Electric Traction Services: Electric Traction Services can be broadly classified as: Electric Trains. Electric buses, trams (or tramways) and trolleys. Battery driven and solar powered vehicles. Electric Trains: Electric trains…
Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control: Known after the name of its inventor Ward Leonard Method of Speed Control (1891), it consists of a separately excited generator feeding the dc…
DC Motor Braking Methods: The need for electric braking was explained earlier, the motor works as a generator developing a negative torque which opposes the motion. Three types of DC Motor…
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.…
Variable Load on Power Stations Articles: Single Line Diagram of Electrical System: The function of an Structure of Electrical Power System is to connect the power station to the consumers’…
Converters for Electric Motors Articles: Electric Converter: The speed of a dc motor can be varied by varying the armature voltage or the field current, for which a variable dc…
High Voltage Laboratory Rating: The High Voltage Laboratory Rating and size of test equipment chosen in the h.v. laboratories depends on the test facilities to be provided. Normally, the design…
Transformer Substation: The majority of the sub-stations in the power system are concerned with the changing of voltage level of electric supply. These are known as Transformer Substation because transformer…