Distribution System Components, Systems and Operations Part 1

Distribution System Components, Systems and Operations - Part 1
Speaker: Kevin Schneider (PNNL) - Distribution Systems Planning Training for Midwest/MISO Region - October 13, 2020

[@preperzipper1365]

Thanks for the knowledge.

[@bert9201]

Thank you! I learned a lot, this is great info!

[@SB-dc9qb]

This is great!

[@Mark-fc7tu]

It's a very interesting topic.

[@MRTUBE2EBUT]

Thank you. Very informative. I wish I could have a chance to learn more! Could you please kindly share more of this as Part-2, 3, ...

[@murin7185]

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[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

Although I have an _”ancient”_ (1976) degree in electrical engineering, I do have one question:
In an area where both 12 Kv and 4 kv distribution systems are used, as a rule of thumb, is one more susceptible than the other to subjecting the end user (120/240v, 1Φ, 3 wire, overhead) to lightning and/or switching surges?

[@GoCoyote]

As an electrician, I am always irked by the myth of Tesla being still perpetuated. It was not Edison vs Tesla, but Edison vs Westinghouse. Edison and Tesla got along just fine, and spoke well of each other. The three phase 3 wire system that we use was not invented by Tesla, but by Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, a Russian/Polish engineer, electrician, and inventor in the 1880s. Tesla's 3 phase system was a beast that required 6 wires, and like most of his wacky ideas, was thankfully never adopted. Tesla was a clever Hitler loving wack job with some bright ideas, but did not contribute nearly as much to electrical systems as people give him credit for.
The reason for his "suppression" was that many unthinkable concepts, such as the atomic bomb, were becoming reality during WW2, so the US Department of Defense classified all of Tesla's work due to his close ties and support of Hitler and the Nazis in order to prevent any possible technology from falling into Nazi hands. As it turned out, Tesla's ideas, such as death rays, did not actually work very well, as extensive testing by the US department of defense discovered.

[@mattheweggert5583]

Any reading you could recommend?

[@GoCoyote]

@@mattheweggert5583 Kathy Loves Physics channel has very good episodes regarding Tesla and other people who developed our understanding of electricity. It has been too many years ago that I read any information on Tesla to remember the source materials. In my IBEW electrical apprenticeship he just had a minor mention, and was not considered very prominent in developing our understanding of electricity.