Electric power engineering education traditionally covers safety of the power equipment and systems. Little attention, if any, is given to the safety of people. When they reach professional status, most power engineers are not familiar with electric safety issues such as practices governing site works or grounding techniques of dwellings, hospitals
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Author
- List of Acronyms
- Disclaimer
- 1. Fundamentals of Electricity
- 2. Basic Components of an Electric Grid
- 3. Physiological Effects of Electricity
- 4. Ground Resistance
- 5. General Hazards of Electricity
- 6. Induced Voltage due to Electric Field
- 7. Induced Voltage due to Magnetic Field
- 8. De-Energized Line Work
- 9. Live-Line Work
- 10. Arc Flash
- 11. Atmospheric Discharge
- 12. Stray and Contact Voltages
- 13. Electric Safety under Power Lines
- 14. Coupling between Power Lines and Pipelines, Railroads, and Telecommunication Cables
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Publisher
CRC PressEdition
1Year
2013Print ISBN
9781466571495
Subtopic
Industrial DesigneBook ISBN
9781466571501
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