The application of surge-protective devices in lowvoltage systems faces the dilemma of providing effective limiting against surges while not attempting to limit the temporary overvoltages that do occur in a power system The paper illustrates this dilemma with specific scenarios and presents recommendations for reconciling these two conditions through adequate design and more explicit standards.

In his article "Possibilities and Limits of Comparative Literature Today" Darío Villanueva discusses the itinerary of comparative literature and its problematics and queries the discipline's adherence to literary history and its identification with the theory of literature. Villanueva's discussion is with particular reference to Spanish-language works such as by Claudio Guillén's systemic view ...

In this article torque assisted anti-surge control (TASC), a compressor anti-surge control system based on model predictive control (MPC) is presented. TASC is implemented on an embedded system for the control of compressor stations with electrical variable-speed drives (VSD) which are used in applications such as natural gas transportation via pipelines. The manipulated variables of the propos...

surge is one of the two destructive factors in compressors. surge is the stream instability phenomenon in compressor that imposes severe damages to the compressors. nowadays, suppressingsurge phenomenon is one of the most important issues in oil and gas industries, especially when flow reduction or gas reflux is considered. according to moore-greitzer compressor model, this paper designs an act...

This paper discusses aspects of outages in the electric transmission network in the Kosovo Power System caused by the atmospheric discharges. Frequency and location of the atmospheric discharges in Kosovo territory will be provided by a lightning location system ALARM (Automated Lightning Alert and Risk Management) and from the data from the Meteorological Department in Prishtina International ...

This paper describes the possibilities for mathematical modelling of gap-less surge arresters in the simulation software DYNAST. This tool does not belong to standard modelling softwares in the field of electric power engineering. However, it may provide some key advantages when compared to more frequently used software such as EMTP-ATP and MATLAB-Simulink. Description of the metal oxide varist...

Abstract. Japan Atomic Energy Agency as the JApan Domestic Agency (JADA) for ITER and the Domestic Agency of EU (EUDA) agreed the procurement sharing for the ITER NBI power supply system. The JADA contributes procurement of dc -1 MV ultra-high voltage (UHV) components such as a -1 MV dc generator, a transmission line and a -1 MV insulating transformer. The dc UHV insulation has been carefully a...