Tricky but Easy Electrical Engineering!
Auto Transfer System (ATS) or Bus Transfer System (BTS) is a scheme adopted in industries to increases the power supply reliability to their auxiliary loads. Auxiliary loads are essential loads for normal plant operation and production. A complete / partial loss of power supply to these loads may result into plant outage and hence production … Read more
What is RVDT? Definition: Rotary Variable Differential Transformer or RVDT is an inductive transducer which converts angular displace to an electrical signal. Unlike LVDT, the input of this transducer is differential value of rotary variable i.e. angular rotation (dƟ) to generate voltage output. Construction: Like every transformer, RVDT has two types of winding i.e. Primary … Read more
What is LVDT? Linear Variable Differential Transformer, LVDT is the most used inductive transducer for converting translating linear motion into electrical signal. This transducer converts a mechanical displacement proportionally into electrical signal. Construction: LVDT is a transformer consisting of one primary winding P and two secondary winding S1 & S2 mounted on a cylindrical former. The two … Read more
Definition: Phantom Loading is a loading condition in which an energy meter is connected to factious or phantom load for testing of energy meter with high current rating. Such loading is favorable to avoid wastage of energy during the test of measurement instrument. Testing of energy meters are carried out to verify the actual registration … Read more
What is Plant Load Factor? Plant Load Factor (PLF) is the ratio of average power generated by the plant to the maximum power that could have been generated for a given time period. Thus mathematically it can be written as, PLF = Pavg / Pmax…………….(1) As it is the ratio of same quantity, hence it … Read more
Availability Based Tariff (ABT) is a frequency based pricing scheme adopted in Indian Power Sector to maintain Grid discipline by implementing incentive / disincentive during unscheduled power interchange (UI). This scheme was introduced in the year of 2002. It is imperative here to understand the need for ABT, for better understanding the concept. Need of … Read more
Limiting Error is defined as the maximum deviation either in positive side or negative side in the measurement by an instrument from the nominal value or true value. Let us assume that the true value or nominal value of a quantity is As and the measured value by the instrument is Aa, then Limiting Error … Read more
Being an Electrical Engineer we may often face situations where copper and aluminium electrical joints are required. Such joints are required in various scenario. For example, in Switchyard the material of buses are of Aluminium whereas that of P1 &P2 connector of CTs are of copper. You may have seen this or can observe when … Read more
Galvanic Corrosion is a process of corrosion when two different metals are brought in electrical contact and the contact is bridged by a conductive fluid such as sea water, salted water etc. This is also known as Bimetallic Corrosion or dissimilar metal corrosion. How Galvanic Corrosion take Place? Every metal has acquire electrode potential when … Read more
What is Resonating Inductor? A Resonating Inductor is nothing special but it is just an Inductor having a specified value of Inductance. Resonating word is added here just to give idea of its purpose and working principle. Now you can guess. Obviously this inductor will be used to create a resonant circuit for getting certain … Read more