1. Bright Idea.
- Author
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Bilke, Terry and Sinn, John
- Subjects
STATISTICAL process control ,QUALITY control ,FLEXIBLE manufacturing systems ,PRODUCTION control ,ELECTRIC power failures ,ELECTRIC power systems ,ENERGY industries - Abstract
The article discusses the importance of the statistical process control (SPC) in the industries, particularly by providing warning signs of pending outages, signal waste and process problems in the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) power system. It states that the blackout in the U.S. could have been avoided if SPC were utilized in the system. Accordingly, SPC has the potential to track grid frequency variation. It concludes that there is the need for the tool to adjust the alert points for the given interconnection if implemented.
- Published
- 2008