Oil Circuit Breaker

Oil Circuit Breaker: Oil Circuit Breaker are extensively employed in our power systems. In these the properties of the arc are employed for arc extinction. Thus by using arc energy…

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Arc Interruption Methods in Circuit Breakers

Arc Interruption Methods in Circuit Breakers: The two modes of Arc Interruption Methods in Circuit Breakers are: high resistance interruption, and low resistance or current zero interruption. High Resistance Interruption:…

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Arc in Circuit Breaker

Arc in Circuit Breaker: Discharge in a.c. circuit breakers, generally in the form of an arc, occurs in two ways. When the contacts are being separated arcing is possible  even…

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Overcurrent Earth Fault Protection

Overcurrent Earth Fault Protection: Overcurrent Earth Fault Protection - Earth-fault protection can be provided with normal overcurrent relays, if the minimum earth-fault current is sufficient in magnitude. The magnitude of…

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Optocoupler Circuit Operation

Optocoupler Circuit Operation: An Optocoupler Circuit Operation (optoelectronic coupler) is essentially a photo-transistor and an LED combined in one package. Figure 20-35(a) and (b) shows the typical circuit and terminal…

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TRIAC Control Circuit Diagram

TRIAC Control Circuit Diagram: A TRIAC Control Circuit Diagram that allows approximately 180° of phase control is shown in Fig. 19-27(a). The waveforms in Fig. 19-27(b) illustrate the circuit operation.…

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SCR Applications Circuits

SCR Applications Circuits: SCR Applications Circuits : An SCR circuit is stable when it operates correctly: switching on and off only at the desired instants. Unwanted triggering (also called false…

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SCR Control Circuit Diagram

SCR Control Circuit Diagram: Pulse Control - The simplest of SCR Control Circuit Diagram is shown in Fig. 19-8(a). If SCR1 was an ordinary rectifier, the ac supply voltage would…

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