Book description
Electric Power Transmission and Distribution is a comprehensive text, designed for undergraduate courses in power systems and transmission and distribution. Written in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, this book introduces the reader to electrical, mechanical and economic aspects of the design and construction of electric power transmission and distribution systems. Some key features of the book include a comprehensive chapter on voltage control; in-depth coverage on transmission-line parameters, performance of short, medium and long transmission lines; exclusive chapters on substations and economical design of power- and distribution systems; precise explanations, supported by examples; photographs that enable students to visualize the components of transmission systems; solved problems using MATLAB; 'Chapter at a Glance' at the end of every chapter to strengthen the learning process.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1: Transmission and Distribution: AN Introduction
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2: Transmission-Line Parameters
- 2.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 2.2 - CONDUCTOR MATERIALS
- 2.3 - TYPES OF CONDUCTORS
- 2.4 - BUNDLED CONDUCTORS
- 2.5 - RESISTANCE
- 2.6 - CURRENT DISTORTION EFFECT
- 2.7 - INDUCTANCE
- 2.8 - INDUCTANCE OF A SINGLE-PHASE TWO-WIRE SYSTEM
- 2.9 - FLUX LINKAGES WITH ONE SUB-CONDUCTOR OF A COMPOSITE CONDUCTOR
- 2.10 - INDUCTANCE OF A SINGLE-PHASE SYSTEM (WITH COMPOSITE CONDUCTORS)
- 2.11 - INDUCTANCE OF THREE-PHASE LINES
- 2.12 - INDUCTANCE OF THREE-PHASE DOUBLE CIRCUIT LINE
- 2.13 - CAPACITANCE
- 2.14 - POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS DUE TO A CHARGE
- 2.15 - CAPACITANCE OF A SINGLE-PHASE LINE (TWO-WIRE LINE)
- 2.16 - POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO CONDUCTORS OF A GROUP OF CHARGED CONDUCTORS
- 2.17 - CAPACITANCE OF THREE-PHASE LINES
- 2.18 - CAPACITANCE OF A THREE-PHASE DOUBLE-CIRCUIT LINE
- 2.19 - EFFECT OF EARTH ON TRANSMISSION LINE CAPACITANCE
- 3: Performance of Short and Medium Transmission Lines
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4: Performance of Long Transmission Lines
- 4.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 4.2 - RIGOROUS SOLUTION
- 4.3 - INTERPRETATION OF THE LONG LINE EQUATIONS
- 4.4 - EVALUATION OF TRANSMISSION LINE CONSTANTS
- 4.5 - REGULATION
- 4.6 - EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT REPRESENTATION OF LONG LINES
- 4.7 - TUNED TRANSMISSION LINES
- 4.8 - CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE
- 4.9 - SURGE IMPEDANCE LOADING (SIL)
- 4.10 - FERRANTI EFFECT
- 4.11 - CONSTANT VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION
- 4.12 - CHARGING CURRENT IN LINES
- 4.13 - LINE LOADABILITY
- 4.14 - POWER FLOW THROUGH A TRANSMISSION LINE
- 4.15 - CIRCLE DIAGRAM
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5: Transmission Line Transients
- 5.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 5.2 - TYPES OF SYSTEM TRANSIENTS
- 5.3 - TRAVELLING WAVES ON A TRANSMISSION LINE
- 5.4 - THE WAVE EQUATION
- 5.5 - EVALUATION OF SURGE IMPEDANCE
- 5.6 - IMPORTANCE OF SURGE IMPEDANCE
- 5.7 - TRAVELLING WAVE
- 5.8 - EVALUATION OF VELOCITY OF WAVE PROPAGATION
- 5.9 - REFLECTION AND REFRACTION COEFFICIENT (LINE TERMINATED THROUGH A RESISTANCE)
- 5.10 - LINE CONNECTED TO A CABLE
- 5.11 - REFLECTION AND REFRACTION AT A T-JUNCTION
- 5.12 - REACTANCE TERMINATION
- 5.13 - BEWLEY'S LATTICE DIAGRAM
- 5.14 - ATTENUATION OF TRAVELLING WAVES
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6: Corona
- 6.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 6.2 - THEORY OF CORONA FORMATION (CORONA DISCHARGE)
- 6.3 - ELECTRIC STRESS
- 6.4 - CRITICAL DISRUPTIVE VOLTAGE
- 6.5 - VISUAL CRITICAL VOLTAGE
- 6.6 - POWER LOSS DUE TO CORONA
- 6.7 - FACTORS AFFECTING CORONA LOSS
- 6.8 - METHODS FOR REDUCING CORONA LOSS
- 6.9 - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CORONA
- 6.10 - EFFECT OF CORONA ON LINE DESIGN
- 6.11 - RADIO INTERFERENCE
- 6.12 - AUDIO NOISE
- 6.13 - INTERFERENCE WITH COMMUNICATION LINES
- 6.14 - CORONA PHENOMENA IN HVDC LINES
- 7: Mechanical Design of Transmission Line
- 8: Overhead Line Insulators
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9: Underground Cables
- 9.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 - GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF A CABLE
- 9.3 - TYPES OF CABLES
- 9.4 - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF UNDERGROUND CABLES OVER OVERHEAD LINES
- 9.5 - PROPERTIES OF INSULATING MATERIALS FOR CABLES
- 9.6 - INSULATION RESISTANCE OF CABLES
- 9.7 - CAPACITANCE OF A SINGLE-CORE CABLE
- 9.8 - DIELECTRIC STRESS IN A CABLE
- 9.9 - ECONOMICAL CORE DIAMETER
- 9.10 - GRADING OF CABLES
- 9.11 - POWER FACTOR IN CABLES (DIELECTRIC POWER FACTOR)
- 9.12 - CAPACITANCE OF A THREE-CORE CABLE
- 9.13 - HEATING OF CABLES
- 9.14 - THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
- 9.15 - TESTING OF CABLES
- 9.16 - LAYING OF CABLES
- 9.17 - CABLE FAULTS
- 9.18 - DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY OF CABLES
- 10: Power Factor Improvement
- 11: Voltage Control
- 12: Electric Power Supply Systems
-
13: Substations
- 13.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 13.2 - FACTORS GOVERNING THE SELECTION OF SITE
- 13.3 - CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTATION
- 13.4 - MERITS AND DEMERITS OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SUBSTATIONS
- 13.5 - SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT
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13.6 - TYPES OF BUS BAR ARRANGEMENTS
- 13.6.1 - Single Bus Bar
- 13.6.2 - Single-Bus Bar System with Sectionalization
- 13.6.3 - Double Bus Bar with Single Breaker
- 13.6.4 - Double Bus Bar with Two Circuit Breakers
- 13.6.5 - Breakers and a Half with Two Main Buses
- 13.6.6 - Main and Transfer Bus Bar
- 13.6.7 - Double Bus Bar with Bypass Isolator
- 13.6.8 - Ring Bus
- 13.7 - POLE AND PLINTH-MOUNTED TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS
- 13.8 - OPTIMAL SUBSTATION LOCATION
- 13.9 - BASIC TERMS OF EARTHING
- 13.10 - GROUNDING OR NEUTRAL EARTHING
- 13.11 - EARTHING OF SUBSTATIONS
- 13.12 - METHODS OF NEUTRAL GROUNDING
- 13.13 - GROUNDING GRID
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14: Distribution Systems
- 14.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 14.2 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DISTRIBUTION
- 14.3 - DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- 14.4 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LOSSES
- 14.5 - CLASSIFICATION OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- 14.6 - RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- 14.7 - RING OR LOOP DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- 14.8 - INTERCONNECTED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
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14.9 - DC DISTRIBUTION
- 14.9.1 - Distributor Fed at One End with Concentrated Loads
- 14.9.2 - Distributor Fed at Both Ends with Concentrated Loads
- 14.9.3 - Uniformly Loaded Distributor Fed at One End
- 14.9.4 - Uniformly Distributed Load Fed at Both Ends at the Same Voltage
- 14.9.5 - Uniformly Distributed Load Fed at Both Ends at Different Voltages
- 14.10 - RING DISTRIBUTION
- 14.11 - STEPPED DISTRIBUTOR
- 14.12 - AC DISTRIBUTION
- 14.13 - AC THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION
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15: Ehv and Hvdc Transmission Lines
- 15.1 - INTRODUCTION
- 15.2 - NEED OF EHV TRANSMISSION LINES
- 15.3 - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EHV LINES
- 15.4 - METHODS OF INCREASING TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY OF EHV LINES
- 15.5 - HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
- 15.6 - COMPARISON BETWEEN AC AND DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
- 15.7 - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HVDC SYSTEMS
- 15.8 - HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
- 15.9 - RECTIFICATION
- 15.10 - THREE-PHASE BRIDGE CONVERTER
- 15.11 - INVERSION
- 15.12 - COMPONENTS OF HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
- 15.13 - HARMONIC FILTERS
- 15.14 - APPLICATION OF HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
- 16: Flexible AC Transmission Systems
- Appendix 1: Datasheets
- Appendix 2: Answers to Problems
- Appendix 3: Answers to Odd Questions
- Appendix 4: Solutions Using MATLAB Programs
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgement
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Electric Power Transmission and Distribution
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2008
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9788131707913
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