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.

 
Qualitrol Neoptix fiber optic temperature sensor for the power grid
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
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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Qualitrol benefits of a multifunction power grid disturbance recorder
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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Qualitrol Bushing Monitor Transformer Bushing Monitoring
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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Qualitrol Duval Triangle Dissolved Gas Analysis Lab Accuracy Diagnostics
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
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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Qualitrol Neoptix Fiber optcs in a substation
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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qualitrol vault transformers
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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Qualitrol what is an asset management value proposition
The Asset Management Value Proposition

What is an asset management value proposition? As defined in the international standard ISO 55000,

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Qualitrol blog article 5 condition based monitoring fails
5 Zustandsüberwachung Fehler (Und wie man diese vermeidet)

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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Qualitrol blog article top 3 threats power transformers
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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