Industrial Power Engineering Handbook

Index

A

abbreviations used, 391

a.c. drives comparison, 148–50

a.c. solenoid braking, 152

accelerating torque, 47, 48, 189

actuator motors, 176–7

ageing, winding insulation, 221

agriculture motors, 175–6

air:

blast circuit breakers, 635–7, 651–5

break contactors, 317–18

circuit breakers, 634–7, 651–5

conditioning plants, 387–90

cored reactors, 848–9

handling units, 387–8

leakage tests, 957

Al-Cr alloy steel resistors, 86

alarm schemes, 507, 508–9

altitude:

bus systems, 871–2

induction motors, 16–17

switchgear assemblies, 362

aluminium:

busbar properties, 922–3

current ratings, 915–16, 920–1

current-carrying capacity, 916–24

grades, 921

INDAL, 867, 922–3

properties, 915–16, 922–3

rectangular sections, 920–1

standards, 925

ambient temperatures: ...