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Carrying out a protection system discrimination study is critical to ensure the correct functioning of the electrical system in the event of faults. The IEC defines discrimination as:
Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...
It starts with me reading one of the Horrible History books with my son (Groovy Greeks). Arrows were mentioned which lead to the discussion of the bodkin...
Using software in our work is essential for most of us and we are becoming even more dependant on it's use. While software is a great asset, many times...
If you are wondering what happened to our cable notes, the short answer is that we have moved them to myCableEngineering.com. The "Knowledge Base" at...
Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...
It's been a busy few months on different projects or busy couple of decades depending on how I look at it. I can say that on the odd (frequent) occasion...
Three phase systems are derived from three separate windings, either connected in delta or star (wye). Each winding can be treated separately, leading...
The term 'N+1' relates to redundancy and simply means that if you required 'N' items of equipment for something to work, you would have one additional...
Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...
IEC 62305 'Protection against lightning' requires a risk assessment be carried out to determine the characteristics of any lightning protection system...
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