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February 15, 2021
The Basics of Reactors
Introduction: In order to understand the basics of reactors, we first need to look at how motor drive systems work. Motors that operate on alternating current need special power supplies…
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February 15, 2021
The Basics of Passive Harmonic Filters
Introduction: Passive harmonic filters are commonly used on the input side of motor drive systems. Their purpose is to mitigate the amount of harmonic distortion produced by variable frequency drives…
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October 27, 2018
Application of Sine Wave Filters with High-Speed, High Power Motors
Decreases in permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) costs are leading to increased utilization in high power applications due to benefits in energy efficiency, partial load efficiency, and decreased motor size.…
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June 23, 2017
Microgrids Growing Beyond Expectations
Microgrids are Growing Washington state received $7 million from the state’s Clean Energy Fund, which has been earmarked to improve the efficiency, security, and reliability of Washington’s electrical grid. A…
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May 1, 2017
Energy Giants Turn to Sustainable Energy Developments
Thanks to Michael Faraday’s work in the early 19th century, electricity has been generated at centralized facilities beginning in 1882, initially using coal and water power. In the past 135…
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February 8, 2017
CTM Magnetics Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification
CTM Magnetics has been certified under ISO 9001:2015. This certification verifies that CTM is aware of and complies with the requirements recognized to produce quality products. CTM Magnetics is a…
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August 16, 2016
What Are The Different Types of Liquid Cooling?
Due to higher densities, specific heat capacities, and thermal conductivities, liquids are generally much better cooling agents than gases. Compared to air, water has a heat carrying capacity 3,500 times…
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August 5, 2016
Air Cooled vs. Liquid Cooled: The Differences
When engineers design an electronic device and pack scores of components onto circuit boards and into enclosures, it is guaranteed the device will generate heat in addition to doing its…
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November 19, 2015
The Effect of Temperature on the Life of Power Electronic Devices
Electronic components including solid state devices, resistors, capacitors, inductors and others are all susceptible to failure from overheating. The expected life of any component, and of any final product built…
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July 21, 2015
What Are Line/Load Reactors?
Line/load reactors are inductors; coils of wire that oppose the flow of alternating current and limit the current that can flow through the circuits into which they are placed. They…
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July 16, 2015
The Basics Of Sine Wave Filters
Introduction: In order to understand the basics of sine wave filters, we first need to look at how motor drive systems work. Motors that operate on alternating current need special…
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July 13, 2015
Power Quality Solutions: Wind Energy
About Wind Energy Thanks to the sun’s heating effect upon the Earth, the atmosphere is in a continual state of moving and mixing. Every cubic foot of air weighs about…