The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...

Part 2 provides an analysis of the factors that affect energy savings. Various types of DC power distribution are examined as alternatives to AC distribution for data centers and network rooms. A ...

This video explains what capacitors are and how they function as energy-storing components in electronic systems. Capacitors temporarily hold electrical energy and help manage voltage and signal flow ...

This video provides a clear explanation of inductors and their role in electronic circuits. Inductors are passive components ...

For motor applications, engineers have several options at their disposal. Typically, engineers can choose between direct-current (DC) or alternating-current (AC) motors. Machine Design has covered the ...

Electric vehicles are an important wave of the future, offering motorists a cleaner and more efficient way to travel. But when it comes to charging their batteries, electric vehicles have a particular ...

The demand for smaller, lighter, and more efficient AC/DC USB power delivery (PD) chargers is always a challenge for power-supply design engineers. Below 100 W, the quasi-resonant flyback is still the ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are breaking technical barriers with faster circuit breakers to enable and protect the modern electric grid. The ORNL ...