Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...
The widely used United Sates standard ANSI/IEEE C37.2 'Electrical Power System Device Function Numbers, Acronyms, and Contact Designations' deals with...
Many questions sent in to the site are in connection with motor starting and in particular star-delta. For all but the simplest application, there is...
In the previous note we looked at the approach taken by the standard to the sizing of cables and illustrated this with an example. We then looked at one...
This is the first of two posts on the resistance of conductors. In the next post I will look at the ac resistance, including skin effect and we deal with...
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The calculation of current in a three phase system has been brought up on our site feedback and is a discussion I seem to get involved in every now and...
A load flow study is the analysis of an electrical network carried out by an electrical engineer. The purpose is to understand how power flows around...
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