Physical asset management is the management of fixed assets such as equipment, plant, buildings, and infrastructure throughout their entire lifecycle. It involves activities such as maintenance, repair, upgrades, and end-of-life disposition of the assets. The purpose of physical asset management is to prolong asset life and keep them in good condition. It also requires implementing controls on purchasing, deployment, tracking and maintaining.
On September 24, 2023, I posed an article in which I explained how poorly maintained switchgear could lead to long-lasting power quality issues. In that article, which was based on an actual incident in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, I mentioned that the voltages of two of the three phases increased by more than 51% while […]
Unfazed Attitude Towards Power Quality Issues Read More »
In the latest newsletter which would be published on November 14, 2023, I am making another attempt, this time, to catch the attention of accountants and financial officers explaining to them how unbalanced voltages, phase-shift variations, and harmonics disturbances would result in enormous economic losses. But first, I must go back to a previous blog
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In the mid-eighties, as part of my function, I was asked to help and solve a problem of one of our client’s constant complaints about “power failures”. This client was the National Accelerator Centre (NAC) in Faure, Western Cape. Today it is called the iThemba LABS. According to their website, this is the largest accelerator
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Throughout my time in the power transmission and distribution industry I have probably had experiences that many others may never have. In a previous post, I talked about the current and voltage unbalances and how a large factory in the Western Cape in South Africa was severely affected by negative phase sequencing. In this post
Power Network Disturbances Read More »
