Nadim Ekiz’s Post

I get asked by non Electrical Engineering or Protection / Automation people about Power all of the time! Especially government IT or IA people. I ran into these Practical Engineer Videos the other day and thought I would share them. An SEL relay even made cameo appearance in one of them. It is truly inspiring and amazing how all these systems work together to bring power to our homes, work, and lives. My favorites have to be Black Start of the Power Grid and the World's Largest Batteries "Pumped Storage". How the Power Grid Works? - https://lnkd.in/gcffPvh3 What is a Black Start of the Power Grid - https://lnkd.in/g7G5v_eA Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder than You Think (using invertor based resources) - https://lnkd.in/gyC_aTYC How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid? https://lnkd.in/gyKzuT9B   World’s Largest Batteries... Pumped Storage! - https://lnkd.in/gQNSkRcn I think there are a lot of strong use cases for Pumped Storage. Especially if it is closed to prevent evaporation. Perhaps underground pumped storage? Full Library - https://lnkd.in/gu_a3Tmt

This is an excellent look at ways to get more power through needed changes in transmission.

The challenge. How do you get the stuff produced in the background down to a heat network operating in the foreground? #heatnetworks #electricity #nationalgrid #districtheating

Newer and more advanced transmission cable lines that can transport 4x the electricity existing ones can are being sidelined …

The challenges to the electric grid are real and will require resilient power providers to fill the gap for mission critical industries RPower

Which came first: the synchronized clock or the synchronized power grid? Read my latest article to find out.

A more resilient, reliable electric grid 💡 Sandia is leading the development of a self-healing grid, capable of keeping the lights on for customers even after a disruption. “After the system is damaged or compromised, the system can automatically figure out how to get to a new steady state that provides power to as many customers as it possibly can; that’s what we mean by ’self-healing’,” said Sandia electrical engineer Michael Ropp. Read more about the development: https://bit.ly/3u5dp1S

What is the easiest way to boost the grid? Upgrade power lines. More specifically, change existing conductors (the cables that connect towers in overhead transmission lines - and that we call "conductors" because their role is to carry a mechanical load, but to transmit electricity) by better ones. 95% of conductors on the planet use a 1908 (yes - 116 year old) technology, which was revolutionary at the time. All art was contemporary at some point, I guess. With advanced conductors, it is possible to replace those old conductors with conductors that can carry up to three times the amount of current, have half of the electric resistance (and therefore half of the line losses at a given current level) without any need to retrofit the towers (adding towers or increasing the height of towers). Minimal visual impact. A simple "maintenance" procedure. No new rights of way. Skeptical but intrigued? You want to know more? Please listen to the podcast below, featuring Jason Huang, CEO and founder of TS Conductor, and Emilia Chojkiewicz, of UC Berkeley. #energytransition #climatechange #transmission #reconductoring #electricitygrid #powerlines #utilityindustry #utilities https://lnkd.in/dMvDRKdR

📖 Interesting report from the Idaho National Laboratory, for which 44 electric transmission utilities from the US were surveyed. Over 70% of them have already deployed advanced conductors. The report highlights that “advanced transmission conductors are technologies that can be used to increase the pace of transmission capacity growth, at a lower cost and with less impact to communities than traditional conductors" and that about 125,000 miles of existing transmission lines could "benefit from reconductoring with advanced conductors" to improve grid capacity and efficiency. ➡ Read the complete report: https://lnkd.in/gffPuAYM ➡ To learn more about Epsilon Advanced Conductors: www.epsilon-cable.com #HTLS #reconductoring #sustainability #energytransition #advancedconductors