Smart Power Grid

    September 2017
    Analog Devices’ IC with Integrated Diagnostics Monitors Meter Health to Improve Utilities’ Operations and Protect Revenue

    Analog Devices’ IC with Integrated Diagnostics Monitors Meter Health to Improve Utilities’ Operations and Protect Revenue

    Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced the first metering IC that includes mSure®diagnostics technology enabling direct and noninvasive monitoring of electric meter accuracy and faults in real-time. mSure-enabled meters, combined with a cloud analytics service, provide utility companies with real-time data and ac
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    09/29/2017
    Berkeley Lab Aims to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of the Grid

    As the grid modernizes, communications between the grid and solar panels will standardize, providing both more resiliency as well as a vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers.

    As the U.S. electricity grid continues to modernize, it will mean things like better reliability and resilience, lower environmental impacts, greater integration of renewable energy, as well as new computing and communications technologies to monitor and manage the increasing number of devices that connect to th
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    09/28/2017
    PSDcast - Saving Energy With Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats
    In this episode of the PSDcast, we talk with Harry Sim, CEO of Cypress Envirosystems, about his company's Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats. New York City recently saw a 20% reduction in oil consumption by retrofitting 69 city schools with the WPTs.
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    09/27/2017
    Vicor Introduces New 700V K of 1/16 Bus Converter

    Vicor Introduces New 700V K of 1/16 Bus Converter

    Vicor has added a new fixed-ratio high-voltage bus converter to its bus converter module (BCM) lineup. The new 700V K of 1/16 BCM offers a power level of 1.75 kW and a peak efficiency of 97%, with a power density of 700W/in³. The device is available in the thermally adept 4414 (111mm x 36mm x 9.3mm) VIA package,
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    09/27/2017
    Power Protection Starts with Switches
    Electricity is the crux of modern society. Without it we couldn't power our factories, charge our gadgets, keep our medical equipment running or even keep food from spoiling. From lighting, communication, heating, cooling, motor control, and more, the fact of the matter is our world runs on electricity. While the breadt
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    09/27/2017
    650 V Schottky Diodes Provide for Fast Switching
    Munich, Germany – Infineon Technologies AG introduces the CoolSiC Schottky diode 650 V G6. This latest development in the CoolSiC diode family is built upon the distinctive characteristics of the G5, providing reliability, quality, and increased efficiency. The CoolSiC G6 diodes are a perfect compl
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    Date:
    09/26/2017
    A Preparative-Scale Reaction Using Platinum Clusters With a Single-Digit Atomicity Realized

    Figure (A) shows the chemical structure of the complexes, (B) shows the chromatogram of the HPLC separation with size exclusion columns, (C) shows the MALDI-TOF-mass spectra of the isolated platinum complexes measured with DCTB matrix, and (D) shows the optimized geometric structures with platinum as blue, sulfur as yellow, and α-carbon atoms in grey.

    Subnanometer noble-metal clusters have been studied previously for these possibilities in catalytic applications. For example, it is known that platinum is used as a catalyst for a fuel cell, which is conductive and exhibits magnetism. Platinum is indispensable as a material for the next-generation energy grid, bu
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    09/25/2017
    Mouser Electronics Inc., along with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara today released a new video in the Shaping Smarter Cities series, part of Mouser’s award-winning Empowering Innovation Together program. In the newest video, Imahara travels to Los Angeles to meet with innovators and engineers from DAQRI
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    Date:
    09/15/2017
    Why US Battery Startups Fail -- And How To Fix It

    These are lithium ion 18650 size industrial high current batteries.

    Better batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future. More economical and efficient batteries would help to solve many of our planet's energy challenges, paving the way towards long-range electric vehicles to help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels as well as advancing renewable energy production by r
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    Date:
    09/06/2017
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