"Wisdom begins in wonder" – Socrates
Author: Isaac Gendler
Insulating Materials in a Transformer
08/06/18
“How can we use insulators to make a transformer function?”
Transformers are made by applying a voltage in one pair of wires to induce a secondary voltage in another. However, these two wires must never interfere with each other, since it could cause a rupture in the system. To prevent this, we can use Insulating Materials in a Transformer that prevents such contact from taking place.
Transformer Cores
08/05/18
“What keeps the winding in a transformer together?”
Electrical winding makes up the very core of a transformer. Or so it is thought. The actual Transformer Cores are the support structure for the metal windings. Not only this, but it provides reluctance to magnetic flux and prevents the spread of eddy current and hysteresis loss. The core’s diameter size is proportional to copper loss and inversely proportional to iron loss.
Winding Failures
08/04/18
“How can the winding in a transformer fail?”
Transformers are some of the most essential pieces of critical infrastructure. However, like every other machine, they can break down from time to time. One instance of this is known as Winding Failures. These occur when the voltage on the transformer windings are too close to the ground and fail.
Transformer Faults
08/03/2018
“What happens when transformers go wrong?”
Transformers are one of the most important pieces of infrastructure. They are like the pins keeping the yarn that is the grid connected. However, sometimes they have problems such as windings going bad or a broken core, which could have consequences for the grid. Transformer Faults can result in loss of power, voltage overheating, distribution problems, and a myriad of potential problems.
Quasi-static Time Series
08/02/18
“How can we work with time-dependent and discrete data?”
Distributed Energy Resources can have many different discrete processes that are time dependent such as solar panels producing usable current and batteries absorbing energy. And sometimes these time-dependent processes might actually have multiple different time periods. Since normal analysis is too difficult to integrate with this, we can use something called Quasi-static Time Series to quantify our data.
Resilience Outcomes
08/01/18
“How can we evaluate resilience performance?”
Resilience Performance is great for seeing how well a system can cope with sudden disasters. However, sometimes we will also need to analyze how effective its response is. This is where we can apply the metric of Resilience Outcomes. Common examples of Resilience Outcomes include reduced damage from disasters and resumed economic activity growth.
Resilience Performance
07/31/18
“How can we quantify what is produced by critical infrastructure systems?”
Critical Infrastructure Systems are one the most important bedrocks of society. However, how can we apply a metric to quantify its outputs? Well, by applying something known as Resilience Performance, we can evaluate a system’s output. Examples of Resilience Performance include energy produced by solar panels or their fault tolerance. Resilience performance is commonly used to evaluate Resilience Capabilities.
Resilience Capabilities
07/30/18
“How can we measure how effective resilience capabilities are organized?”
Resilience Capacities are necessary to organize Resilience Inputs. But some have more flexibility than others. So how can we apply a metric to this? Well, by using Resilience Capabilities we can evaluate the effectiveness of how the resiliency response can be carried out, such as how the ability to repair damaged power lines.
Resilience Capacities
07/29/18
“How can we organize resiliency inputs?”
Resiliency Inputs are the foundation for creating long-lasting critical infrastructure systems. But without any form of organization, they’re quite useless. This is where Resilience Capacities come in. Resiliency Inputs to Resiliency Capacities is like bones to a skeleton. Examples of Resiliency Capacities include emergency response teams of repair workers to downed power lines after a natural disaster.
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