I'm in the Distribution industry and looking to make the move to a junior engineering position. I have an Associates degree in electrical engineering. Can some one suggest a good text book, something to get from Boylstad to the T&D book.
New 345 kV transmission towers are going up here in N.E. USA to replace 115kV along the same right of way. Of course the cry of EMF's have come up again. Would it be correct to say at the same damand, the 345 line would produce one third the EMF of the 115 line? EMF is a function of current...
I heard some linemen talking that they experinced larger than normal arcing when opperating an air-break switch near a capacitor bank. Does the power factor have anything to do with arcing? Does being closer to a capacitor bank have an effect?
I work in the line department for a utility and also have some technical education (ASEE). Our company’s primary distribution scheme is 13.8 kv wye. The lighting transformers (25 &37.5 kva) that I have encountered in the field are single bushing. The primary connections are to one phase of...
