Speed Detector

Speed Detector: One important factor in the closed loop control of variable speed drives em­ploying solid state converters is the Speed Detector. In the dedicated hardware control using analog components,…

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Block Diagram of Electric Drive System

Block Diagram of Electric Drive System: It is normal practice in control engineering to represent a control system by means of a Block Diagram of Electric Drive System, with a…

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Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor

Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor: In the slip controlled drives using VSI or CSI discussed in the foregoing sec­tions, the stator voltage or stator current is controlled using slip…

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Six pulse midpoint converter

Six pulse midpoint converter: The converter transformer converts the existing three phase system to a six phase one, since it has six secondary windings. The Six pulse midpoint converter connections…

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Steam Turbine Efficiency

Steam Turbine Efficiency: The overall Steam Turbine Efficiency is quite low (about 29%) due mainly to two reasons. Firstly, a huge amount of heat is lost in the condenser and…

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