What happens when there is a power cut?
In short: How a grid isolates a fault, tries automatic reclosing for temporary faults, and how outages look from the customer's side, from everyday interruptions to Hurricane Ian.
A 2:13 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Electric Power Annual - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “U.S. electricity customers averaged five and one-half hours of power interruptions in 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Academia.edu (hosting a 2021 IEEE Access review paper by S. Jarjees Ul Hassan, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077938), “A Comprehensive Review of Auto-Reclosing Schemes in AC, DC, and Hybrid (AC/DC) Transmission Lines”; Springer Nature (SpringerOpen), journal Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems; a review article on single-phase adaptive auto-reclosing for extra-high-voltage (EHV) transmission lines, “A review of single phase adaptive auto-reclosing schemes for EHV transmission lines - Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Electric Power Annual - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — U.S. electricity customers averaged five and one-half hours of power interruptions in 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Academia.edu (hosting a 2021 IEEE Access review paper by S. Jarjees Ul Hassan, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077938) — A Comprehensive Review of Auto-Reclosing Schemes in AC, DC, and Hybrid (AC/DC) Transmission Lines · View →
- Springer Nature (SpringerOpen), journal Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems; a review article on single-phase adaptive auto-reclosing for extra-high-voltage (EHV) transmission lines — A review of single phase adaptive auto-reclosing schemes for EHV transmission lines - Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Electric Power Annual - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): U.S. electricity customers averaged five and one-half hours of power interruptions in 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Academia.edu (hosting a 2021 IEEE Access review paper by S. Jarjees Ul Hassan, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077938): A Comprehensive Review of Auto-Reclosing Schemes in AC, DC, and Hybrid (AC/DC) Transmission Lines
- Also: Springer Nature (SpringerOpen), journal Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems; a review article on single-phase: A review of single phase adaptive auto-reclosing schemes for EHV transmission lines - Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems
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