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AC and DC facilities in electrical station services of major power plant types
In a power plant, the electrical station services (abbreviated to SS in the following) consist of all the DC facilities from 24 to 220 V and AC facilities up to about 20 kV for controlling and supplying power to the…...
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Mar 23, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Cables
The art of determining the right cross-section of low voltage conductors
To be clear at the beginning of this article, determining the cross-section of conductors and cables is, for sure, not the most exciting part of electrical design. There are much more challenging and more exciting parts than staring at endless… Read more
Mar 16, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Five actions to achieve excellent energy savings in old electrical installations
Not all existing electrical installations lack energy efficiency, but most of them do. Especially if they were built 15-20 years ago and older. Although it is generally acknowledged that substantial energy savings are possible in most existing installations, the process… Read more
Mar 04, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
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When can we say that earthing arrangement is safe for people (confusions in practice)
This article will analyse some of the most important safety issues related to design and use of LV electrical installations. Besides explanation of relevant terms in this field defined by IEC standards, some misinterpretations and confusions which may be seen…...
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Feb 28, 2020 | By Miodrag Kokotovic
Energy and Power
Controlling power system parameters through reactive power (VAr) compensation
To be honest, transmission and distribution networks are full of problems. But that’s nothing new, and you already knew that. This technical article will shed some light on solving some pretty severe problems in transmission and distribution networks by using… Read more
Feb 17, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
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Design and control considerations for an example of the waste water pumping station
Wastewater pumping stations are very common application examples of three-phase induction motors. There are numerous varieties of power supply and control logic, depending on exact conditions in the place of installation, the role of the pumping station inside a sewer…...
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Feb 14, 2020 | By Miodrag Kokotovic
Energy and Power
Inevitable in almost all electrical switchboards – Residual current device (RCD)
Technology that RCD uses is so simple and so magical. The residual current device continually measures the difference between the value of the outgoing and incoming currents in the circuit it is protecting. If this difference is not equal to… Read more
Feb 12, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Advice in choosing the right neutral earthing system for your installation
The choice of a neutral earthing system is dependent on requirements and objectives that are often contradictory to such an extent that sometimes several systems have to be created within one installation (islanding) in order to meet safety, maintainability, or… Read more
Feb 03, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Connections and composition of LV/MV/HV capacitor banks
Compensation capacitors are installed in numerous locations in electrical installations. They are to be found in high voltage transmission and distribution systems, in transformer substations and also at various levels in low voltage installations. Capacitors therefore have to be made… Read more
Jan 27, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
14 disturbance types that mess up power quality and 50/60 Hz sinusoidal signal
The quality of electrical energy seems to be very popular nowadays. It may be affected either by events that occur on the distribution systems (switching, lightning, etc.) or by the use made of the electricity when for example certain loads… Read more
Jan 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
It’s time to go further. Engineers, Happy New Year 2020!
Here comes the New Year! As 2019 is coming to an end, it is time to take a glimpse at what was, but more importantly to look forward to what is yet to come. We all had some ups and… Read more
Dec 31, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Essential fundamentals of harmonics distortion for future power quality experts
It’s quite easy to understand what is the harmonics distortion. If you take a look at the past, you must notice that power system was much cleaner and straightforward. Most loads were primarily linear in nature. Linear loads draw the… Read more
Dec 30, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Why earth leakage protection is necessary in low voltage installations
We all should know that low voltage circuit breakers and fuses operate in the event of excess current arising from overload conditions and faults. As the statistics say, the most common fault type in LV installations is an earth fault,… Read more
Dec 25, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electric Motor
Medium voltage soft starter for heavy-duty motor control (operation and special applications)
A soft starter is an electronic motor controller used on three phase medium voltage squirrel cage induction motors. During motor starting, the soft starter controls the voltage or current supplied to the motor. Motor start performance is optimized by reducing… Read more
Nov 18, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
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The essentials of an automatic changeover systems in medium voltage networks
In medium voltage distribution networks, it is important to maintain a high level of reliability. Industry relies on the continuous operation of critical plant, which requires no or little disruption to the electrical supply. There are various methods for building…...
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Nov 04, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
