Production of Chemicals by Electrolysis: There are various industrial applications of Production of Chemicals by Electrolysis such as production of caustic soda, chlorine, potassium permanganate, ammonium per sulphate, hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. The most…
Refining of Metals by Electrolysis: Refining is the process whereby a highly concentrated mixture of metals is subjected to electrochemical treatment for recovering not only the principal metal in pure form, but also the precious…
Extraction of Metals using Electrolysis - Zinc and Aluminium: Extraction of metals is an electrochemical process used for the production of metal with commercially acceptable purity. There are two methods of extraction of metals depending…
Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis - First and Second Law: The laws governing the electrolytic processes were formulated by Michael Faraday, an English Scientist, and are known as Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis. These may be stated…
What is Electrolytic Process and Basic Principle of Electrolysis The fact that electrical energy can produce chemical changes and the processes based on it, called the 'electrolytic process', are widely used for the extraction of…
Composite System of Track Electrification: The composite system of track electrification which comprise are the dc system the single phase ac system the three phase ac system and the composite system single phase-three phase system…
Different Groups of Systems of Electric Traction: As already mentioned, systems of electric traction may be divided into two main groups. (1) The group consisting of vehicles which receive electric power from a distributing network…
Different Types of Traction System: The various types of traction system commonly used are described below. 1. Direct Steam Engine Drive. The steam engine drive used to be widely employed for railway work. In this…
Starting and Speed Control of Single Phase AC Series Motor: The starting and speed control of single phase AC series motor is carried out by varying the applied voltage. As the operating voltage for a…
Thyristorised Control of DC Electric Traction Motor: The modern trend is towards the use of dc motors (both separately excited and dc series motors) equipped with thyristor chopper control. The operating voltages are 600 V…
