The New Reality of Reliability in Thermal Power Generation Systems
Over the past three decades, the utility-scale generation mix has shifted dramatically, from a...
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Energy Management
Why Carbon Baselines Belong Beside Reliability in Asset Monitoring
Executive Summary For decades, asset-intensive industries have monitored equipment to improve...
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Why Offline Partial Discharge Matters for Low Voltage Motor Reliability
In 1995, it was determined that the cause of failure for electric motors in inverter (variable...
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How Reliability Professionals Are Driving Sustainable Operations
As our industrial sectors, public spaces, and world are increasingly focused on environmental...
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How Spain May Have Ignored Root Cause Failure Analysis in Its Blackout
The Event: What Happened on April 28, 2025 On April 28, 2025 at 12:33 local time, the electrical...
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How to Improve Pump Reliability with Electrical Signature Analysis
Although sometimes referred to as Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA), which involves...
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How Low-Voltage Motor Circuit Analysis Helps Predict Failures Early
We utilize virtually all testing methods for evaluating industrial and electrical systems for...
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Why U.S. Grid Stability Depends on Smart Politics and Policy
During the hottest day of the year so far, in Washington, DC, a team of over 400 wind, solar, and...
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What the Large Motor Reliability Studies Actually Found and Why It Matters
One of the most frequently quoted studies related to electric motor reliability is a 1983 Electric...
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Supra Harmonics in VFD Systems: A New Frontier in Reliability Risk
As part of a larger research and development project involving multiple industries and distributed...
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Why So Many Electric Motors Are Quietly Running Beyond Safe Limits
Over the past four years, we have seen an increase in field troubleshooting calls related to...
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How Reliability Strategies Cut Compressed Air Energy Costs
Compressed air systems are an essential part of most plant operations but can be a plant’s...
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