Electrical Power System Protection

by A. Wright, C. Christopoulos

Overview

Electrical Power System Protection provides practising engineers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive one -volume reference and tutorial on power system protection available. Concentrating on fundamental methods and technology and with extensive examples drawn from current practice internationally, this book will be a major reference tool for engineers involved with and affected by power system protection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461363415
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. List of Symbols. Fuses. Current transformers. Voltage transformers. Overcurrent and earthfault protection. Current-differential protective schemes. The protection of transformers. The protection of rotating machines. The protection of busbars. The protection of overhead lines and cables by current-differential schemes. Interlock and phase comparison schemes for the protection of overhead lines. Distance-type protective schemes for overhead lines and cables. Ultra-high-speed schemes for the protection of long transmission lines. Appendix A: the testing and application of power-system protective equipment. Appendix B: Percentage and per-unit quantities. Appendix C: transformations of three-phase quantities. Appendix D: the determination of power-system behaviour using symmetrical components.

Editorial Reviews

Electrical Power System Protection is a comprehensive and detailed book ... readers who want to brush up on the principles of protective equipment could do a lot worse than start here. - Electrical Review

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