Electrical and related buildings technology
These lifts were first built in 1884 by J. E. Hall and called a paternoster ("Our Father", the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) due to its...
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are typically more efficient when connected in parallel with a main power gird. During periods when the PV system generates energy...
Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can. Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...
We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.
The inventor of the first visible light-emitting diode makes history again this year as it begins to show customers a 40-watt replacement GE Energy Smart...
Electrical engineering has a multitude of laws and theorems. It is fair to say the Ohm's Law is one of the more widely known; it not the most known. Developed...
Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...
The 27 km, Euro 6 billion Collider lies on the border between France and Switzerland, took nearly 30 years to complete. Some of the lofty goals for the...
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...
Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...
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