Welcome to Qualitrol’s Blog
Below you will find posts covering a wide array of topics on both our company and the industry as a whole. Qualitrol’s blog features the latest industry information, stories from the electrical grid experts, and critical analysis of issues around energy infrastructure best maintenance practices.
Welcome to Qualitrol’s Blog
Below you will find posts covering a wide array of topics on both our company and the industry as a whole. Qualitrol’s blog features the latest industry information, stories from the electrical grid experts, and critical analysis of issues around energy infrastructure best maintenance practices.
5 Fast Facts About Fiber Optic Temperature Measurement in Power Transformers
Many people don’t know the value of fiber optic temperature measurement in power transformers. Recognized
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What are the True Costs of Power Outages
The Costs of Power Outages around the globe Sudden power outages cost US businesses more
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What is a Multifunctional Disturbance Fault Recording Device?
A multifunctional disturbance recorder or fault recording device uses 6 different recording methods to produce
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Bushing Failures – A look into Bushing Monitoring and Testing
Bushings are a critical component (bottlenecks) in electricity transportation. Bushings are used to transfer load
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Online DGA Monitoring of Power Transformers
Online Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) Monitoring of Power Transformers What are the technology options available
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What is Traveling Wave Fault Location?
The term “traveling wave fault location” refers to the method of locating a fault or
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What’s the Role of Fiber Optics in the Substation?
The Benefits of Fiber Substations contain critical assets for transforming, switching and distributing power across
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Vault Transformer Monitoring: Why Smarter is Safer
Why smarter is safer when it comes to vault transformer monitoring It’s easy to forget
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The Asset Management Value Proposition
What is an asset management value proposition? As defined in the international standard ISO 55000,
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5 Condition Monitoring Fails (and How to Avoid Them)
Condition monitoring enables you to reduce the cost of performing preventive maintenance yet avoid the
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Q&A with Qualitrol: Details About Our New Data Analysis and Professional Monitoring Services Offering
In the corporate and consumer worlds “…as a service” offerings make a ton of sense.
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Energy Grid Doctor: How Condition Monitoring is Like Taking Care of a Patient
Imagine how healthy we’d be if we walked around with probes all day delivering data
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Nervous About NERC? 2 Kits Make RPRR Testing Easy
Every six years — that’s not often for a checkup. Yet that’s the frequency the
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A DGA That Does More
It’s no secret that Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) is one of the most powerful tools
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Why Should You Use Standalone DFRs?
The traditional role of a Digital Fault Recorder (DFR) as a post mortem analysis tool
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Grid Hardening Vs Grid Resilience
In the fall of 2017, Hurricane Irma knocked out power to 9 out of 10
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3 Ways it Pays to Monitor Power Quality
Power quality measurement is a developing market. For decades, it was thought that “power is
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Puerto Rico 18 Months after Hurricane Maria
It was actually two storms. First on September 5, 2017, like a boxer’s uppercut designed
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Top 3 Threats to Transformers
In the mainstream media, there are hundreds of articles about terrorism as it pertains to
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High Voltage = Big Business
As HVDC power station growth continues in China and around the world, there are many
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What Is Partial Discharge Testing?
Partial Discharge Testing Basics for Rotating Machines To understand partial discharge testing, it’s best to
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