Edvard Csanyi
1671 awesome technical articles
Electrical engineer, programmer and founder of EEP. Highly specialized for design of LV/MV switchgears and LV high power busbar trunking (<6300A) in power substations, commercial buildings and industry facilities. Professional in AutoCAD programming.
Medium Voltage
Primary rated values for medium voltage switchgear often mixed by engineers
It’s not unusual to see that engineers mix terms of primary ratings. If they are not understood well, yes, it’s possible to mix some of them. But it’s essential to… Read more
Jun 22, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Electrical insulation testing – Often underestimated until things go really bad
Due to mechanical damage, vibrations, (excessive) heat/cold, moisture/humidity, chemical influences and interactions and aging pinholes, cracks causes moisture and foreign matter to penetrate the surface of the insulation. They create… Read more
Jun 17, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power Substation
Protection practice recommendations and relay schemes for transformer, bus and breaker failure
Protective relays are most often applied with other protective and auxiliary relays as a system rather than individually. The following basic scheme descriptions apply to electromechanical, static, and microprocessor relay… Read more
Jun 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Protection
The impact of interconnection transformer on the protection of the utility system with DG
Interconnection transformers are used to interface a distribution generation (DG) unit with an existing power system, and to provide the necessary isolation. Utilities recommend using an interconnection transformer to eliminate… Read more
Jun 03, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Planning and installation of the low voltage switchgear – The devil is in the detail!
To be honest with you, the planning and installation of LV switchgear is a damn complicated job. But you knew that :) There are dozen of detail where you can… Read more
May 24, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
Transformer connections you are not allowed to forget
Transformers used in power substations or a power system could be a bank of three single-phase transformers connected in either star/delta or star/star etc., or could be a single three-phase… Read more
May 20, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Four very important precautions for the installation of cables and busbar trunking systems
First, to be clear, there are dozen of concerns and precautions you should be aware of when we talk about energy transport. Cables and busbar systems are the most common… Read more
May 11, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Twelve doubts in ground testing that make electrical engineers pretty confused
Ground testing is often misunderstood by electrical engineers and technicians who do not perform such testing often and regularly. It seems that there are a lot of questions and doubts… Read more
May 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
Why should plant engineers be worried about the power factor? What’s the catch?
Why are power engineers interested in plant power factor, what causes low power factor, and how can it be improved? The objectives of this article are to answer these questions… Read more
May 04, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
High Voltage
Major components of the HVDC converter station (single line diagram explained)
This technical article examines in detail the main equipment of an HVDC converter station and discusses the layout of this equipment within the converter station. The interconnection of HVDC to… Read more
Apr 29, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Cables
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The essential HV/EHV substation auxiliary facilities you should know about
Nowadays, HV/EHV substations have become pretty complex from the design point of view. Besides the main electrical equipment, which must be designed and selected correctly, there are several auxiliary facilities…...
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Apr 27, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Five power quality devices that every commercial plant must have installed
Nowadays everybody speaks about power quality. For many reasons, I would say. Electrical energy is now polluted more than ever, and consumers are more sensitive to power disruptions and fluctuations… Read more
Apr 20, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
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Practical tips for the protection of generators and power transformers
There are usually several ways of protecting HV/MV generators and transformers. It should be noted that one protection relay is often used for several functions, for example, an overcurrent relay…...
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Apr 17, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Medium Voltage
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Switching devices you are likely to spot in every medium voltage switchgear
Up to and including 52 kV voltage range is generally referred to as “medium voltage”. This technical article shed some light on a few devices you are likely to spot…...
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Apr 13, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
The essentials of power systems: Relay protection and communication systems
First, I would like to make a note that there are many essentials when we speak about power systems in general. The main relay protection functions (overcurrent, directional, differential, distance,… Read more
Apr 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
