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Safety of Surge Protection Devices

How to prevent catastrophic failures BY DAVID KOMM, Mersen Electrical Protection A surge protective device (SPD) plays an important role in protecting critical electronic components. However, all SPDs are sacrificial devices and, depending on the design and construction of the device, when it...

Mission-Critical Protection

Increasing power backup reliability with flywheel energy storage BY FRANK DELATTRE, VYCON When it comes to protecting critical operations from power failures, a company can never be too prepared, especially with a world that requires 24/7 operations and availability. By definition, being properly...

Emergency Power for Data Centers

In our cloud-based digital world, data must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week—no matter the state of the electrical grid. Computer downtime not only upsets production, but also negatively affects customer goodwill—quickly affecting an organization’s bottom line. In fact,...