Featuring contributions from worldwide leaders in the field, the carefully crafted Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, Third Edition (part of the five-volume set, The Electric Power Engineering Handbook) provides convenient access to detailed information on a diverse array of power engineering topics. Updates to nearly every chapter keep this book at the forefront of developments in modern power systems, reflecting international standards, practices, and technologies.
Topics covered include:
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Electric Power Generation : Nonconventional Methods
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Electric Power Generation : Conventional Methods
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Transmission System
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Distribution Systems
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Electric Power Utilization
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Power Quality
L.L. Grigsby, a respected and accomplished authority in power engineering, and section editors Saifur Rahman, Rama Ramakumar, George Karady, Bill Kersting, Andrew Hanson, and Mark Halpin present substantially new and revised material, giving readers up-to-date information on core areas. These include advanced energy technologies, distributed utilities, load characterization and modeling, and power quality issues such as power system harmonics, voltage sags, and power quality monitoring.
With six new and 16 fully revised chapters, the book supplies a high level of detail and, more importantly, a tutorial style of writing and use of photographs and graphics to help the reader understand the material.
Preface
Part I : Electric Power Generation : Nonconventional Methods
Chapter 1 : Wind Power
Chapter 2 : Photovoltaic Fundamentals
Chapter 3 : Advanced Energy Technologies
Chapter 4 : Water
Part II : Electric Power Generation : Conventional Methods
Chapter 5 : Hydroelectric Power Generation, S.R. Brockschink
Chapter 6 : Synchronous Machinery
Chapter 7 : Thermal Generating Plants
Chapter 8 : Distributed Utilities
Part III : Transmission System
Chapter 9 : Concept of Energy Transmission and Distribution
Chapter 10 : Transmission Line Structures
Chapter 11 : Insulators and Accessories
Chapter 12 : Transmission Line Construction and Maintenance
Chapter 13 : Insulated Power Cables Used in Underground Applications
Chapter 14 : Transmission Line Parameters
Chapter 15 : Sag and Tension of Conductor
Chapter 16 : Corona and Noise
Chapter 17 : Geomagnetic Disturbances and Impacts upon Power System Operation
Chapter 18 : Lightning Protection
Chapter 19 : Reactive Power Compensation
Chapter 20 : Environmental Impact of Transmission Lines
Chapter 21 : Transmission Line Reliability
Chapter 22 : High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission System
Chapter 23 : Transmission Line Structures
Chapter 24 : Advanced Technology High-Temperature Conductors
Part IV : Distribution Systems
Chapter 25 : Power System Loads
Chapter 26 : Distribution System Modeling and Analysis
Chapter 27 : Power System Operation and Control
Chapter 28 : Hard-to-Find Information (on Distribution System Characteristics and Protection)
Chapter 29 : Real-Time Control of Distributed Generation
Chapter 30 : Distribution Short-Circuit Protection
Part V : Electric Power Utilization
Chapter 31 : Metering of Electric Power and Energy
Chapter 32 : Basic Electric Power Utilization : Loads, Load Characterization and Load Modeling
Chapter 33 : Electric Power Utilization : Motors
Chapter 34 : Linear Electric Motors
Part VI : Power Quality
Chapter 35 : Introduction
Chapter 36 : Wiring and Grounding for Power Quality
Chapter 37 : Harmonics in Power Systems
Chapter 38 : Voltage Sags
Chapter 39 : Voltage Fluctuations and Lamp Flicker in Power Systems
Chapter 40 : Power Quality Monitoring
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