Hi,
I'm overseeing the installation of a power transformer. At full-load, this is a 7.5 MVA 30/6.6 kV transformer. However, the prospective load is roughly 2.5 MVA. How can I go about calculating the copper losses of this transformer if I have the winding resistances. Is it correct to say...
I recently had an incident where one of our mine operatives stepped on a submersible cable and it exploded (We later discovered that the cable was scavenged from the scrap yard). This cable was only carrying 20 A.
My initial thought was to bar everyone from stepping on cables even armoured XLPE...
I'm a graduate Electrical engineer and I just started working for a mining company. My boss told me about the plans he has of increasing the mine's Notified Maximum Demand. However he does not really have any idea as to how to calculate the NMD. In the past, he relied on his gut feeling.
I was...