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High-rating electrical circuit switch
A contactor is a type of relay with high power rating. Contactors usually refer to devices switching more than 15 amperes or in circuits rated more than a few kilowatts. Contactors are typically used to control electric motors, lighting, heating, capacitor banks, thermal evaporators, and other electrical loads. The physical size of contactors ranges from a device small enough to pick up with one hand, to large devices approximately a meter on a side. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ContactorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Review of ammonia recovery and removal from wastewater using hydrophobic membrane distillation and membrane contactorInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Electrical ContactsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachateCited 517 times
- Go sideways: RelayA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Circuit breakerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A relay used to control an electrical power circuit
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate
Effect of Contactor Area on the Vibrotactile Threshold
Distillation Studies in a High-Gravity Contactor
Membrane contactor processes for wastewater reclamation in space
Membrane contactor processes for wastewater reclamation in space
Using polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene membranes in a membrane contactor for CO2 absorption
State-of-the-art review on hollow fibre contactor technology and membrane-based extraction processes
Characterization of an Autotrophic Nitrogen-Removing Biofilm from a Highly Loaded Lab-Scale Rotating Biological Contactor
🆕 Influential since 2022
Review of ammonia recovery and removal from wastewater using hydrophobic membrane distillation and membrane contactor
A review on recent progress in environmental applications of membrane contactor technology
Response of rotating biological contactor started up by heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification bacteria to various C/N ratios
Optimization of operational parameters using RSM, ANN, and SVM in membrane integrated with rotating biological contactor
Capturing CO2 with NaOH solution from reject brine via an integrated technology based on bipolar membrane electrodialysis and hollow fiber membrane contactor
📚 Books worth reading
Electrical ContactsPaul G. Slade · 1999- 📕Applications handbook for electrical connectorsJohn D. Lenk · 1966
- 📕Pulvermetallurgie elektrischer KontakteHorst Schreiner · 1964
- 📕Guidance Note 2The Institution of Engineering and Technology · 2015
- 📕Elektrische Kontakte und SchaltvorgängeWalther Burstyn · 1942
- 📕Electric contacts handbookRagnar Holm · 1958
Schütze und SchützensteuerungenHerbert Franken · 1959- 📕Bibliography and abstracts on electrical contactsAmerican Society for Testing Materials. Committee B-4 on Electrical Heating, Resistance, and Related Alloys. · 1944
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