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, transients, or disturbances are unique and need careful planning, setting… Read more
Jan 18, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
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: single-phase burnout, overload, unbalanced voltage, and voltage spikes. Voltage spike… Read more
Dec 21, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Testing and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear (wiring, final inspection and checks)
This article continues the series of articles dedicated to the erection, testing and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear by describing the most important precautions and recommendations in various procedures and steps. Starting from the wiring of low voltage command and signal…...
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Oct 28, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Guide to erection and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear (Inspection, installation and assembly)
Erection and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear are quite complex and full of tiny little details that can easily make your project slow down or even stop. Not to mention deadlines and penalties which are hanging over everybody’s heads involved in…...
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Oct 26, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
13 terms concerning relaying, measurements, and breakers used by protection engineers
It’s not unusual to see graduates and engineers from other disciplines experience difficulties in properly interpreting the terminology used in applying relays, analyzing their performance, and designing protection systems. Actually, this is normal, but during the project, this lack makes…...
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Oct 07, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Hints on installation and commissioning power transformers (experience and recommendations)
Purchasing a power transformer for a project is always challenging for every electrical engineer dealing with the procurement. You could omit dozens of possible details from the final specification and get crucified by the company management if you accidentally forget…...
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Sep 28, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical insulation testing – Often underestimated until things go really bad
Due to mechanical damage, vibrations, (excessive) heat/cold, moisture/humidity, chemical influences and interactions and aging pinholes, cracks causes moisture and foreign matter to penetrate the surface of the insulation. They create a low resistance path which allows leakage current to flow… Read more
Jun 17, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
My experience in the design and installation of medium voltage switchgear
Medium Voltage (MV) switchgear is typically any switchgear over 1000V in the United States (US). Some of the nominal voltage ratings used in the US by power utilities are 2.4-4.16kV, 7.2kV, 13.8kV, 14.4kV, 23kV, 34.5kV and so on. The design…...
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May 07, 2020 | By Amar M
Twelve doubts in ground testing that make electrical engineers pretty confused
Ground testing is often misunderstood by electrical engineers and technicians who do not perform such testing often and regularly. It seems that there are a lot of questions and doubts on testing the ground. This technical article, based on Transcat’s… Read more
May 06, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
The art of transformer maintenance, inspection and repair (recommended practices)
The primary purpose of transformer maintenance is to ensure the internal and external parts of the transformer and accessories are kept in good condition and “fit for purpose” and able to operate safely at all times. A secondary and equally… Read more
Feb 10, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
How to avoid common mistakes during wiring and startup of power factor correction (PFC) cubicle
Power factor correction (PFC) and reactive power compensation (RPC) are often used as synonyms in practice. Although they are similar and mutually dependent terms, they don’t represent the same thing. RPC is a procedure for reducing total reactive power of…...
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Jan 16, 2020 | By Miodrag Kokotovic
12 on-site checks to inspect the transformer’s health
On-site inspection of the substation transformer usually exposes important condition changes and it initiates various suspicions that need to be investigated in detail. As with any other substation equipment, many things could go wrong during the transformer operation. For example,…...
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Nov 11, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
13 very important type tests of a low voltage switchgear carried out by the manufacturer
Certification of distribution assemblies is defined by international standard IEC 61439-1. This standard provides common rules that are recognized worldwide. Compliance with the standard is certified, depending on the country or market, by a declaration of the panel builder, the…...
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Nov 06, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
Lessons I learned during the start-up of an MV switchgear
In the world of electrical engineering, a term start-up assumes all works which are necessary to be done for putting in operation already tested switchgear, as close as possible installed in position and ambient defined by design documentation and employer’s…...
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Oct 31, 2019 | By Miodrag Kokotovic
Pre-commissioning checks and tests of high voltage current transformers (CTs)
Once erection is completed, various pre-commissioning checks and tests are performed to ensure the healthiness of the switchyard equipment prior to their energization. This technical article explains various major electrical tests applicable for current transformers (CTs). Let’s name these tests… Read more
Oct 02, 2019 | By Edvard Csanyi
