Overhead Line Insulators Interview Questions and Answers: 1. What are the important properties that an overhead line insulator must possess ? Ans. The most important properties that an overhead line…
Energy Band Diagram of Semiconductors, Insulators and Metals: Energy Band Diagram of Semiconductors, Insulators and Metals - As discussed earlier, the electrons of an isolated atom are acted upon only…
High Voltage Test on Insulators: The High Voltage Test on Insulators that are normally conducted are usually subdivided as Type tests and The routine tests. Type tests are intended to…
Types of Insulators in Transmission Lines: The overhead line conductors should be supported on the poles or towers in such a way that currents from conductors do not flow to…
Semiconductor Physics Articles: Elemental Semiconductor Materials: Group IV includes five elements viz., Carbon (C), Silicon (Si), Germanium (Ge), Tin (Sn) and lead (Pb). The elements of this subgroup show marked…
Dielectric Heating - Working, Advantages and Applications: When non-metallic parts such as wood, plastics, bones are subjected to an alternating electrostatic field dielectric loss occurs. In dielectric heating use of…
Resistance Heating - Types, Advantages and Applications: Resistance heating is based upon the I2R effect. This method of heating has wide applicaÂtions such as heat treatment of metals (annealing, hardenÂing…
Overhead Equipment in Electric Traction Systems: Simplest type of overhead equipment in electric traction systems consists of a single contact wire supported either by bracket or by overhead span. The…