High Voltage Maintenance Articles & Analysis
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With the rapid increase in global electricity consumption, the demand for high voltage switches increases. For maintenance of high voltage switches, special recovery units with compressors and vacuum pumps are needed. ...
Just like the main circuit breaker in your home, city grids have main on/off switches called switchgears. When these high voltage switchgears open or close, huge "lightning-like" arcs of electricity are created. ...
Proper gas cleaning also results in lower costs for maintenance, operations and equipment replacement. WESPs can vary greatly in design, materials, gas flow rates and durability, as well as collection efficiency. ...
Michael Beltran of Beltran Technologies, Inc. reports on a renewed interest in high-efficiency wet electrostatic precipitators (WESPs) and discusses their importance for controlling sulphuric acid mists and other pollutants in a wide range of industries including mining, metallurgical and power generation. ...
For a given equipment design, gas flow condition and particle concentration, sparking rate is a function of gas- to-liquid ratio of entrained liquids, quality of the wet ESP components, and the appropriate selection of high-voltage power supply components to match wet ESP geometry and the physical and chemical nature of the suspended particles. ...
To improve the reliability and quality of electric power systems, preventive diagnosis and regular maintenance of high voltage capacitors are required. Dielectric response measurements in both time domain and frequency domain are potential tools for assessing the condition of dielectric of high voltage ...