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Notes on monitoring critical infrastructure
Plain-language explainers on partial discharge, transformer health, predictive maintenance, sensor fusion and grid compliance.
What Is Partial Discharge Detection, and Why It Matters
Partial discharge is one of the earliest warning signs of insulation breakdown in transformers, bushings and switchgear. How it works and why capturing it fast matters.
Agentic AI vs SCADA Alarms: Seeing the Trend, Not Just the Moment
SCADA threshold alarms react the moment a value crosses a limit. Agentic AI reads the trend, surfacing developing faults before any single value crosses a limit.
How to Choose a Transformer Monitoring Platform
A transformer monitoring platform should integrate with what you already run, cover the fault modes that cause failures, and turn data into action rather than more alarms.
What Is a Digital Twin for Power Transformers?
A digital twin is a software model of a physical asset, fed by live sensor data, that can simulate thermal behavior, loading and remaining life without risk to the real unit.
Condition-Based vs Time-Based Maintenance for Grid Assets
Time-based maintenance services equipment on a fixed calendar. Condition-based maintenance acts on the real state of the asset, using monitoring data to intervene when needed.
The Most Common Power Transformer Failure Modes
Most serious power transformer failures trace back to windings, bushings and the load tap changer. Why monitoring specific failure modes beats watching one overall metric.
Why DGA and Partial Discharge Monitoring Work Better Together
Dissolved gas analysis reveals fault byproducts in oil; partial discharge detects active electrical discharge. Used together they catch faults either method alone would miss.
Unifying Fragmented Sensor Data Across Grid Infrastructure
Grid sites run many monitoring systems that do not talk to each other. Unifying that sensor data into one layer surfaces developing faults invisible to any siloed tool.
NERC CIP Compliance Explained for Grid Asset Monitoring
NERC CIP is a set of mandatory cybersecurity standards protecting North America's Bulk Electric System. What it covers and how asset monitoring fits within a CIP program.