Corona Ring on Surge Arresters and other EHV equipment

April 28, 2016

Corona Ring on Surge Arresters
Have you ever seen a ring around the Surge Arrester or other EHV equipment? What is the purpose of the Ring around...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Per Unit System

April 28, 2016

Advantages and Disadvantages of Per Unit System
In power system analysis, per unit (pu) system is used to express a physical variable as a fraction of base...
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Why Symmetrical Components Used for Unbalanced faults in Power System

April 28, 2016

Why Symmetrical Components Used for Unbalanced faults in Power System
Symmetrical Components: Any unbalanced three phase system of currents, voltages or other sinusoidal quantities can be resolved in to three...
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Advantages & Disadvantages of AC power and DC power

April 26, 2016

Advantages & Disadvantages of AC power and DC power
First electric power system was build in New York city in 1882. DC power was generated by steam generator supplying...
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Rotor Angle Stability of Synchronous Generators in Power System

April 26, 2016

Rotor Angle Stability of Synchronous Generators in Power System
Rotor Angle Stability: Rotor angle stability is the ability of the interconnected synchronous machines running in the power system to...
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Harmonics effect on Transformer

April 26, 2016

Harmonics effect on Transformer
Harmonics distortion effect on Power System and their impact on Induction Motors are already discussed. Some of the disadvantages of harmonics and their impact on the transformers...
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Why Reactive Power is Generated at Load

April 26, 2016

Why Reactive Power is Generated at Load
Reactive Power if possible should be generated close the load centers or close to the point of its consumption. Some...
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Harmonics effect on Induction Motor

April 25, 2016

Harmonics effect on Induction Motor
Harmonics in the power system are generated due to the usage of non linear load. Some of the effects  of harmonics...
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Auto Recloser Circuit Breaker in Power System

April 25, 2016

Auto Recloser Circuit Breaker
Most of the faults on over head lines are transient in nature. About 85% to 90% of faults are momentary...
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Current Limiting Reactors and Short Circuit Currents

April 25, 2016

Current Limiting Reactors
A current limiting reactors is also called as series reactors. It is an inductive coil having large inductive reactance compared...
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