During the first 90 years of the Grid, electricity was mainly used for motors and incandescent lights. That meant nearly a century of growth providing electricity to homes and businesses for relatively predictable purposes. In the last 35 years, we have increased our reliance on computers and precision electronics throughout every sector…
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Software-Defined Electricity Automatically Balances Phases in AC Power Networks (For the most recent article with updated images click here) The Software-Defined Electricity method controls and balances power flow in Real-Time by using an innovation in computing and power electronics and an advancement in sensing and controls. The balance across phases is a critical component to…
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory releases the Energy Flow Chart for the U.S. every year. The latest Energy Flow Chart is here. As we have highlighted previously, the U.S. loses more than 67.8% of the electricity that is generated in our Grid. These losses are categorized as “Rejected Energy.” The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates…
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3DFS began performing electrical network analyses for prospective clients in October 2015. The analysis takes less than an hour, does not interrupt power, and demonstrates the benefits of subcycle correction within that specific electrical network. A report is compiled and delivered in a few days showing the difference the electrical network with the power corrected…
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Power quality is a term that we are all seeing more of these days. What does it mean though? How can the importance of power quality be conveyed so that the average person understands the impact of power quality on their daily lives? Most of us were introduced to electricity as kids in school when…
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We appreciate everybody’s interest in why Power Quality is important. There is a more current description of why power quality is important in relation to electrical losses and carbon footprint on our blog here. Thank you for your interest. Almost everyone in the United States uses electricity. Surprisingly, few of them know that there is…
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In today’s world customers are offered an array of lighting choices. Several light bulb producers promise tempting energy savings, but beyond the higher cost of bulbs, are you getting anything beyond the promised energy savings? Lighting products can be broken down into three categories: incandescent, halogen, compact fluorescent (CFL), and LED. We are going to…
