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How Can We Make Power Transmission More Efficient?
Electricity is the lifeblood of modern civilization, but transmitting it over long distances comes with…
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Reverse power or motoring action of generator fault in power plant.
Reverse power or motoring action of alternator is likely to happen in power plants generating…
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Current Transformers(CT)s and Potential Transformer(PT)
Current transformers are generally used to measure currents of high magnitude. These transformers step down…
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SCADA REQUIRES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MASTER CONTROL STATION AND REMOTE CONTROL STATION:
Leased-wire means use of a standard telephone circuit; this is a convenient and straightforward means…
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SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA)
·         There are two parts to the term SCADA Supervisory control indicates that the operator, residing in the…
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ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS)
·         The EMS is a software system. Most utility companies purchase their EMS from one or…
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Forms of Computer Process Control
        There are various ways in which computers can be used to control a process. First,…
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PMU
Stands for "Power Management Unit." The PMU is a microcontroller, or integrated circuit, that controls the…
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COMPUTER CONTROL OF POWER SYSTEMS
·         Increase in unit size, growth of interconnected and the need to maintain the system in…
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ECONOMIC DISPATCH SOLUTION BY LAMBDA-ITERATION METHOD
·         Block diagram of the lambda-iteration method of solution for the all-thermal, dispatching problem-neglecting losses. ·         We…