Low voltage (LV) switchrooms are common across all industries and one of the more common spatial requirements which need to be designed into a project...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
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...
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...
Variable frequency drives are widely used to control the speed of ac motors. This note looks at the mechanisms which enable drive units to control the...
Three phase systems are derived from three separate windings, either connected in delta or star (wye). Each winding can be treated separately, leading...
Often us engineers get so bogged down in equations, using software, producing drawings and writing specifications that this becomes the sole focus. ...
It wasn't so long ago I was telling someone that I don't use rules of thumb as most things are easily calculated anyhow. As it turns out I last week...
I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...
At the beginning of the year China put the world's first 1,000 kV UHV transmission system into operation. Transmitting power at over a million volts is...
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