Electricity comes in two basic forms: Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC). DC is handy to use and is easy to analyze. However, AC has some useful properties too. In particular, AC current ...

If you want to convert one voltage to another, what do you do? Well, if you are talking DC voltages today, you’ll probably use a DC to DC converter. Really, these converters generate some sort of AC ...

Electrical energy is supplied by the grid as AC, yet most devices that we use require DC power, meaning that AC/DC power supplies that make this conversion are one of the most common loads placed on ...

Zero voltage switching in power-conversion applications holds the key to efficiency improvements. Here we look at how ZVS-based designs can deliver those improvements across the widest possible load ...

At a crossover north of Thane, a technical snag could block three railway lines at one go; on the main CST-bound stretch, old bridges passing over tracks pose a problem Trains plying between Kalyan ...

AC to DC for harsh environments The steps involved in converting a three-phase AC power supply add their own complexity and components, contributing to the loss of efficiency and adding mass. In turn, ...

Overhead wires on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour corridors are 17 times more powerful as CR completed its conversion from DC to AC traction on Sunday Overhead wires on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour ...

The Harbour Line has taken a beating after the recent conversion from DC to AC between Vile Parle and Borivli stations. MUMBAI: The Harbour Line has taken a beating after the recent conversion from DC ...

The Central Railway (CR), which had been trying to get the final permissions for the conversion of the Harbour and the Trans-Harbour line to Alternating Current (AC), finally received permission from ...