In electrical engineering, the K-factor of a power transformer is a measure of how well it can handle harmonic distortion. Transformers which are designed...
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Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity...
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In electrical engineering the load factor is defined as the average load divided by the peak load in a specified time period. It is a measure of the utilization...
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bottom of the page for glossaries of specific fields of engineering. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M-Z See also References External links Absolute electrode...
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general overview of concepts within engineering as a whole, see Glossary of engineering. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See...
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in engineering such as mining, including areas of electrical engineering, such as photovoltaics. In electrical engineering, utilization factor, k u {\displaystyle...
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In power engineering, winding factor k w {\displaystyle k_{w}} provides a way to compare of the effectiveness of different designs of stators for alternators...
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called activity. Power is a scalar quantity. Power factor In electrical engineering, the power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of the...
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glossary of electrical and electronics engineering is a list of definitions of terms and concepts related specifically to electrical engineering and electronics...
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In fire protection engineering, the K-factor formula is used to calculate the volumetric flow rate from a nozzle. Spray nozzles can for example be fire...
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survived.) This institute was later expanded with an Electronic and Electrical Power Engineering department. The 50th anniversary of the establishment of this...
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In electrical engineering, the power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of the real power absorbed by the load to the apparent power...
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welders and arc furnaces). Power factor Sankaran, C. (1999-10-01). "Effects of Harmonics on Power Systems". Electrical Construction and Maintenance Magazine...
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In electrical engineering, electrical length is a dimensionless parameter equal to the physical length of an electrical conductor such as a cable or wire...
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to electrical and electronics engineering. For a thematic list, please see List of electrical engineering topics. For a broad overview of engineering, see...
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An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers. Electrical grids consist...
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Average rectified value (category Engineering stubs)
In electrical engineering, the average rectified value (ARV) of a quantity is the average of its absolute value. The ARV of an alternating current indicates...
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(especially in electrical engineering)[citation needed] and γ (gamma)[citation needed] are sometimes used. The SI unit of electrical conductivity is...
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The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current. Its reciprocal quantity is electrical conductance...
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In physics and engineering, the quality factor or Q factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how underdamped an oscillator or resonator is....
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Damping (category Engineering ratios)
that include control engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, and electrical engineering. The physical quantity...
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engineering Glossary of civil engineering Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering Glossary of mechanical engineering Glossary of architecture Glossary...
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of reliability engineering, availability factor is known as operational availability, A o {\displaystyle A_{o}} . The capacity factor of a plant includes...
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An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. A familiar and widely used example...
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In electronics, electrical breakdown or dielectric breakdown is a process that occurs when an electrically insulating material (a dielectric), subjected...
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field of neural engineering draws on the fields of computational neuroscience, experimental neuroscience, neurology, electrical engineering and signal processing...
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with lower electrical damping, although this may be attributed to listener preference rather than technical merit. A lower damping factor helps to enhance...
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and in the media. It is also the usual unit representation in electrical power engineering. This common representation, however, does not comply with the...
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electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit. Its...
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Root mean square (section In electrical engineering)
current component of the signal. Electrical engineers often need to know the power, P, dissipated by an electrical resistance, R. It is easy to do the...
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