Chemical Manufacturer Improves Power Quality with S&C's PureWave UPS System
An ethylene manufacturer in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, chose S&C Electric Company's PureWave UPS? System to eliminate production interruptions due to power outages.Natural gas furnaces called "crackers" are used in the process of manufacturing ethylene. Within these crackers are fans and heating elements which control the temperature of the process. Power outages were stopping the fans, causing damage to the heating elements ? just one power outage caused thousands of dollars in lost production time and lost product.The facility required an outdoor installation of a power protection system. S&C's PureWave UPS System was chosen because it's the only whole-facility system that can be installed outdoors. In August 2002, two 500-kW units were installed: one rated 380 V, the other 690 V, 50Hz.
Applied with a back-up generator, the PureWave UPS Systems provide consistent, reliable power to the crackers, with 100% protection from the periodic power outages in the area. This reduced downtime has significantly improved productivity at the plant.PureWave UPS Systems, from S&C's Power Quality Products Division, are available in capacities ranging from 313 to 20,000 kVA and provide 30 seconds of protection at 100% load. PureWave UPS Systems are installed worldwide, delivering reliable protection from utility power source problems for a wide variety of energy-sensitive, power-critical applications.S&C Electric Company is a leader in power quality solutions.
In addition to PureWave UPS Systems, S&C's product line includes the PureWave? Source-Transfer System, PureWave DVR? Dynamic Voltage Restorer, PureWave DSTATCOM? Distribution Static Compensator, and PureWave AVC? Adaptive VAR Compensator.S&C Electric Company, headquartered in Chicago, IL, specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative products and services for the electric power industry. S&C's family of PureWave? Power Quality Systems have been installed at critical-process facilities worldwide to deliver reliable protection from the power quality problems that can disrupt operation.
Information about S&C is available at www.sandc.com/PQ/PR..
Demand for Generators Set to Rocket as UK Power Crisis Looms
(ContentDesk) November 18, 2005 -- Natalie Chew, of Generators Express (http://www.generatorsexpress.co.uk), believes that demand for generators will rocket as households and businesses in the UK ready themselves for what could be a winter of power cuts. There is increasing concern that Britains natural gas reserves will run dangerously low in the event of a cold winter. This would force the government to shut down gas-burning power stations in order to maintain uninterrupted gas supplies to households. Around 40% of the UKs electricity is generated by gas power stations and shutting them down would lead to prolonged periods or power cuts across much of the country. Furthermore, several indicators suggest that this winter could be particularly severe.Households and small businesses are turning to generators as emergency power backup solutions.
These days it is almost impossible to function without electricity...
Demand for Generators Set to Rocket as UK Power Crisis Looms
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Kissimmee, Florida Marks 105 Years of Electric Service
Kissimmee, FL (ContentDesk) June 28, 2006 - Today marks the 105th anniversary of municipally-owned electric service in Kissimmee, Fla.It was during a Kissimmee City Council meeting on June 28, 1901, that a resolution was passed authorizing the city's purchase of Kissimmee Electric Light Company from W.C. Maynard for 4,293.59.Maynard, a Kissimmee resident, had owned and operated the private power company in Kissimmee under contract with the city since December 4, 1900.Upon the purchase, a committee was appointed by the council to manage the electric system.Kissimmee is the fifth oldest municipal utility in the state, following Starke (1890), Jacksonville (1895), Ocala (1897) and Williston (1900). In addition, Kissimmee residents had electricity 22 years before their counterparts in Orlando (1923).The utility's first purchase was a 15-kilowatt generator in 1901 -- enough to power just 150 100-watt lightbulbs or 12 personal hairdryers. That was followed by the addition of three diesel...
Kissimmee, Florida Marks 105 Years of Electric Service
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Electromagnetism, the Universe, and You
An electric current produces a magnetic field. This is the principle of the electric motor - varying electric currents moving along wires make magnets with drive shafts spin around in circles. A moving magnet makes an electric current flow in a nearby conductor. This is the principle behind the dynamo - magnets being whirled around mechanically on one end of a drive shaft make electric currents flow along wires. Michael Faraday discovered the links between electricity and magnets - that they are actually a single force: electromagnetism.
To explain how the effects of electromagnetism work, he invented the scientific concept of THE FIELD OF FORCE. The effects of the fields of force from magnets and electric currents are not felt in an aura-like area around the magnet, as I had until recently believed, but rather in specific curves around the object. You can witness this for yourself. Put a magnet under a piece of paper and place iron shavings on top of the paper. The shavings do...
Electromagnetism, the Universe, and You
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Add Help to Your Visual Studio 2005 Application In No Time Using HTML Help Generator
Culemborg, the Netherlands (ContentDesk) March 15, 2006 -- AGORA Software BV today announces the release of HTML Help Generator for Visual Studio 2005. HTML Help Generator is the easy and fast way to create help and documentation for a software application. The Help Generator analyzes each form in the application and produces well-organized HTML pages including screenshots with hotspots and sections. The HTML Generator additionally creates the necessary project files, including table of contents and index. Using the built-in Help Editor the user adds descriptions to the generated pages or adds new topics.
Navigation with the Help Editor is efficient and user friendly: starting from the content tree a click takes you to the appropriate section in the corresponding HTML file. Now the user can enter the explanatory text. The results can be published as HTML Help, user documentation in Microsoft Word, technical documentation, or as web content on your site.HTML Help Generator for...
Add Help to Your Visual Studio 2005 Application In No Time Using HTML Help Generator
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Global Bargains, Inc. Releases MetroModeler Version 1.5, Software for Creating 3D Models of Buildings, Streets and Cities
Johnson City, NY (ContentDesk) January 23, 2006 -- Today Global Bargains, Inc. releases version 1.5 of MetroModeler, 3D modeling software that makes it easy to create 3D models of buildings, streets, and cities, suitable for use in 3D art, video game development, or television or motion picture special effects.MetroModeler is a Windows program centered around 2 very powerful utilities: a Random Building Generator and a Random City Generator. The Random Building Generator allows you to automatically generate a vast variety of architectural 3D models, ranging in complexity from simple houses to very intricate skyscrapers. Running this utility in batch mode, you can create more than 1000 high-quality 3D models while you are away from your computer. The Random City Generator allows you to generate entire 3D cities, using the 3D building models you created with the Random Building Generator.
Version 1.5 of MetroModeler adds a new City Layout tool that allows you to pick...
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Advantages of portable oxygen generators
Improvements in technology now allow the creation of portable oxygen generators, which are highly useful for people who need supplemental oxygen for breathing, and for other applications like food sterilization, aquarium installations, oxygen therapy, oxygen bars, and many more.
The portable oxygen generators can be installed anywhere, and they can simply be used to raise the oxygen level in the environment and clear the polluted air in the rooms. Processes inside the body consume high amounts of oxygen, and scientists discovered that in the ancient times the levels of oxygen in the atmosphere Were twice as high as they are now. So, having a simple to use, portable oxygen generator to raise the levels of oxygen can help you work and feel better.
Also, there are some people who are suffering from a disease called oxygen deficiency. This disease manifests by causing bronchial problems, dizziness, fatigue, depression, a low immunity to influenza, to...
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