Load Forecasting – Purpose, Classification and Procedure
What is Load Forecasting? Electrical energy cannot currently be stored in large amounts. It has to be generated whenever there … Continue Reading
Why Electric Motors are Rated in kW and not in kVA?
Unlike Generators and Transformers, Electric Motors are rated in kW instead of kVA. We have already discussed why electric transformers … Continue Reading
Types of Stepper Motor
A stepper motor is an electromechanical device which converts electrical pulses into discrete mechanical movements. The shaft or spindle … Continue Reading
An Introduction to the Arduino for Beginners
What is Arduino? Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects. Arduino consists of both a physical programmable … Continue Reading
Video: How Single Phase and Three Phase Transformer Works?
In today’s post, we will go through a video that explains the working of single phase and three phase transformers in detail. We have already discussed the working principle of a transformer and Why Transformers are Rated in kVA, … Continue Reading
Load Curve in a Power Plant – Daily, Monthly and Annual
A load curve is a plot of the load demand (on the y-axis) versus the time (on the x-axis) in the chronological … Continue Reading
Types of Electrical Relays
We have already discussed the working of electrical relays. Now we are going through different types of electrical relays. There … Continue Reading
Short Circuit – Causes and Effects
What is Short Circuit? Whenever a fault occurs on a network such that a large current flows in one or … Continue Reading
Why Motor Fails? Most Common Causes
Motors are used everywhere in industrial environments and they are becoming increasingly complex and technical, sometimes making it a challenge to … Continue Reading
Shaded Pole Induction Motors – Working and Construction
Shaded pole motor is a split-phase type single phase induction motor. The shaded pole induction motors are very popular for ratings … Continue Reading