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 to separate within the insulating oil which has better insulating...
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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 are generally classified as instrument transformers. Generally instrument transformers are...
Advantages & Disadvantages Electromagnetic Relays
In Electromagnetic relays operating current flows through the coil. When this operating current increases, coil energizes the electromagnet. When the operating current becomes large, the magnetic field produced by electromagnet...
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 and distribution of the power in the power system....
What Is Step and Touch Potential and Reducing Resistance To Ground?
Step Potential Step potential is the step voltage between the feet of a person standing near an energized grounded object. It is equal to the difference in voltage, given by...
Top 100 Switchgear and Protection Interview Questions
What are the functions of protective relays To detect the fault and initiate the operation of the circuit breaker to isolate the defective element from the rest of the system,...