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New Career Path, New Challenges
Posted by Ver Pangonilo on July 22, 2017 under Life
Changing career path is easier said than done. Success rate is low. Being middle age even makes it more difficult. There are lots of challenges in this endeavor. Top of the list is performing according…
A Career Redirection
Posted by Ver Pangonilo on June 29, 2017 under Life
The plunge of the oil price since three (3) years ago have sent oil and gas practitioners like myself to unemployment. Until now there has been no signs that, despite its resilience from previous crises,…
Protection of the Neutral Conductor
Posted by Ver Pangonilo on May 20, 2017 under Design, Harmonics, IEC
Overload detection shall be provided for the neutral conductor in a multi-phase circuit Where the cross-sectional area of the neutral conductor is less than that of the line conductors. The overcurrent detection for the neutral…
Power Electronics Converter Harmonics: Multipulse Methods for Clean Power
Posted by Ver Pangonilo on May 17, 2017 under Book Review
Power Electronics Converter Harmonics: Multipulse Methods for Clean Power Derek A. Paice Harmonics generating non-linear electrical equipment is here to stay. There will be more non-linear equipment to be installed to serve as solutions to…
Arc Flash – Hazard and System Grounding
Posted by Ver Pangonilo on May 6, 2017 under Design, IEEE
IEEE 1584 Guide Equation for calculation of incident energy has a factor K2 for system grounding. It is zero for ungrounded and high or low resistance grounded systems and −0.113 for the solidly grounded (earthed)…
