A common component used on walk-in coolers, freezers, and other refrigeration equipment is the liquid line solenoid. It is a fluid control device that is used to stop the flow of refrigerant to an ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the unique nonlinear characteristics of a high-speed drive circuit for proportional solenoid, i.e., the inverse discharging drive circuit (IDDC), which has a faster ...

To meet increasing CAFÉ requirements, OEMs have been downsizing engine sizes and adding technologies such as turbocharging and GDI for years. Another technology seen in your service bay to accomplish ...

If you really think about it, starting our cars as easily as we do every day is something of a modern miracle. We jump into our vehicles, turn a key (or even just push a button on many occasions), and ...

It’s not easy being a passive component such as the humble inductor (also called a coil or choke, depending on how and where it’s used and fabricated). It doesn’t get much respect or attention as ...

Several years ago, Paul Rako, in collaboration with the late, great Bob Pease, wrote a terrific article about the finer theoretical and practical points of electromagnetic solenoid-driver circuits. 1 ...

The truck’s electrical system is a complicated web of wiring, a current-carrying circulatory system that sprouts from the truck’s batteries to power a myriad of systems. Nearly everything on today’s ...

As a work of art, solenoid engines are an impressive display of electromagnetics in action. There is limited practical use for them though, so usually they are relegated to that realm and remain ...

Since humans first starting playing with electricity, we’ve proven ourselves pretty clever at finding ways to harness that power and turn it into motion. Electric motors of every type move the world, ...