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Request to look at induction motor starting time have come up a few times on the site. Hopefully in this post, I give you guys some idea on how to calculate...
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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. ...
Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
If you have no idea how electrical circuits work, or what people mean then they talk about volts and amps, hopefully I can shed a bit light. I’m intending...
If you have a great idea or invent something the last thing you want is someone to steal the idea. One of the things you can do is protect the intellectual...
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...
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