Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...
A quick post in connection with an email question: Live Tank - the circuit breaker the switching unit is located in an insulator bushing which is live...
Traditionally generation of electricity has involved rotating machines to produce alternating sinusoidal voltage and current (a.c. systems). With the development...
Various arguments exist around SF6 Gas Insulated (GIS) and Air Insulated (AIS) medium voltage switchgear. Recently we had to change a GIS design to AI...
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...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
We have a sister note to this (Robots - Interesting Video), in which I have posted some videos of interesting robots developed by commercial corporations...
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...
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Capacitors are widely used in electrical engineering for functions such as energy storage, power factor correction, voltage compensation and many others...
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