Duty Cycle of Traction Drives

Duty Cycle of Traction Drives: The Duty Cycle of Traction Drives in trains is explained with the help of speed-, torque- and power-time diagrams (Fig. 10.6) which are drawn for…

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Motor Rating Various Duty Cycles

Motor Rating Various Duty Cycles: From the point of view of calculation of motor rating various Motor Rating Various Duty Cycles can be broadly classified as: Continuous duty. Fluctuating loads.…

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Classes of Motor Duty in Electrical Drives

Classes of Motor Duty in Electrical Drives: IS: 4722-1968 categorises various load time variations encountered in practice into eight standard Classes of Motor Duty in Electrical Drives: Continuous duty. Short…

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Periodic Intermittent Duty

Periodic Intermittent Duty: The class of duty making use of the ability of electric motors to operate with overload is called Periodic Intermittent Duty. The load on the motor is…

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Short Time Intermittent Duty

Short Time Intermittent Duty: Another class of duty for normally occurring loads is Short Time Intermittent Duty in which the load requires a constant power for a short interval of…

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Continuous Duty Motor

Continuous Duty Motor: There are two types of Continuous Duty Motor — continuous duty at constant load and continuous duty with variable load cycle. In the former the load torque remains…

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Introduction to Electrical Drives Articles

Introduction to Electrical Drives Articles: Electric Drive Motor: Motion control is required in large number of industrial and domestic applications like transportation systems, rolling mills, paper machines, textile mills, machine…

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Power Converters Articles

Power Converters Articles: What is a Power Converter? Solid-state power converter are employed for obtaining the appro­priate form of electrical energy such as direct current or adjustable-frequency alternating current (required…

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