degradation of transformer insulating oils through corrosion represents a critical challenge for the reliable operation of power transformers. Corrosion mechanisms are intricately linked to ...

TRANSEC is a system to dry power transformers of all sizes. The problem of wet transformers is already well-known. Due to moisture and oxygen, the insulation paper within the transformer degenerates.

Electricity is a key part of everyday life, from powering lights and heating food through to moving things in the environment, electrical power is required everywhere. Transformers have a huge role to ...

Transformer oil, also referred to as insulating oil, is stable at high temperatures while offering superb electrical insulating properties. Water impacts the insulation’s dielectric properties as well ...

Transformer oil has long served two purposes, cooling and insulating. The large, steel encased transformers we see connected to the electrical grid are filled with transformer oil which is circulated ...

About 3,000 gallons of transformer oil spilled into the Hudson River Transformer oil is similar to mineral oil or baby oil An insulation failure in a transformer caused the May 9 fire at the Indian ...