Fig. 1. An engineering technologist sets up an apparatus in which PCB-contaminated liquid will be exposed to chemicals which remove the chlorine from the compound, transforming the PCBs into non-regulated chemicals. Base-catalyzed destruction (BCD) of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is a process in which the halogen molecules on PCBs are replaced with aliphatic hydrocarbons (or in some cases h...

The paper investigates the behavior of four transformer models in electromagnetic transients programs (EMTP) when calculating inrush currents due to shell-type transformers energization. These models are single-phase Saturable Transformer (STC), BCTRAN, Hybrid Transformer (XFMR) and UMEC. The measurements of a real transformer energization performed by EDF in France are used to evaluate the acc...

It is important to monitor the moisture content of transformer oil in a transformer. One parameter of particular interest is the moisture solubility of transformer oil. It has been reported that transformer oils under different conditions have different solubility. Measurements of solubility for four different types of conditioned oil are presented in this paper: fresh Shell Diala AX oil, lab-a...

The Drosophila transformer-2 gene uses alternative promoters and splicing patterns to generate four different mRNAs that together encode three putative RNA-binding polypeptides. The transformer-2 products expressed in somatic tissues function to regulate the RNA splicing of the sex determination gene doublesex, whereas products expressed in the male germ line play an unknown, but essential, rol...

In the paper a novel approach to overcurrent protection stabilisation based on Fuzzy Logic technique is presented. The scheme is intended for MV overhead lines for which the autoreclosure function is applied to enhance reliability of supply in case of intermediate (vanishing) faults. Protection stabilisation is required for the feeders supplying a part of network with numerous loaded MV/LV tran...

The behavior of three phase five leg transformer under voltage sag is studied in this paper. This paper proposes a simple, practical model of a three phase-five leg, saturated transformer with accurate performance. Transformer saturation is produced when the voltage sag is recovered and it causes inrush current in transformer. Effects of voltage sag depth, duration and initial point on wave hav...

Overhead distribution lines are prone to lightning overvoltages due to their configurations and characteristics. Metal Oxide Varistor (MOVs) arresters for many years have proven to be more advantageous than others arresters in lightning surge protection; therefore it is worthwhile to continually assess the behavior and performance of these arresters to different kind of overvoltages caused by l...