Electric motor power efficiency has taken center stage. Individuals, corporations, and governments are increasingly interested in saving power, now that technology can make it possible and economy ...

Why is Power Factor important? The phase relationship between the ac-power-line voltage and current is related by a term called power factor. For a purely resistive load on the power line, voltage and ...

This application note demonstrates the use of the Vienna Rectifier approach for 3-phase power factor correction. To view the application note, click on the URL below. Circuit selected for www.eepn.com ...

I was speaking with Ken Lau, a consulting engineer with PG&E, about power factor correction when we got off on the topic of communication within the Smart Grid. He mentioned that PG&E was using mesh ...

When a large motor (or critical one) fails, a postmortem of the motor is never a bad idea. It should be standard operating practice. But while that work is being done at the motor shop, what about the ...