Edvard Csanyi
1669 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.
Using HVDC Technology For Transmitting Electricity
An alternate means of transmitting electricity is to use high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. As the name implies, HVDC uses direct current to transmit power. Direct current facilities are connected… Read more
Mar 05, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Why do we find electric motor drive very important?
Electric motors impact almost every aspect of modern living. Refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, fans, computer hard drives, automatic car windows, and multitudes of other appliances and devices all use… Read more
Feb 29, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
How to explain your kids, what is the electricity?
It’s really not an easy task to explain kids what is the electricity and what is really happening in the wires while lamp is powered, or what are the magnets,… Read more
Feb 26, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Under the Hood of Light Detector
Detectors of electromagnetic radiation in the spectral range from ultraviolet to far infrared are called light detectors. From the standpoint of a sensor designer, absorption of photons by a sensing… Read more
Feb 24, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Voltage Instrument Transformer (VT) – Introduction
Instrument transformers are primarily used to provide isolation between the main primary circuit and the secondary control and measuring devices. This isolation is achieved by magnetically coupling the two circuits…. Read more
Feb 20, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Fossil fuels are almost gone… Solar Energy? Hell Yes!!
Solar energy is not a finite resource as fossil fuels are. While the sun is up there it constantly produces all the energy we can use. While not maintenance free,… Read more
Feb 17, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Solar energy is free, but what does it really cost?
“Solar energy is free, but it’s not cheap” best sums up the major hurdle for the solar industry. There are no technical obstacles per se to developing solar energy systems,… Read more
Feb 13, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Discussing About LV And HV Electrical Cables
Space is really a critical criterion when discussing electrical cables and wires. In a low-voltage (LV) plastic-sheathed cable with conductor cross-sections of up to 10 mm2 per conductor or in… Read more
Feb 08, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Purpose and maintenance of transformer bushings
The two most common types of bushings used on transformers as main lead entrances are solid porcelain bushings on smaller transformers and oil-filled condenser bushings on larger transformers. Solid porcelain… Read more
Feb 05, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Internal losses that reduce efficiency of a DC generator
There are four internal losses that contribute to lower efficiency of a DC generator. Copper losses Eddy-current losses Hysteresis losses Mechanical losses Copper loss is the power lost as heat… Read more
Feb 03, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Ceramic (Porcelain and Glass) Insulators
Porcelain is the most frequently used material for insulators. Insulators are made of wet, processed porcelain. The fundamental materials used are a mixture of feldspar (35%), china clay (28%), flint… Read more
Jan 27, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Glossary of Medium Voltage Switchgear Terms
This glossary was published originally by Schneider Electric and it is intended to cover the meaning of many common words and phrases used in association with medium voltage switchgear. Many… Read more
Jan 25, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
EHV/HV Underground Cable Sheath Earthing (part 2/2)
Continued from previous part: EHV/HV Cable Sheath Earthing (part 1/2) Link Box is electrically and mechanically one of the integral accessories of HV underground above ground cable bonding system, associated… Read more
Jan 21, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
UK Electrical Industry British Standards (BS)
These standards are the whole of the prescriptions on the basis of which machines, apparatus, materials and the installations should be designed, manufactured and tested so that efficiency and function… Read more
Jan 20, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi
Segregated Phase Bus System
In this construction all the phases are housed in one metallic enclosure as earlier, but with a metallic barrier between each phase, as illustrated in Figure 1. The metallic barriers provide the required… Read more
Jan 18, 2012 | By Edvard Csanyi