Technology used in the crumple zones of cars can avert serious explosions in transformers, believe researchers. Large oil filled transformers are found in all power and switching stations, as well as ...

Experiments show the efficiency of a direct mechanical explosion and fire prevention strategy method. By: Guillaume Perigaud, Sébastien Muller, Gaà«l de Bressy, Ryan Brady and Philippe Magnier, ...

Thankfully, cases of transformers catching fire are rare. A major North American utility reported an overall failure rate of 1.21 percent per year on their entire fleet of 765 kV transformers over a ...

An internal fault can be violent enough to blow the lid off a transformer. Catastrophic failure of an overhead transformer is a rare occurrence, but it does happen. Electrical systems are designed so ...

It’s one thing to be a fan of the Transformers movies, but it’s a whole different story to recreate the blockbusters’ mega-machines, which is exactly what a Chinese metalwork factory has done. Wing ...