Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
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One of the comments on my Motor Starting Series was asking for something on duty cycles. Here it is. As a purchaser of a motor, you have responsibility...
The other day I came across an article in Technology Review on the development of a smart transformer. A professor at North Carolina State University is...
I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...
Photovoltaic (PV) cells (sometimes called solar cells) convert solar energy into electrical energy. Every year more and more PV systems are installed...
Power factor is the ratio between the real power (P in kW) and apparent power (S in kVA) drawn by an electrical load. The reactive power (Q in kVAr)...
Power cables can basically be classified into earthed and unearthed cables, where earthed and unearthed refer to the application for which the cable is...
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Most installations involve some form of lightning protection system which is connected to an earth electrode. The function of the earth electrode is to...
Dielectrics (insulating materials for example) when subjected to a varying electric field, will have some energy loss. The varying electric field causes...
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