Low Voltage ♛

Be smart and cautious when operating an unknown energized low voltage switchgear

Testing and Commissioning

Transformer pre-commissioning tests and after-receipt checks you MUST perform

Energy and Power

The essence of LV circuit breakers – Releases, tripping curves, characteristics and limitation

EEP Academy Courses

Reducing power substation outages by using battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Find out in one catalog all necessary components to build a complete Medium Voltage switchgear

LV/MV/HV Technical Articles

Electrical Lectures

Learn how to interpret transformer nameplate information

As we all know, all substation equipment (should) have a metal plate with its “name” on it. Here
we’ll discuss power and distribution transformers and information that their nameplates carry….
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Apr 12, 2021 | By Edvard

Learn how to interpret transformer nameplate information

Power Substation ♛

My advice in successful reading single-line, schematic, P&ID, logic, and wiring diagrams

Engineering tasks require a good skill in reading and interpreting information on drawings.
Engineering drawings are the industry cornerstone of conveying detailed and precise information on
how to construct, troubleshoot,…...

Apr 05, 2021 | By Salem Alshahrani

My advice in successful reading single-line, schematic, P&ID, logic, and wiring diagrams

Electrical Lectures

Top ten courses on EEP Academy for electrical engineers, technicians and students
Learning and studying have never been easier than nowadays. Since we started the EEP Academy,
there are thousands of electrical engineers, students, technicians, and many others who are literally
hungry… Read more

Mar 31, 2021 | By Edvard

Top ten courses on EEP Academy for electrical engineers, technicians and students

Protection

Three basic principles of differential protection you SHOULD properly understand

The three basic principles of differential protection explained in this article, which has been known
for decades, are still applicable and independent of the specific device technology. The differential
protection… Read more

Mar 29, 2021 | By Edvard

Three basic principles of differential protection you SHOULD properly understand

Mastering single line and wiring diagrams: Interlocking between MV cubicles

Medium Voltage ♛

Mastering single line and wiring diagrams: Interlocking between MV cubicles

There are numerous variations of MV switchgear topology, measurement, and control logic.
However, there are also some basic rules related to these aspects which may be frequently seen in
practice,... Read more

Mar 12, 2020 | By Mkokotovic

Low Voltage ♛

My experience in drafting the layout of an LV switchgear (equipment, inside installations)

Low voltage (LV) switchgear is a broad terminology that includes a wide range of equipment like
circuit breakers, switches, offload isolators, MCCBs, etc. within the 1 kV rating required to…...

Mar 22, 2021 | By Bishal Lamichhane

My experience in drafting the layout of an LV switchgear (equipment, inside installations)

Low Voltage

The essentials of automation applied to distribution systems via PLCs, SCADA, IEDs, and RTUs

Nowadays, it seems that everything we do tend to be somehow automated. The very same is
happening in electrical distribution systems. The distribution system at the medium voltage (MV)
or… Read more

Mar 15, 2021 | By Edvard

The essentials of automation applied to distribution systems via PLCs, SCADA, IEDs, and RTUs

Power Substation ♛

Fundamental electrical schemes of connections for supply at generator voltage and higher

This technical article will shed some light on fundamental schemes and arrangements of connections
for supply at generator voltage, higher than generated voltage, and a few basic transmission
schemes. It…...

Mar 08, 2021 | By Edvard

Fundamental electrical schemes of connections for supply at generator voltage and higher

Energy and Power

A few practical ways to determine required reactive energy compensation for a power system

This article will shed some light on how adding capacitors gives the distribution system the necessary
reactive power to return the power factor to the required level. Capacitors act as… Read more

Mar 01, 2021 | By Edvard

Practical ways to determine required reactive energy compensation for a power distribution system

AC and DC facilities in electrical station services of major power plant types

Energy and Power ♛

AC and DC facilities in electrical station services of major power plant types

In a power plant, the electrical station services (abbreviated to SS in the following) consist of all the
DC facilities from 24 to 220 V and AC facilities up to... Read more

Mar 23, 2020 | By Edvard

Energy and Power

The art of load shedding and online applications in a power system under an emergency state

Load shedding is a controllable reduction of a predetermined amount of the load power

consumption according to specific shedding criteria. The predetermined amount of load to be shed
is traditionally… Read more

Feb 24, 2021 | By Mohamed EL-Shimy

The art of load shedding and online applications in a power system under an emergency state

Power Substation ♛

The mystery of nuisance tripping incidents in transformer protection that worry engineers

This technical article deals with transformer failure incidents due to nuisance tripping caused by
various design flaws, operational conditions, or improper protection relay settings. The focus is on
differential protection…...

Feb 22, 2021 | By Salem Alshahrani

The mystery of nuisance tripping incidents in transformer protection that worry engineers

Maintenance

Troubleshooting Buchholz relay and recommended actions when it operates

This technical article provides guidance on the possible causes of Buchholz relay operation and
recommends actions following the receipt of a Buchholz surge trip or gas collection alarm. It covers…
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