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Description: 
This institute, formerly the Institute of Power Engineering, was 
renamed in 1957. Its work has included research on an automatic tuning 
system for radio transmitters, study of the use of silicon solar batteries 
to supply power for remote-control equipment for irrigation systems and for 
gas and oil installations. Other work includes the design of a remote 
signal system which utilizes telephone lines, development of a new method 
of regulating the velocity of asychronous electric motors, study of the 
design and the characteristics of silicon rectifiers, and development of a 
technique to increase the dynamic stability of electric systems by connecting 
load resistors. 
The Institute has a Laboratory of Automatic Electric Drives. The 
Candidate's Degree is granted and a Trudy is published. 
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Name: Institute of Power Engineering and Electrical Ingineering 
(Institut energetiki i elektrotekhniki) 
Address: Riga 
Director: K. K. Plaude, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1960) 
Deputy Director: M. Raman, Candidate (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Latvian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. S. Kulebakin, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
iS Wea, ister} 
Ya. K. Shinka 
D. F. Strenge 
Description: 
This institute is engaged in research and development in the fields 
of power and electrical engineering. It has designed many new types of 
electrical machinery, including machines for the railway system. Theoretical 
and experimental studies have been conducted on power components and motors 
or various types. Semiconductor power units have been developed for power 
rectification. A problem laboratory has been set up in the Riga Diesel 
Plant. It publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: Institute of Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering 
(Institut energetiki i elektrotekhniki ) 
