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Six different ways to start a medium-voltage motor you should know about
The AC induction motor is a key component of the modern world economy. These motors are used in industrial facilities all over the world to power the equipment that boosts… Read more
Jan 02, 2023 | By Edvard
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How should facilities optimize their power consumption due to the hiking energy prices?
Nowadays, the enormous energy consumption worldwide has taken a downturn due to the hiking energy prices. Whether it’s gas, oil, or coal, the rising costs forced many facilities worldwide to… Read more
Dec 05, 2022 | By Edvard
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Do you know what reactive power compensation is? If not, keep reading, it’s important.
When reactive power devices, whether capacitive or inductive, are purposefully added to a power network in order to produce a specific outcome, this is referred to as compensation. It’s as… Read more
Oct 24, 2022 | By Edvard
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Main and auxiliary circuit diagrams of switching pole-changing three-phase motors
This technical article is dedicated to the main and auxiliary circuit diagrams of switching three-phase motors. We’ll now discuss a little more complicated schematics than the previous article. We’ll cover…...
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May 23, 2022 | By Edvard
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Main and auxiliary circuit diagrams of switching three-phase motors via contactor and directly
This technical article will try to shed some light on the main and auxiliary circuit diagrams of switching three-phase motors via contactor and switching directly. We’ll cover some fundamental schematics… Read more
May 16, 2022 | By Edvard
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Eight most damaging overvoltages in industrial systems (root causes and prevention)
Electric insulation in energized systems is continuously under stress. Electric systems are subject to disturbances of many types which unavoidably produce overvoltages. However, the application engineer has at his command… Read more
Dec 20, 2021 | By Edvard
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Never let an electric motor drop dead. Learn how to listen and read the motor’s soul.
Like any other machine, electric motors are vulnerable to faults, which might lead to catastrophic failure of the machine in the long run if left unmonitored. In this technical article,…...
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Nov 29, 2021 | By Rahmatullah Alam
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Six methods to control the flow of harmonic currents and decrease harmonic distortion limits
The first technique to control harmonic-related problems in the industry involved substantial use of single-tuned filters to offer a low-impedance path to harmonic currents. Interestingly, it is not difficult to… Read more
Jul 19, 2021 | By Edvard
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Guidelines for selecting the proper Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) for motor applications
This article addresses the Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) concept in several aspects that matter the most in selecting the proper VFD for applications. One of the important factors is the…...
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Jun 28, 2021 | By Salem Alshahrani
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Troubleshooting the most typical winding problems of three phase electric motors
It’s always important to identify the real cause of burned windings and not just to replace the electric motor. Motor windings have a different appearance in all these failure situations:… Read more
Dec 21, 2020 | By Edvard
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The most used types of single-phase motors in the world
You should know that single-phase motors are rarely rated above 5 kW. Fractional-kilowatt motors, most of which are single-phase, account for 80−90% of the total number of motors manufactured and… Read more
Nov 23, 2020 | By Edvard
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Mastering Motor Control Center (MCC): Wiring diagrams and equipment from zero to hero
Motor control center (MCC) was introduced back in 1937 to place different motor starters in one cabinet to save space. It is a modular cabinet that supplies and controls motors,…...
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Nov 02, 2020 | By Salem Alshahrani
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The essentials of electrical systems in cement plants
Many young engineers consider cement plants pretty complicated because of their weird technology. The reason probably lies in the fact that you cannot understand all those technologies unless you worked… Read more
Sep 14, 2020 | By Edvard
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Protection of three-phase motors from unbalance (loss of phase and phase rotation)
The most common cause of unbalance for three-phase motors is the loss of phase resulting from an open fuse, circuit breaker, connector, or damaged conductor. Unbalances in other connected loads… Read more
Aug 10, 2020 | By Edvard
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The art of designing the auxiliary system of a power plant
Power plant auxiliary system is usually pretty complicated and consists of dozen of motors, transformers, capacitor banks, variable frequency drives, PLCs, and other electrical devices. Therefore, protection relaying cannot be… Read more
Feb 24, 2020 | By Edvard
