The curious case of a sensor: Part 1

Sensors come in all shapes and sizes and just like anything else in the world, one size does not fit all. It would also be unwise to say that more expensive means more suitable.…


Power Factor: The silent killer

Have you ever looked at your electricity bill and wondered why you are being charged for more than your consumption? This problem is often faced by industrial consumers, who are…


Go Green This Earth Day with Zenatix

Climate change is no more a thing of the future, it is no more about making the planet inhabitable for the future generations. It is happening right here, right this moment. Many…


OpenWRT Rewiring with USB Support

This post is about making an OpenWRT image with USB dongle support. We, as a part of our kit that collects and sends data of energy meters over the net required to use routers in…


Diesel Generator- Power Factor and Efficiency

Our focus here is only on power factor and its effect on output KW. Most of DG manufacturers mention0.8 as rated power factor of DG. But it doesn’t mean that DG must be operated…


Reactive Power Compensation- Capacitor Panel

Power factor improvement has always been a crucial area of concern for all industrial plants and big office spaces incurring large electricity cost.


Relation between Production and Energy Consumption

Every manufacturing facility has different stages between raw material and finished commercial product. These different stages have individual motor circuit control (MCC) units,…


Importance of Transformer Efficiency – Effect of Loading

Distribution transformer is a part of every electrical power network at user end. If a facility is being supplied on HT from the utility, transformer and its losses comes under…


K-Factor for Transformer

K-factor for an electrical network primarily relates to non-linear loads and is defined as a number representing the effect of harmonics on the heating of transformer. For…


Tackling Electricity Theft in India

Indian government has announced an ambitious plan of setting up hundreds of smart cities across the country. However, no city can be called a smart city unless government can…