Practical Power Distribution for Industry
By- Jan De Kock, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Cobus Strauss, CPEng BSc (ElecEng), Bcomm, SKM Engineers, Perth, Australia
The book provides technical know-how not covered by most universities and colleges in a subject that is central to the roles of many electrical engineers in industry, focusing on switchgear, power cables, power factor correction, and network studies.
Audience
Publicity campaigns
IDC series campaigns (main focus = instrumentation & control, industrial communications)
Electrical Installation
Electrical Engineering / Power Engineering: Industrial Applications
Power Engineering: Electrical Transmission and Distribution
Special sales / accounts
Catalogue accounts (RS Components, Farnell, etc)
ISA (Instrumentation Society of America)
Named contacts in large companies provided by IDC Technologies
Paperback, 192 Pages
Published: July 2004
Imprint: Newnes
ISBN: 978-0-7506-6396-0
Reviews
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"The book provides concise technical details, accompanied by well-written text...readers will gain practical technical know-how for becoming knowledgeable in some of the critical factors important in selecting switchgear, power cables, power transformers, power factor correction, and calculating short-circuit currents...this book does gives the reader an excellent overview of the more practical aspects of some medium voltage power distribution components in an electrical system." - IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
Contents
- Introduction & Definitions, Fundamentals of Power Distribution, Short-circuit current calculations, Medium Voltage Switchgear, Power Cables, Transformers, Compensation and Power Factor Correction, Grounding, Overview of Computer Simulation Software, Latest Developments in Technology
