Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
When sizing cables, the heat generated by losses within any sheath or armour need to be evaluated. When significant, it becomes a factor to be considered...
Tapping your forearm or hand with a finger could soon be the way you interact with gadgets. A new technology created by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon ...
Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...
Steel ladders, trays and baskets form the backbone of cable containment systems. Often these items need some form of surface treatment to prevent corrosion...
Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...
At the beginning of the year China put the world's first 1,000 kV UHV transmission system into operation. Transmitting power at over a million volts is...
A frequent problem in fault calculations is the obtaining of equipment parameters. While it is always preferable to use the actual parameters of the equipment...
Nikola Tesla was born exactly at midnight on July 10, 1856 in the tiny village of Smiljan, Lika in Croatia. In his late teens, Tesla left the village to...
This article gives an introduction to IEEE 485 method for the selection and calculation of battery capacity.
This is the second post in a series of two on periodic electrical inspections. In the first post, I discussed how often inspections should be carried out...
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