Keeping the nation’s lights on is no small job. The grid we take for granted involves large, expensive equipment, most notably power transformers. If one goes down, it can take more than a year to ...

Why is understanding high-voltage oil-filled transformer bushings so critical? High-voltage power transformers are an essential component of our nation's electric grid infrastructure. Bushings are the ...

Qualitrol’s enhanced Transformer Bushing Monitoring System offers a range of new features to meet increasing market demands providing additional flexibility and functionality in the power transformer ...

The addition of flexural stiffeners on the transformer cover plates was explored as a means to stiffen the base of the bushings and mitigate their seismic vulnerability. Numerical and experimental ...

Keywords: High voltage bushing structures. Seismic performance. Stiffening techniques. Vulnerability. Damage mitigation. Numerical simulations. Shaking table tests ...