Advantages & Disadvantages of Oil Circuit Breakers
  • Switchgear & Protection

Advantages & Disadvantages of Oil Circuit Breakers

Oil circuit breakers are the oldest type of circuit breakers. The separating contacts of the oil circuit breakers are made…

  • Power Systems

Ungrounded or Isolated Neutral System Disadvantages

There will be no flow in the zero sequence currents In ungrounded or isolated neutral system there will be little…

  • Transmission & Distribution

Advantages & Disadvantages of AC and DC Power Transmission

AC and DC modes of transmission and distribution of power has both advantages and disadvantages:  DC requires only two conductors…

  • Transmission & Distribution

Advantages of Suspension Insulators and Pin type Insulators

With increase in the operating voltage the insulation requirement will also increases. Transmission system will have transmission voltages as high…

  • Switchgear & Protection

Functions of Instrument Transformers (CTs and PTs)

AC type protective relays are actuated by the current and voltage supplied by the current and potential (voltage) transformers which…

  • Electrical Machines

Advantages & Disadvantages of Synchronous Motors

In industries induction motors are employed mostly because of less cost, rugged construction, good starting torques and very less maintenance.…

  • Switchgear & Protection

Advantages & Disadvantages Electromagnetic Relays

In Electromagnetic relays  operating current flows through the coil. When this operating current increases, coil energizes the electromagnet. When the…

  • Power Systems

Neutral Grounding Practice in Power System

Generally on neutral grounding is provided at each voltage. There will be several voltage levels between the generation of the…

  • Power Systems

Shunt Capacitor Advantages in Power System

Normal loads on ac supply system are inductive in nature (eg: motors, power transformers, voltage regulators, induction furnace, choke coils,…

  • Power Electronics

Crowbar fault protection circuit

Crowbar circuit is used to protect circuit or equipment under fault condition Over Current Causes: Over current flow through thyristors…