Title: The Electric Power Industry : A Nontechnical Guide Author: , A. Andrew Gallo ISBN: 1955578109 / 9781955578103 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 409 Publisher: PennWell Year: 2022 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
The move from carbon-based fuels to renewables — particularly wind and solar which produce electricity — make this book a "must read" for anyone who works in the energy space or just wants to know more about energy and its future.
Covering generation to distribution, this book provides a practical guide to the electrical power industry, with a special focus on renewables — their opportunities and challenges. Starting with an explanation of electricity, how it works, and why it works that way, the book moves on to a history of the industry that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity. The book also covers the materials, hardware, and instruments the industry uses, and how utilities construct, operate, and maintain "the grid", encompassing control rooms, wide area controls, and cybersecurity. The final chapters explain regulations, grid reliability, markets, and the challenges the industry faces in the future.
Features and Benefits
Electrical energy basics
History of electricity
Renewables and clean energy
The electricity value chain
Cybersecurity
Operations
Storage
Role of natural Gas
System reliability
Markets
Challenges for the future
Audience
Field level personnel
Management
Energy lending and finance professionals
Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
Students
List of Figures & Tables
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Electrical Energy Basics Chapter 2 : History of Electricity Chapter 3 : Electrical Generation Chapter 4 : Electrical Transmission Systems Chapter 5 : Electrical Distribution Grids Chapter 6 : Wide Area Controls and Cyber Security Chapter 7 : Control Rooms Chapter 8 : Electrical Energy Storage Chapter 9 : Gas-Electric Coordination Chapter 10 : Bulk Electrical System Reliability Chapter 11 : Electricity Markets Chapter 12 : Challenges for the Future
Glossary
Common Units of Measure
Notes
Figure References
Index