Practical Power System Protection
eBook - PDF

Practical Power System Protection

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Practical Power System Protection

About this book

Plant operators, electricians, field technicians and engineers will gain a practical understanding of the role and workings of power system protection systems from this work. An understanding of power systems and their optimized management will increase plant efficiency and performance as well as increasing safety levels. This book provides both the underpinning knowledge and basic calculations needed to understand, specify, use and maintain power protection systems, and the practical techniques required on a daily basis.After studying this book you will have an excellent knowledge of the principles of protection. You will also have a better understanding of the possible problems likely to arise in day-to-day work with power protection systems. Key areas of knowledge and expertise developed will include: * Fundamentals of electrical power protection and applications* Different fault types* Perform simple fault and design calculations* Practical knowledge of protection system components* Apply relay settings* Improve the safety of your site with the knowledge gained* Increase plant efficiency, performance and safety levels by developing your understanding of power system protection* Gain a practical knowledge of the engineering challenges of power system protection: fault types, component types, relay settings, etc.* Coverage includes both the fundamentals and the basic fault and design calculations needed to specify, use and maintain power protection systems

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Yes, you can access Practical Power System Protection by Leslie Hewitson,Mark Brown,Ramesh Balakrishnan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Construction & Architectural Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. 1. Need for protection
  4. 2. Faults, types and effects
  5. 3. Simple calculation of short-circuit currents
  6. 4. System earthing
  7. 5. Fuses
  8. 6. Instrument transformers
  9. 7. Circuit breakers
  10. 8. Tripping batteries
  11. 9. Relays
  12. 10. Coordination by time grading
  13. 11. Low-voltage networks
  14. 12. Mine underground distribution protection
  15. 13. Principles of unit protection
  16. 14. Feeder protection cable feeders and overhead lines
  17. 15. Transformer protection
  18. 16. Switchgear (busbar) protection
  19. 17. Motor protection relays
  20. 18. Generator protection
  21. 19. Management of protection
  22. Index