Semiconductor Converter Controlled Drives: These are now widely used both in ac and dc tractions involving dc and ac motors, and the conventional drives have all become outdated, and will be phased out in near…
Applications of Electric Drives: The industrial Applications of Electric Drives are numerous. To arrive at a particular motor of suitable size for a given application, a knowledge of the following is very much necessary: The…
Unit of Energy | Fundamentals of Energy: The capacity of an agent to do work is known as its energy. The most important forms of Unit of Energy are Mechanical energy, Electrical energy and Thermal…
Function Generator Block Diagram: A Function Generator Block Diagram produces different waveforms of adjustable frequency. The common output waveforms are the sine, square, triangular and sawtooth waves. The frequency may be adjusted, from a fraction…
Attenuation and  Distortion of Travelling Waves: As a Travelling Waves moves along a line, it suffers both attenuation and distortion. The decrease in the magnitude of the wave as it propagates along the line is…
Three Modes of Heat Transfer (Conduction, Convection, Radiation): A heated substance will give off heat to another substance at a lower temperature. The three different modes of heat transfer are Conduction, Convection and Radiation. 1.…
Virtual 8086 Mode in Microprocessor: The virtual 8086 mode is a special operating mode of the Pentium processor and it is a subset of protected mode. In this mode, two 8086 application programs can be…
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 these losses is made. The…
Classification of Fluids: Classification of Fluids are as follows. Ideal fluids and Real or Practical fluids. Newtonian fluids and Non-Newtonian fluids. 1 .Ideal Fluids: Ideal fluids are having following properties. It is incompressible. It has zero…
Site Selection for Nuclear Power Plant: Assessment of public safety results in greater concern for site selection for a Nuclear power plant. All the natural factors are taken into account like transport of radioactive material…