The financial success or failure of a lighting or power
enterprise is measured by the efficiency of the machinery,
and the efficiency of the machinery depends upon
that of each piece of apparatus of which it is composed.
In alternating current distribution the transformers are
frequently scattered in large numbers...
In order that the proper motor for a given service
may be chosen it becomes necessary to study and know
the requirements and characteristics of the machine which
may be used for that purpose. When these are known the
selection of that one which is best adapted for the use...
It has been a standing problem among the scientists of the past and will perhaps be puzzled-over for many centuries to come; namely the most efficient method of transmitting power from one point to another. The nearest solution at present, and a very satisfactory one, is electricity. By means of...
The study, design, construction, operation and care
or synchronous machines forms one of the most important
branches of electrical engineering. The extent to which
they are now being used is a notable feature of recent
electric progress.
The term synchronous machines covers quite a field
and it might be well...
"Before a company which manufactures electrical
machines allow them to leave the factory, each must
undergo certain tests to make sure that there are no
faults of design or workmanship and also ofttimes that they meet the specifications of the buyer. Four important
tests are made, e.g. (1) no load...
This thesis comprises a series of tests run on a compound direct current generator and an induction motor; separately and combined as a set, with sheets of data; characteristic and efficiency curves and deduction drawn therefrom relative to the two machines.
The purpose of this thesis is the determination of the load characteristics of the Steam-Hyciro-Electric Plant owned and operated by the Lebanon Electric Power and Water Co. This corporation furnishes electrical energy for power and lighting service and also the water supply to the city of Lebanon, Oregon.
The following discussion is confined mostly to
that type of machine in which the squirrel care revolving
secondary it used. In its most primitive form it con -
listed simply of a disk- aramature as described by Baily
in 1870 and due to Tesla (1888), of the fact that two,...
The problem of the economical transmission of power has long been a serious one to the engineer. Formerly the power had to be generated on or near the spot where it was to be used, but now the advance that has been made in Electrical Engineering has largely done away...
Much has been accomplished in the last few years
toward the conservation of natural resources, and in
this work the engineer has taken a leading part. The
prevention of unnecessary waste, the utilization of
hitherto useless by-products, and the economic production of the world's necessities are important features of this...
The rapid advancement of electrical science has led it to invade
the field of marine engineering. On ship-board, all ship's lights,
search lights and signal lights are entirely electric. Of power appliances
outside of uses on men of war,ship's ventilation is completely
electric; electric deck winches and boat cranes are...
During the past year the rapid increase in the cost of copper and aluminum has led operating companies to investigate the feasibility of using iron and steel conductors for transmission and distribution purposes where small blocks of power are to be served. This Thesis gives the results of tests on...
The question of whether to purchase power or to
maintain an isolated plant is one which frequently
confronts the engineer, and the problem is by no means
easy of solution, as there are a number of factors
which vary with individual cases and determine the
economy and desirability of the...
By way of preface, a few words may be said regarding the advantages of the revolving field type of machine.
The first in its favor and the chief reason for its
existence, is that by passing the heavy armature current
through permanent stationary contacts and only the small
field current...
The marked movement of utilizing Oregon's water power
in the service of generating electric current, has been promoted
by the economics in transmission of electricity to distances
both great and small; by the harnessing of industrial
implements to electric power; and by the advancement and extension
of interurban railways.
It...
Throughout the year the regular design work of the
class room proved so profitable that it was thought that
there was no subject which could be selected for thesis
purposes of greater benefit,or which offered as great a
latitude in the working out of the various problems, than
the one...
A feasible development for a Hydro-Electric power
plant can be found in the Mary's River. About 9 miles
west of Corvallis, the north fork of the stream affords
an excellent situation for a dam site. The canon of
the north fork at this point is very narrow, and having
good...
The electric motor has for an number of
years occupied an important position in the operation
of wood-working machinery, of moderate capacity, for
example the planing mills, sash and door factories
and many of the other similar wood working shops.
However its adoption in the more trying field of saw...
One of the most important and likewise practical problems that oonfront
the Electrioal Engineers of the present daysis the design and the
construotion of Hydro Electrio Power plants for the generating of electrioal
energy,both for power and li;hting purposes. In order that we
might become better acquainted with the facts...
Since this treatise is to deal only with the
construction of one special machine it is unnecessary
to go into an extended discussion of dynamo electric
machinery in general. Some of the parts common to all
electric machinery of this character will be mentioned
and then a short account of...
Electromagnetic engines, or motors, are machines in which the motive power is derived from electric currents by means of their electromagnetic action. The following design is for a 1½ K.W. bi-polar motor.
It is necessary before placing any piece of apparatus
on the market to thoroughly test it under similar
conditions to that for which it was designed, and to
rate it accordingly to the results of the tests, allow
a reasonable margin for unusual conditions.
By the aid of our technical...
In long distance transmission where it is impossible to transmit a direct current for electric rail roading and for many other applications on a very low voltage percent line loss, it is essential to transmit the power by means of an alternating current at high pressure and then reduce its...
Living now in an age where the steam engine in
many localities soon will be a mere relic more than a
useful mechanism with which to convert steam into useful
energy. It is rapidly being replaced by the gas engine
and the electric generator, in which the latter is
thought...
"There are at present four common methods of con
verting the alternating current into direct current.
These are in order of use, the motor generator set,
the rotary converter, mercury vapor rectifier and the
Murphy rectifier. A short description of these and
connections for the last two will be given."--p.2
During the last five years the demand for electrical
energy in the state of Oregon,and throughout the entire
country,has increased to such an extent that electrical
generating stations have become an important factor in the
economic development of the common wealth.
Uonsidering the great need for cheap power, which
is...
The induction motor in its electromagnetic features
is essentially a transformer, while in its general behavior
it is analogous to the continuous-current shunt wound
motor. In a transformer the primary and secondary members
are both stationary and electrical energy is transformed
from one pressure to another by the ratio of...
"Since the present power and heating plant was installed the number of buildings has increased so rapidly
that the present equipment is unable to supply the necessary power for the proposed electrical and mechanical
laboratories.
In this design it is assumed that Waldo and
Cauthorn halls are to be heated...
The scope of this thesis consists primarily of
an exposition upon the merits of indirect and. semi-indirect
illumination. In deriving our conclusions, we
have considered two sources of information: firstly,
that of test data from a number of indirect and direct
installations, and. secondly, the opinion of men familiar
with...
The data used in the design of this hydro-electric
generating station was furnished by Hon. Walter M. Pierce
from a survey conducted by T. R. Barry C. E. in the service
of the Grande Ronde Water Co. during the summer of
1906.
In the preparation of this thesis there were...
In view of the fact that the college authorities have
purchased a set of wireless apparatus, it was thought best
to design and construct a transformer of suitable size for
transforming the power to be used by this set of instruments.
The power required for such a set is approximately...
By reason of the fact that a thesis along the
line of one's course or about some subject with which he
is supposed to be familiar is required of every Senior
electrical by the electrical department before his graduation, the following description of the design and construction of a 10...
Samples of insulating materials used in the construction
of electrical machinery and apparatus are
tested for dielectric strength before such are accepted
for use. This is done by applying to the sample a
high voltage until it is pierced through by the electric
spark. This is a parallel case to...
The designing of electrical machinery is fully
as essential to the thorough understanding of power
equipment and apparatus, as is the taking of a laboratory
testing course. One learns the relationship
of the different parts, the methods of computing
their dimensions, and the predetermination of outputs,
efficiencies, etc. and thus...
Electricity is the name given to an invisible agent known to us only by its attendant phenomena and by various manifestations called electrical. These manifestations, at first obscure and even mysterious, are now well understood. Indeed its great importance to mankind can only be realized when we remember that it...
Following the installation of a street car
system, or for that matter, any other electric system,
using the ground return, or the rail return which comes
in contact with the ground, there is always more or
less trouble experienced by water or gas companies,
using metal pipe, due to the...
A storage battery is a cell. or a series of cells capable of storing up electric energy and giving it off at a required time. A storage battery acts upon the same principle as a galvanic cell in giving forth electric current as the equivalent of chemical energy, but it...
The proposed hydraulic power plant, incorporated
under the name of, "Minem Light and Power Company",
is located on the Minam River, about two miles above
the junction of the Minam and Wallowa Rivers. This is
about three miles above the county highway bridge which
is on the Wallow River, this...
This machine Is the first series arc machine installed
In the city of Portland. It was obtained by
the Electrical Department of O.A.C., with the object
of rewinding it for a high current machine to be used
in the charging of storage batteries.