Electricity + Control August 2015

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Control systems and automation 4

Breaking the Surface: Servo terminals move virtual ocean By M Matuschke, Beckhoff

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Energy and enviroFiciency 12

Generation III+ VVER nuclear reactors By DE Kolchinsky, AV Molchanov, VV Bezlepkin, AM Altshuller (St Petersburg Atomenergoproekt, a branch of VNIPIET, Russia), R Collyer, Rosatom SA 15 Round UP

Electrical protection and safety 18

IR windows By S Edwards, R&C Instrumentation

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Temperature measurement 24

Improving productivity in a temperature calibration laboratory By R Ainsworth, Fluke Calibration

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Standby and back-up 30

Keeping the lights on in smart buildings By M Da Silva, Power Solutions, The Jasco Group

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Time to focus on standby power system servicing By J Ward, Powermode

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Transformers and substations 36 Efficiency analysis of a three phase power transformer By R Gouws and O Dobzhanskyi, North-West University 42 Round UP

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