The study aims to identify the technological potential and limitations of various types of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) applications specific to the electric utility industry. The paper presents an analysis of the technology, the classifications and the key drivers for WPT, based on available technologies. A summarized assessment of risks and obstacles facing the technology is presented.

The paper presents the research results related to the use of large utility-managed customer datasets for identifying customer trends and variations that may provide insights to the potential for energy efficiency opportunities. The emphasis is residential customers although the results can be applied to other sectors and building types. An approach to guide the statistical analysis and research methods applicable to the ever growing volume of data being collected is discussed. It is the authors’ belief that this approach facilitates a coherent method for analyzing big datasets.

This paper explores the impact of adequately sizing HPWH units based on field installations and data collected from sites in the southeastern United States. Utilities may consider offering incentives for HPWHs based on tank size or estimated flow rates rather than technology type. To maximize the value to utilities, adequate sizing of HPWH units based on gallon per day (gpd) usage is impressive.

Electrical safety is important in industrial work. This article provides considerable detail on how current can pass through different parts of the body and each parameter that can impede or limit the flow of current. Electric currents flowing through a human body can have varying effects, ranging from little or no perceptible effect, to shocking sensation, to possibility of electrocution, depending primarily on the magnitude and the duration of the current flow. The effect of current flow is a function of the applied voltage level, the duration of the exposure, and the resistances or impedances of the body and the other available current paths. A key consideration with energized objects is that, in order for the electric current to flow through the body, one body part must make contact with an energized object or conductor and another body part must make contact with the earth or an object or conductor that provides a path for the current to return to its source. This article supplies considerable detail on how currents can pass though different parts of the body and each parameter that can impede or limit that flow of current. The information presented indicates that the most likely scenarios for a dangerous condition would be that when a person comes in contact with an energized metallic object energized at 120 V and the person is barefoot and the ground is moist or wet as are the persons' hands or feet. Nearly, any other condition such as dry ground, rubber, or leather soled shoes; dry hands and so on have a lower probability of creating current flows that would be considered damaging or disruptive.

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Modeling the response of the human body to electrical stimuli is a complex task. In the simplest model, two types of impedances are used: (1) skin and (2) internal. The skin is a layered structure, with both resistance and capacitance. The resistance is nonlinear in voltage and time. The impedance of the interior may be considered as resistive, comparable to a similar volume of saline at human body concentration. The skin capacitance causes impedance to decrease with frequency, as AC current shunts the high skin resistance. Data on human and animal body electrical resistance under various conditions is widely available in the literature, and consists of both original research and numerous compilations of data for various applications. Curve fitting was used to obtain expressions for human body impedance and shock sensitivity from published data. The IEC479 standards are compared with the "electrocution equation". Electrical safety is important in industrial work. Here, an electrician may come into contact with energized equipment, particularly at low voltages. Electrical shock in the home is normally from 120 Volt systems, particularly appliances and swimming pools. Calculations of shocking current in cases of inadvertent contact with a 120 Volt source are used to estimate the hazards