The Electric Power Engineering Handbook/ CRC Press
Leo L. Grigsby, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

ISBN: 0849385784
Publication Date: 9/28/2000
Number of Pages: 1496
  
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 

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