Edvard Csanyi
1644 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.
Energy and Power
When You Ground Ungrounded System With Grounding Transformer
The common grounding assumes a wye-connected neutral to ground. As this is not always the case, and in some cases it is not a three-phase system that it is desired… Read more
Jan 20, 2016 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
Wiring practices to provide future load growth in buildings
Electrical wiring is often installed without consideration for how the use of the space may change over time, particularly in residential building. This article recommends wiring practices that meet the NEC… Read more
Jan 18, 2016 | By Edvard
Protection
Setting the generator protective relay functions
This technical article will cover the gathering of information needed to calculate protective relay settings, the setting calculations for the various protective functions, typical generator/turbine withstand times for abnormal operating conditions,… Read more
Jan 16, 2016 | By Edvard
Electric Motor
Protection schemes for generators and motors
It is difficult to define precisely the protection schemes that should be adopted for an electricity distribution system, given the large number of valid alternatives for each situation, but some… Read more
Jan 15, 2016 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
How to identify these four parameters and lower facility’s electricity bill
The world is more energy conscious these days. But unlike you, most of the world doesn’t pay electricity bill that rivals the cost of a four bedroom home. You understand… Read more
Jan 13, 2016 | By Edvard
Industrial Automation
9 Reasons For Automation Of Manufacturing Processes
Automated manufacturing systems operate in the factory on the physical product. They perform operations such as processing, assembly, inspection, or material handling, in some cases accomplishing more than one of… Read more
Jan 11, 2016 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
Underground substations – Out of sight, out of mind
Underground substations help to bring high voltage electricity directly into the city center. The stations are environmentally friendly, almost unnoticeable, and have none of the planning problems encountered by surface-built… Read more
Jan 09, 2016 | By Edvard
Low Voltage
Guidelines To Inspection Of Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB)
The need for inspection of molded case breakers (MCCB) will vary depending on operating conditions. Suggested inspection and testing is defined in ANSI/NEMA AB 4, Guidelines for Inspection and Preventive… Read more
Jan 08, 2016 | By Edvard
Cables
8 tips to avoid ground loops when dealing with signal level circuits
General recommendation is to properly design and implement the facility’s grounding system to avoid unwanted involvement of ground loops with the operation of the equipment. This kind of approach can… Read more
Jan 06, 2016 | By Edvard
Low Voltage
Electrical Distribution Architecture In Water Treatment Plants
For both drinking water and wastewater treatment, 4 different sizes of plants have been distinguished. The size of plants can be expressed in quantity of treated water per day, or… Read more
Jan 04, 2016 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
5 good circuit schemes to avoid HV substation outage
High voltage substations are points in the power system where power can be pooled from generating sources, distributed and transformed, and delivered to the load points. Substations are interconnected with… Read more
Jan 02, 2016 | By Edvard
Electrical Lectures
2 approaches to analyse and solve series parallel networks
A firm understanding of the basic principles associated with series and parallel circuits is a sufficient background to begin an investigation of any single-source DC network having a combination of series… Read more
Jan 01, 2016 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
Pull the switch and enter the 2016! Engineers, Happy New Year!
When I think of this year 2015… well it was a pretty busy year in general. A lot of published technical articles and various released electrical guides, tons of your comments. Believe it or… Read more
Dec 30, 2015 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
LV Surge Arresters In Action Against Lightning
The site consists of offices (computer hardware, lighting and heating unit), a security post (fire alarm, burglar alarm, access control, video surveillance) and three buildings for the manufacturing process on… Read more
Dec 29, 2015 | By Edvard
Energy and Power
Smart Ways To Cut Down The Influence Of Harmonics
There are three possible ways of suppressing or at least reducing the influence of harmonics. The fourth way is a special case. Contents: Reducing generated harmonic currents Modifying the installation… Read more
Dec 28, 2015 | By Edvard
