Energy and Power
Primary and secondary power distribution systems (layouts explained)
Primary distribution systems consist of feeders that deliver power from distribution substations to distribution transformers. A feeder usually begins with a feeder breaker at the distribution substation. Many feeders leave substation in a concrete ducts and are routed to a… Read more
Mar 06, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Earthing facts and terms you should always remember
While working as an electrical engineer, I learned that there are a dozen things you must remember, especially the ones that concern the safety. Whether you are in the electrical design field or in execution, you must admit that earthing… Read more
Mar 04, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
5 most important aspects of external protection against the effects of lightning
Analysis of the lightning risk takes numerous factors into consideration. This article will shed the light on one of factors – protection of the structures and its five most important aspects: lightning conductors, electrogeometric model, capture surface areas, downconductors and… Read more
Feb 27, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
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Learn to recognize T&D pylons, foundations, insulators, cables, bushings and arresters
Recognizing the type of transmission & distribution pylons and their equipment is kind of hard if you don’t know where to look for. There are many variations that look similar and you must have sharp eyes to see the details…....
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Feb 20, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
How to start with the design of electrical installation?
The power analysis must be always at the very top of your tasks in the design of an electrical installation. It will enable the source(s) to be sized according to the purpose of the installation, the intended use of the… Read more
Feb 11, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
The basic understanding of an earthing protection system (diagram and definitions)
As you already know, protective conductors are the main part of every earthing protection system, but the complexity of the system will increase with the requirements of information technology, voltage surge protection, local area networks, etc. with the risk of… Read more
Jan 16, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
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How to determine compensation of reactive power of an electrical installation
Improving the power factor of an electrical installation (compensation of reactive power) has many economic and technical advantages, but it’s not always easy to do so. There are numerous approaches to do such job, so let’s try to with this…...
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Jan 11, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Well engineers, it’s about time… Happy New Year!
A short note from me today. I’d just like to wish you a very happy New Year on behalf of myself and everyone else at EEP. It’s been a long year with a lot of hard work done, and now…… Read more
Dec 31, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
15 bad situations that may lead to catastrophic explosion of a capacitor bank
Some of the failure problems associated with capacitor banks are already known since they happen often. A few of the failures are traceable to the original source and sometimes that may be difficult to do. In many instances, the final… Read more
Dec 23, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
The essence of LV circuit breakers – Releases, tripping curves, characteristics and limitation
A circuit breaker is both a circuit-breaking device that can make, withstand and break currents whose intensity is at most equal to its rated current (In), and a protection device that can automatically break overcurrents which generally occur following faults… Read more
Dec 17, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
The Essentials Of Current Transformers In Power Circuits (Theory and Practice)
If the voltage or current in a power circuit are too high to connect measuring instruments or relays directly, coupling is made through transformers. Such measuring transformers are required to produce a scaled down replica of the input quantity to… Read more
Dec 03, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
10 unbalance detection schemes for removing failed capacitor bank from the system
The main purpose of an unbalance detection scheme is to remove a capacitor bank from the system in the event of a failure and fuse operation. This will prevent damaging overvoltages across the remaining capacitor units in the group where… Read more
Nov 26, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Neutral earthing systems of generator sets (gensets)
Generator sets have specific features that must be taken into account for protection against electric shocks. Mobile sets cannot be connected to earth and their connection by means of a flexible cable can be easily damaged. In general, generator sets… Read more
Nov 08, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Automatic bus transfer scheme in thermal and nuclear power stations
In order to ensure uninterrupted supply to connected loads in thermal and nuclear power stations, two types of automatic supply transfer schemes are normally used: automatic bus transfer scheme and auto-changeover scheme. This technical article as explained by BHEL deals… Read more
Oct 24, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Four important factors related to proper application of a LV circuit breaker
Consideration of all the factors related to proper application of a low-voltage circuit breaker goes beyond voltage, current, and interrupting rating. The performance of a specific type of circuit breaker may be influenced by nonelectrical factors related to the installation… Read more
Oct 15, 2018 | By Edvard Csanyi
