Single-phase motors, adjustable-speed drives (ASDs), and power factor (PF) correction applications often depend on capacitors to operate properly. This article explains how to test these critical ...

A squirrel cage induction motor must sense two or more electric phases to cause the magnetic field to start spinning, thus turning the motor’s rotor and shaft. Once the motor starts, the interaction ...

Researchers have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could lead to much more powerful and ...

The size of a capacitor affects how much charge it can store (its capacitance), its voltage rating, and its physical ...

A hybrid Cessna 337 taxied down a Southern California runway and lifted into the air. The plane, a type commonly used as an air taxi between islands, had a traditional gas-powered motor in the nose ...

This series of automotive-grade DC-link film capacitors is qualified to AEC-Q200, making it suitable for vehicle electrification applications. Its proven reliability also makes it applicable to any ...

When Tesla’s Elon Musk first came to Silicon Valley he was researching advanced, highly-energy-dense super-capacitors at Stanford. Coincidentally, when speaking at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco ...

The plane, equipped with both a gas-powered engine and an electric motor, demonstrated that a smaller and more efficient ...