Industrial control

How Cascade Control System Enhances Dynamic Response to Load Changes

The major limitation of a conventional feedback control system is that the correction for disturbances does not start until the…

11 months ago

AC to AC Power Converters with Intermediate DC Link: Types, Features & Applications

This category of AC drives that is often referred to as “Variable Frequency Inverters” is one of the most extensively…

11 months ago

DC to DC Power Converters: Function, Types, Operation & Applications

DC to DC power converters also referred to as choppers provide the means to change one DC voltage to another.…

11 months ago

6 Types of Machine Guards

What is Machine Guarding? Most machines have cutting blades or rotating/moving parts that can cause bodily harm if they come…

1 year ago

Single-Phase & Three-Phase Inverters: Function and Operation

What is the Purpose of Inverters? Whereas dc machines are controlled by varying the voltage and current, ac machines are…

1 year ago

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) – Structure, Operation & Applications

IGBT is a voltage controlled device. It has high input impedance like a MOSFET and low on-state conduction losses like…

1 year ago

Telemetry in Instrumentation Systems

Telemetry can be defined as the science of gathering information at some remote location and transmitting the data to a…

1 year ago

Optothyristors: Features & Principle of Operation

Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs), Triacs and other solid-state devices used for switching larger voltages and currents ON and OFF are…

1 year ago

What is Optimal Control?

Optimal control is whereby the requirements are formulated as either the minimization of a cost index or the maximization of…

1 year ago

Phase Locked Loop High Precision Motor Speed Control System

AC generators can be utilized in high precision control systems. The AC generator rotor is rotated by the rotating shaft…

1 year ago