Circuit breakers are a safety feature that automatically interrupts the flow of electricity in the face of a system fault or ...

“ORNL researchers designed solutions and tested them in a series of breakers operating up to an 1,800-volt testing capacity,” added the press release. They are now working toward systems that can ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) say they have developed medium-voltage ...

ORNL researchers are designing and increasing the capacity of a new type of semiconductor-based circuit breaker, which can ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are breaking technical barriers with faster circuit breakers to enable and protect the modern electric grid. The ORNL ...