Understanding IK Testing:
Ensuring Mechanical Impact Protection for Electrical Switchboards Introduction: Electrical switchboards are vital components of electrical systems, serving as the nerve center for power distribution. Ensuring their safety and reliability is of paramount importance in various applications. One crucial aspect that contributes to their resilience is the IK test. In this article, we will […]
Why it requires Thyristor controlled switching modules for Dynamic power factor correction Capacitor Banks except power Contactors?
If we consider a facility where considerable reactive load variations are taking place, capacitor banks connected to that installation has to follow up a dynamic operation with its steps since it has to respond to the dynamic reactive load variation very fast and provide the required KVAR to the system to maintain its power factor […]
Temperature Rise During Short Circuit
During a short circuit there will be electromagnetic forces which determine the required busbar size and the support size. In addition to that we need to be careful about the extreme overheating of the busbars due to the high current, which leads to softening of the material and damage to the support structure. At the […]
Effects of Harmonics for power factor correction Capacitor Banks
Do the harmonics in your distribution system is a potential threat for your capacitor bank? Yes. When a capacitor bank is installed in a harmonic rich environment, they create a low impedance path and magnify the magnitude of current and voltage harmonics in a system resulting in parallel resonant effect. With this resonant phenomena, the […]
Why a surge protective device required?
As the name suggests, Surge Protective Devices are used to protect the Electrical Installations from transient over voltages what we called as voltage surges. These transient over voltages are defined as electrical surges lasts for short duration occurred due to sudden release of energy which is previously stored or induced either naturally occurring or man-made. […]
Capacitor Banks Do Need Maintenance
There is a norm that since capacitor banks are static type electrical equipment, regular maintenance is not required. But capacitors need to be monitored and maintained regularly. The unawareness and the negligence of the users may leads to reduce the life expectancy or failures of the capacitors which would cause an ultimate loss for your […]
Temperature Rise During Short Circuit
During a short circuit there will be electromagnetic forces which determine the required busbar size and the support size. In addition to that we need to be careful about the extreme overheating of the busbars due to the high current, which leads to softening of the material and damage to the support structure. At […]
Effect-of-curing-oven-temperature-on-final-product-quality-powder-coating-process
Powder coating is a method of coating a substrate in a polymer powder via directional spray equipment. In this method, the powder is carried out of the spray equipment with low pressure air and the Spray gun applies an electrostatic charge to the powder particles, which are then attracted to the grounded part. After […]
Service Condition Monitoring System for Low Voltage Electrical Panels
For low voltage electrical panels, it is very important to know the service condition to Plan/conduct appropriate maintenance schedules. Operating temperature, relative humidity, and the operating frequency of the circuit breaker are the key factors to be monitored. In this research paper, the author describes how to use his new development “Service condition Analyzer […]
Environmental factors – Corrosion free Sheet metal Enclosures
Did you ever speak to your switchboard design team whether they are considering the panel location and environmental conditions when selecting the sheet metal enclosures for your Switchboards? Whether you are using Unibody or Modular enclosure, this is an important question. Take a little time to read below Basic environment conditions that should […]