Maintenance Management Of Electrical Equipment (Condition Monitoring Based) – 4

Read previous parts of this serie – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 After deciding to go for the implementation of CDM based on evaluation of various factors discussed in foregoing… Read more

Sep 05, 2014 | Ashok Parikh

Rating Definitions Applied to Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker

The medium voltage circuit breaker is the device of choice when sophisticated system protection at the medium voltage level is required. Most modern medium voltage circuit breakers use a vacuum as the interrupting means, although… Read more

Sep 03, 2014 | Edvard

Maintenance Management Of Electrical Equipment (Condition Monitoring Based) – 3

It is beyond the scope of this technical article to discuss the development of performance and dependability models for analysis, assessment and justification of CDM program. The scope is kept… Read more

Sep 01, 2014 | Ashok Parikh

5 Key Elements of Your Electricity Bill

Electricity is a powerful form of energy that is essential to the operation of virtually every facility in the world. It is also an expensive form of energy that can represent… Read more

Aug 29, 2014 | Edvard

Maintenance Management Of Electrical Equipment (Condition Monitoring Based) – 2

Continued from the first part of this technical article… Read it here. The concept of “Predictive Maintenance Management (PDM)” is not new. PDM program is the maintenance program drawn out… Read more

Aug 27, 2014 | Ashok Parikh

Maintenance Management Of Electrical Equipment (Condition Monitoring Based)

In today’s competitive market scenario, all types of industries are under tremendous pressure to cut down their maintenance costs, as they form a significant portion of the operation costs. The… Read more

Aug 25, 2014 | Ashok Parikh

10 most common power disturbances that make our life difficult

As you know, deviation from sinusoidal form at the nominal voltage level is actually a power quality issue or power disturbance, defined as “any deviation from the nominal value (or… Read more

Aug 22, 2014 | Edvard

The choice of system voltage according to ANSI standard C84.1

The selection of system voltages is crucial to successful power system design. Reference lists the standard voltages for the United States and their ranges. The nominal voltages are given in Table… Read more

Aug 20, 2014 | Edvard

5 most common critical power distribution topologies

In many of today’s mission-critical applications, ever-increasing reliability requirements are the norm. A critical part of this reliability is the reliability of the electric power distribution system for a given… Read more

Aug 15, 2014 | Edvard

Methods Of Securing LV Circuit Breakers

Circuit breakers are typically secured in place by one of the following methods: Through bolts Bolted to the bus Stab locked to the bus or some type of receptacle connection… Read more

Aug 11, 2014 | Edvard