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Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 |
July 28, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Phil Sneiderman 443-287-9960 prs@jhu.edu |
Students' Device Aims to Protect Electric Utility Workers
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All Photos by Will Kirk
Additional Images
All Photos by Will Kirk
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| PHOTO D: Student team member Kyle Azevedo attaches the group's device to a transformer's power line during a demonstration. The electrical equipment is not "live." |
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| PHOTO E: This picture show how the lightweight aluminum frame designed by the Johns Hopkins students clamps onto a residential transformer's power connector, known as a load break elbow. |
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| PHOTO F: Like PHOTO E, this picture show how the lightweight aluminum frame designed by the Johns Hopkins students clamps onto a residential transformer's power connector, known as a load break elbow. |
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| PHOTO G: When the frame is clamped on to the power line connector, a utility worker can pull on the rope from a safe distance to disconnect it. The student engineers tested the device on an unpowered out-of-service transformer box provided by the project's sponsor, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. |
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| PHOTO H: Student team member Doo Hyun Lee inspects the rope and lever-and-pulley arrangement. The device is an all-mechanical design, requiring no batteries or motors. |
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| PHOTO I: Student team member Julie Blumreiter inspects the rope and lever-and-pulley arrangement. |
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| PHOTO J: BGE, the project's sponsor, will conduct further tests and consider refinements before deciding whether to deploy it in the field. |
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| PHOTO K: Kyle Azevedo |
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| PHOTO L: Julie Blumreiter |
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| PHOTO M: Doo Hyun Lee |
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