Electrical Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
- 2nd
- New Delhi PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., Delhi 2014,c 2008
- 433
This accessible text, now in its Second Edition, continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of electric power generation, transmission and distribution, including the operation and management of different systems in these areas. It gives an overview of the basic principles of electrical engineering and load characteristics and provides exhaustive system-level description of several power plants, such as thermal, electric, nuclear and gas power plants. The book fully explores the basic theory and also covers emerging concepts and technologies. The conventional topics of transmission subsystem including HVDC transmission are also discussed, along with an introduction to new technologies in power transmission and control such as Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS). Numerous solved examples, inter-spersed throughout, illustrate the concepts discussed. Provides two new chapters on Diesel Engine Power Plants and Power System Restructuring to make the students aware of the changes taking place in the power system industry.
Includes more solved and unsolved problems in each chapter to enhance the problem solving skills of the students.
Primarily designed as a text for the undergraduate students of electrical engineering, the book should also be of great value to power system engineers.
Contents Preface • Preface to the First Edition 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SOURCES OF ELECTRIC ENERGY 3. BASIC PRINCIPLES 4. LOAD CHARACTERISTICS AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS 5. STEAM POWER PLANTS 6. HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS 7. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 8. GAS POWER PLANTS 9. DIESEL ENGINE POWER PLANTS 10. TRANSMISSION LINE PARAMETERS (CONSTANTS) CALCULATIONS 11. ANALYSIS OF TRANSMISSION LINES 12. INSULATORS FOR OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES 13. DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION LINES 14. CORONA AND RADIO INTERFERENCE 15. INSULATED CABLES 16. HVDC TRANSMISSION AND FACTS TECHNOLOGY 17. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS 18. POWER SUBSTATIONS 19. GROUNDING SYSTEMS 20. POWER SYSTEM RESTRUCTURING Bibliography • Answers to Problems Index