Glossary - Franklin Electric SUBMONITOR CONNECT Manuel D'installation Et D'utilisation

Glossary

Acronym/
Term
AWG American Wire Gauge
BMS Building Management System
BPC Bypass Controller
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
FLA Full Load Amperes
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GPM Gallons per Minute
HMI Human Machine Interface
HOA Hand/Off/Auto switching
IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
IP International Protection rating
LDT Load Detection Trip
MCCB Molded Case Circuit Breaker
MMS Manual Motor Starter
MOL Motor Overload
NEC National Electrical Code
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturer Association
PFC Power Factor Correction
PID Proportional Integral Derivative
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PMA Pump and Motor Assembly
PSC Permanent Split Capacitor
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
Definition Description
A standardized measurement of wire diameters important for
determining current-carrying capacity.
A computer-based control system installed in buildings that
controls and monitors the building's mechanical and electrical
equipment.
See RFI.
The nameplate amperage rating of the motor when it is running
at its designed horsepower and on the motors designed voltage.
A fast-acting circuit breaker designed to shut off electric power
in the event of a ground-fault within as little as 1/40 of a second.
A unit of volumetric flow rate in the United States.
An interface that permits interaction between a human and a
machine, such as a display and keyboard.
A three-terminal power semiconductor device used as an elec-
tronic switch to synthesize complex waveforms with pulse-
width modulation in a variable-frequency drive (VFD).
Used as protection measures for motors, electrical devices and
motors.
An MCCB provides protection by combining a temperature sen-
sitive device with a current sensitive electromagnetic device.
An electromechanical protection device used to switch motors
ON/OFF manually and to provide fuseless protection against
short-circuit, overload, and phase failures.
A regionally adoptable standard for the safe installation of elec-
trical wiring and equipment in the United States.
The largest trade association of electrical equipment manufac-
turers in the United States. NEMA publishes more than 700 stan-
dards for electrical enclosures, motors and magnet wire, AC
plugs and receptacles, etc.
A control loop feedback mechanism used in applications requir-
ing continuously modulated control.
A digital computer used for automation of typically industrial
electromechanical processes.
A modulation technique used to control the power supplied to
electrical devices, especially for motor speed control.
A disturbance generated by an external source that affects an
electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic cou-
pling, or conduction.
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