The Electric Power Engineering Handbook

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Features

  • Provides authoritative, factual information for practicing electric power engineers
  • Offers a contemporary overview of electric power engineering ideal for professionals from other disciplines
  • Features contributions from more than 120 international experts from industry and academia
  • Covers the full spectrum of electric power engineering, from electric power generation, transformation, transmission, and distribution to non-conventional energy sources, power electronics, and power quality
  • Summary

    The astounding technological developments of our age depend on a safe, reliable, and economical supply of electric power. It stands central to continued innovations and particularly to the future of developing countries. Therefore, the importance of electric power engineering cannot be overstated, nor can the importance of this handbook to the power engineer.

    Until now, however, power engineers have had no comprehensive reference to help answer their questions quickly, concisely, and authoritatively-A one-stop reference written by electric power engineers specifically for electric power engineers.

    Table of Contents

    ELECTRIC POWER
    Wind Power
    Advanced Energy Technologies
    Photovoltaics
    ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION
    Hydroelectric Power Generation
    Synchronous Machinery
    Thermal Generating Plants
    Distributed utilities
    TRANSFORMERS
    Problem and Failure Investigations
    Theory and Principles
    Power Transformers
    Distribution Transformers
    Underground Distribution Transformers
    Dry Type Transformers
    Step-Voltage Regulators
    Reactors
    Instrument Transformers
    Transformer Connections
    LTC Control and Transformer Paralleling
    Loading Power Transformers
    Causes and Effects of Transformer sound Levels
    Electrical Bushings
    Load Tap changers
    Insulating Media
    Transformer Testing
    Transformer Installation and Maintenance
    The United States Power Transformer Equipment Standards and Processes
    On-Line Monitoring
    TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Introduction
    Concept of energy Transmission
    Transmission Line Structures
    Insulators and Accessories
    Transmission Line Construction and Maintenance
    Insulated Power Cables for High Voltage Applications
    Transmission Line Parameters
    Sags and Tension
    Transmission Systems
    Geomagnetic Disturbances and Impacts upon Power System Operation
    Lighting Protection
    Reactive Power Compensation
    SUBSTATIONS
    Gas Insulated Substations
    Air Insulated Substation-Bus/Switching Configurations
    High Voltage Switching Equipment
    High Voltage Power Electronic Substations
    Considerations in Applying Automation Systems to Electric Utility Substations
    Substation Automation
    Oil Containment
    Community Considerations
    Animal Deterrents/Security
    Substation Grounding
    Grounding and Lightning
    Seismic Considerations
    Substations Fire Protection
    DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    Power System Loads
    Distribution System Modeling and Analysis
    Reliability
    Planning
    Power System Operation and Control
    ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION
    Metering of Electric Power and Energy
    Load characteristics Models
    Basic Electric Power Utilization-Loads, Load chsaracterization, and Load Modeling
    Motors
    POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION
    The Per-Unit System
    Symmetrical Components for Power system Analysis
    Power flow analysis
    Fault Analysis in Power Systems
    POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION
    Current and Voltage Transducers
    Transformer Protection
    The Protection of Synchronous Generators
    Transmission Line Protection
    Bus Protection
    System Protection
    Digital Relaying
    Gault Recorder Data Analysis
    Security Analysis
    POWER SYSTEM TRANSIENTS
    Characteristics of Lightning Strokes
    Overvoltages Caused by Direct Lighting
    Overvoltages Caused by Indirect Lightning Strokes
    Switching Surges
    Very Fast Transients
    Transient Voltage Response of Coils and Winding
    Grounding
    Insulation Coordination
    POWER SYSTEM DYNAMICS/STABILITY
    Power System Stability-Overview
    Transient Stability
    Small Signal Stability and Power System Oscillations
    Voltage Stability
    Direct Stability Methods
    Power System Stability Controls
    Power System Dynamic Modeling
    Direct Analysis of Wide Area Dynamics
    Power System Dynamic Security Assessment
    Power System Dynamic Interaction with Turbine-Generators
    POWER SYSTEM OPERATION/CONTROL
    Energy Management
    Generation Control: Economic Dispatch and Unit Commitment
    POWER SYSTEM PLANNING (RELIABILITY)
    Planning
    Short-Term Load and Price Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks
    Transmission Plan Evaluation-Assessment of System Reliability
    Power System Planning
    Power System Reliability
    POWER ELECTRONICS
    Power Semiconductor Devices
    Uncontrolled and Controlled Rectifiers
    Inverters
    Active Filters for Power Conditioning
    POWER QUALITY
    Introduction
    Wiring and Grounding for Power Quality
    Harmonics in Power Systems
    Voltage Sags
    Voltage Fluctuations and Lamp Flicker in Power Systems
    Power Quality Monitoring