One method for the remote management of electrical equipment is ripple control (RC), based on the injection of voltage interharmonics into the power network to transmit information. The disadvantage of this method is its negative impact on energy consumers, such as light sources, speakers, and devices counting zero crossings. This study investigates the effect of RC on low-voltage induction motors through the use of experimental and finite element methods. The results show that the provisions concerning RC included in the European Standard EN 50160 Voltage Characteristics of Electricity Supplied by Public Distribution Network are imprecise, failing to protect induction motors against excessive vibration.

This paper presents comprehensive analytical, numerical and experimental research of the compact and integrated high-power pulse generation and forming system based on the flux compression generator and the electro-explosive forming fuse. The paper includes the analysis of the presented solution, starting from the individual components studies, i.e., the separate flux compression generator tests in field conditions and the forming fuse laboratory test, through the formulation of the extended quasi-empirical components models aimed at enabling their optimal parameters determination at the early design stage and ending with the description of the integrated system studies in field conditions. Based on detailed research, it was possible to achieve very high parameters of the generated pulses, i.e., overvoltages of up to 340 kV with the available source power reaching 25 GW. A very high convergence of the simulation and the results of experimental research has been obtained. The parameters of the presented system have been compared with other literature solutions and the selected topology of the high power pulse generation and forming system has been distinguished against other available ones, e.g., based on Marx generators and forming lines.

This article is a study of the research development of electrodynamic phenomena occurring in ultra-fast electrodynamic drives. These types of linear drives are among the fastest, not only because of the huge accelerations achieved, but, above all, because of the extremely short reaction time. For this reason, electrodynamic drives are used in hybrid short-circuit breakers. The phenomena occurring in this type of drive are actually magneto-thermo-elastic in nature, but the coupling of these phenomena should be considered weak if the criteria for repeatable operation in a hybrid circuit breaker system are met. The authors have been researching this type of drive for many years through not only experimental studies, but also primarily simulation studies developing models of such drives. The authors present the history of the development starting from the first works of Thomson, and Kesserling and ending with the most current models, including mainly their own. This article presents mainly works studying electrodynamic phenomena. Thermal and mechanical phenomena were comprehensively presented by the authors in previous papers.

W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań ultraszybkiego napędu indukcyjno-dynamicznego o dużej energii początkowej baterii kondensatorów. Celem badań było symulacyjne określenie właściwości dynamicznych i termicznych, na podstawie których można wyznaczyć parametry krytyczne zasilania i wymiary cewki miedzianej oraz dysku dwuwarstwowego gwarantujące powtarzalną pracę napędu. Wyznaczone parametry muszą zapewniać oczekiwaną dynamikę poruszającego się dysku nie przekraczając przy tym dopuszczalnej temperatury cewki i dysku.

In the paper the results of research on an ultra-fast actuator with high initial energy were presented. The purpose of this research is to determine the critical parameters of a copper coil and a double-layer disc based on magneto-thermal analysis. The determined parameters must ensure the expected dynamics of the moving disc while not exceeding the allowable coil and disc temperature.