1. Edition - April 2007
129.- Euro
2007. 574 Pages, Hardcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-02742-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-02742-4 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
Covering most technical aspects of power system engineering, Handbook of Power Systems Engineering helps readers understand the nature of power systems by first exploring the nature of transmission lines. The transformer circuit is next introduced before moving on to symmetrical components and an analysis of transient phenomena. The chapters following focus on generators and address the theory of generators, generating power by generator, the concept of steady-state stability and generators as rotating machinery. The latter part of the book concentrates on power system phenomena including traveling-wave surges, current-tripping, over-voltage, insulation coordination and wave-form distortion. It concludes with chapters on power cables and approaches for special circuits such as the phase-shifting and wood-bridge transformers.

From the contents
PREFACE.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

INTRODUCTION.

1 OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES AND THEIR CIRCUIT CONSTANTS.

2 SYMMETRICAL COORDINATE METHOD (SYMMETRICAL COMPONENTS).

3 FAULT ANALYSIS BY SYMMETRICAL COMPONENTS.

4 FAULT ANALYSIS OF PARALLEL CIRCUIT LINES (INCLUDING SIMULTANEOUS DOUBLE CIRCUIT FAULT).

5 PER UNIT METHOD AND INTRODUCTION OF TRANSFORMER CIRCUIT.

6 The alpha-ß-0 COORDINATE METHOD (CLARKE COMPONENTS) AND ITS APPLICATION.

7 SYMMETRICAL AND alpha-ß-0 COMPONENTS AS ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR TRANSIENT PHENOMENA.

8 NEUTRAL GROUNDING METHODS.

9 VISUAL VECTOR DIAGRAMS OF VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS UNDER FAULT CONDITIONS.

10 THEORY OF GENERATORS.

11 APPARENT POWER AND ITS EXPRESSION IN THE 0-1-2 AND d-q-0 DOMAINS.

12 GENERATING POWER AND STEADY-STATE STABILITY.

13 THE GENERATOR AS ROTATING MACHINERY.

14 TRANSIENT/DYNAMIC STABILITY, P-Q-V CHARACTERISTICS AND VOLTAGE STABILITY OF A POWER SYSTEM.

15 GENERATOR CHARACTERISTICS WITH AVR AND STABLE OPERATION LIMIT.

16 OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND THE CAPABILITY LIMITS OF GENERATORS.

17 R-X COORDINATES AND THE THEORY OF DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE RELAYS.

18 TRAVELLING-WAVE (SURGE) PHENOMENA.

19 SWITCHING SURGE PHENOMENA BY CIRCUIT-BREAKERS AND LINE SWITCHES.

20 OVERVOLTAGE PHENOMENA.

21 INSULATION COORDINATION.

22 WAVEFORM DISTORTION AND LOWER ORDER HARMONIC RESONANCE.

23 POWER CABLES.

24 APPROACHES FOR SPECIAL CIRCUITS.

APPENDIX A - MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE.

APPENDIX B - MATRIX EQUATION FORMULAE.

ANALYTICAL METHODS INDEX.

COMPONENTS INDEX.

SUBJECT INDEX.