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What are the advantages and disadvantages of tidal power?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of tidal power?
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Free of cost
Pollution free
Long life
Less maintenance
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State any two disadvantages of one wattmeter method of measurement of 3 phase power.
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State advantages of Pulverized coal w.r.t. thermal power plant.
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Advantages of Pulverized coal w.r.t. thermal power plant. 1. Due to pulvarization amount of fuel required to produce same amount of heat reduces. 2. Time required for combution reduces ... of air and thorough mixing of air and fuel, very high-combustion temperatures can be attained.
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Write down any two advantages of nuclear power station.
Write down any two advantages of nuclear power station.
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What are the disadvantages of Open loop control system?
What are the disadvantages of Open loop control system?
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Open loop control system are less reliable. In open loop control system Optimization is not possible. Open loop control system are less accurate.
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What are the disadvantages of linear regulator ?
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what are the disadvantages of thyristor?
what are the disadvantages of thyristor?
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Mar 15, 2018
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What are the advantages of DC series motor?
What are the advantages of DC series motor?
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What are the advantages of CMOS over NMOS?
What are the advantages of CMOS over NMOS?
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What are the advantages of a digital signal?
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What are the advantages of open loop control system?
What are the advantages of open loop control system?
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Open loop control system are simple to design. Open loop control system are generally stable.
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What are the advantages of high voltage transmission?
What are the advantages of high voltage transmission?
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Advantages: 1. As Transmission voltage increases, current decreases. 2. As current decreases, cross section of conductor decreases. 3. As cross section of conductor decreases ... line increases 12. As transmission voltage increases power handling capacity of transmission line increases
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What is the meaning of the word hydroelectric power?
What is the meaning of the word hydroelectric power?
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State the disadvantages of skin effect.
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State the advantages of use of high voltage in transmission of Electric power.
State the advantages of use of high voltage in transmission of Electric power.
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Advantages: 1. As Transmission voltage increases, current decreases. 2. As current decreases, cross section of conductor decreases. 3. As cross section of conductor decreases, its ... high voltage transmission line, successful interconnection of transmission line is possible than low voltage.
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use
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Write any two disadvantages of ammeter shunts.
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Active Filter: Active Filter is formed by using active element along with the passive components. Advantages of Active filter over Passive filter: High value of pass band gain can be obtained. It is ... pass band. Stop Band Filter: The frequency range which is attenuated is known as stop band.
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State the four advantages of MIG welding.
State the four advantages of MIG welding.
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Four advantages of MIG welding: 1. High quality welds can be produced much faster. 2. Flux is not used there is no chance for the entrapment of slag in the weld metal resulting in high quality ... of metals and alloys. 5. Least expensive and highly economic. 6. Little or no post welds cleaning.
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mig
welding
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May 21, 2020
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State the advantages of SMPS.
State the advantages of SMPS.
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Advantages of SMPS: 1. High Efficiency, more than 94%. 2. Easy maintenance and servicing. 3. High modularity and redundancy. 4. Lower power dissipation. 5. Wide AC input voltage range. 6. Less cost.
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May 7, 2020
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State any two advantages of MCB over Fuse. State the standard specifications of MCB available in the market.
State any two advantages of MCB over Fuse. State the standard specifications of MCB available in the market.
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Following advantages of MCB over Fuse: 1. No need of replacement of fuse wire. 2. Manually restore of supply is simple. 3. Fault understanding by visual inspection 4. More safe than fuse The standard specifications of ... 6A, 10A,16A,20A, 25A, 30A, 32A, 40A, 50A, 60A and 63A 6. 250V and 450 v
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May 3, 2020
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State the advantages of cogeneration.
State the advantages of cogeneration.
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Advantages of co-generation: 1) Co-generation can meet both power & heat requirements. 2) Less cost than conventional generation. 3) Higher system efficiency due to energy wastage is highly ... reduces due to cogeneration plant is located in same premises. 10) It can maintain grid stability
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Enlist the advantages of Microcontroller
Enlist the advantages of Microcontroller
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Advantages of microcontrollers: It is an integrated chip with all valuable components including RAM, ROM, I/O Ports. Cost reducing programs with simple circuitry. Inbuilt timers / ... Microcontrollers are cheap and very small in size. Programming of Microcontrollers is simple to learn
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microcontroller
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Sep 6, 2018
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State the advantages of instrument transformer in using for extension of range of meters.
State the advantages of instrument transformer in using for extension of range of meters.
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Advantages of instrument transformer: 1. Extension of instrument range is possible. 2. Isolation of instruments from high voltage side. 3. Power loss is less as compared to shunts and multipliers. 4 ... measurement. 5. It is economical method of range extension. 6. Increases in safety of operator.
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instrument
transformer
extension
range
meters
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List the advantages of RC coupled amplifier.
List the advantages of RC coupled amplifier.
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Advantages: 1. The frequency response is excellent 2. The circuit is very compact and extremely light 3. Cost is low because it employ resistors and capacitors which are cheap
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rc
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State 2 advantages of JFET over BJT.
State 2 advantages of JFET over BJT.
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Advantages of JFET over BJT: 1) High input impedance 2) Better thermal stability 3) Produce less noise 4) Smaller than BJT 5) Rugged in construction and simpler to fabricate 6) High degree of isolation between Input and Output.
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