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Practical design knowledge in harmonics distortion and power factor correction (PFC)
Nowadays, if you do not consider harmonics distortion when designing a new network, you missed the whole point of the network design. Yes, really. The sooner you realize that harmonics… Read more
Aug 30, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
The magic that isolation transformer uses to suppress transients and noise
Transformers are not perfect. Transients and noise (radio-frequency and low-level spikes) normally pass through transformers, not only by way of the magnetic lines of flux between the primary and the… Read more
Jul 21, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electric Motor
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 Csanyi
Energy and Power
A few practical ways to determine required reactive energy compensation for a power system
This article will shed some light on how adding capacitors gives the distribution system the necessary reactive power to return the power factor to the required level. Capacitors act as… Read more
Mar 01, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
How to measure power quality? What devices should you use and what to measure?
Measuring power quality and finding a bugbear in the network which is messing with the power are considered a highly paid job. Every electrical network and its problems with harmonics,… Read more
Jan 18, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
Why should plant engineers be worried about the power factor? What’s the catch?
Why are power engineers interested in plant power factor, what causes low power factor, and how can it be improved? The objectives of this article are to answer these questions… Read more
May 04, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Five power quality devices that every commercial plant must have installed
Nowadays everybody speaks about power quality. For many reasons, I would say. Electrical energy is now polluted more than ever, and consumers are more sensitive to power disruptions and fluctuations… Read more
Apr 20, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Six less known phenomena that can cause disturbance in electrical installations
In addition to the known phenomena of lightning and switching, numerous new sources, in particular power converters, can cause disturbance in installations. This disturbance, which is generated by the installation… Read more
Mar 30, 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… Read more
Mar 04, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
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… Read more
Feb 17, 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… Read more
Jan 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Essential fundamentals of harmonics distortion for future power quality experts
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
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Where and why you should use thyristor switched reactive power compensation
Various aspects of reactive power compensation problems have already been mentioned in previous articles. However, because of consistency of this article, we will remind ourselves briefly on basic terms and…...
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Dec 12, 2019 | By Miodrag Kokotovic
Energy and Power
Reactive power compensation in electrical plants with generators
Compensation of reactive power applied in buildings or small facilities operates in the first and second quadrants of the coordinate system. Increasingly, complex industrial plants, for example plants burning wood… Read more
Oct 30, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Operating centralized automatic compensation systems when supplying linear loads
For energy-efficient operation of decentralized multiply-fed industrial networks, each load-centre substation must have its own centralized reactive-power compensation system for automatic PF correction. The automatic reactive-power compensation systems used for… Read more
Sep 16, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
