Instantaneous Power Formula

Instantaneous Power Formula: Instantaneous Power Formula - In a purely resistive circuit, all the energy delivered by the source is dissipated in the form of heat by the resistance. In…

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Indirect Testing of Circuit Breaker

Indirect Testing of Circuit Breaker: With the increase in the breaking capacity of the HV circuit breakers, it has become uneconomical and unpracticable to increase the short-circuit capacity of testing…

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SF6 Circuit Breaker

SF6 circuit breaker: One of the recent developments in the field of high voltage switchgear is the SF6 circuit breaker. In this a gas called sulphur hexafluoride is used as…

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Vacuum Circuit Breaker

Vacuum Circuit Breaker: Although the advantages of interrupting the arc in a vacuum were recognized as early as the nineteenth century, this did not find wide application till a few…

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Non Linear Resistance Shunts

Non Linear Resistance Shunts: Non Linear Resistance are especially suitable, both from space and reliability considerations for small shunt currents in conditions where wire-wound resistors tend to be less satisfactory…

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Duties of circuit breaker diagram

Duties of circuit breaker diagram: Under different circumstances Duties of circuit breaker diagram may be subjected to widely varying stresses. First of all the current varies from a few amperes…

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Basic Elements of Static Relay

Basic Elements of Static Relay: The basic elements of a static relay are namely, Input Element: Mixing circuits are needed to sum the input signals in a convenient form. Semiconductor…

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Zero Crossing Detector Circuit

Zero Crossing Detector Circuit: Zero Crossing Detector Circuit basically involves the sine to square wave conversion by a level detector circuit followed by a pulse circuit, which consists of one…

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