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By
KC Agrawal, Independent Electrical Engineering Consultant with extensive experience within the industry as well as managing his own company handling similiar products.
Description
Never before has so much ground been covered in a single volume reference source. This five-part work is sure to be of great value to
students, technicians and practicing engineers as well as equipment designers and manufacturers, and should become their one-stop shop
for all information needs in this subject area.
This book will be of interest to those working with: Static Drives, Static Controls
of Electric Motors, Speed Control of Electric Motors, Soft Starting, Fluid Coupling, Wind Mills, Generators, Painting procedures, Effluent
treatment, Electrostatic Painting, Liquid Painting, Instrument Transformers, Core Balanced CTs, CTs, VTs, Current Transformers, Voltage
Transformers, Earthquake engineering, Seismic testing, Seismic effects, Cabling, Circuit Breakers, Switching Surges, Insulation Coordination,
Surge Protection, Lightning, Over-voltages, Ground Fault Protections, Earthing, Earth fault Protection, Shunt Capacitors, Reactive control,
Bus Systems, Bus Duct, & Rising mains
Audience
Electrical, Plant and Facilities / Maintenance Engineers practicing in industry. Students, designers and equipment manufacturers.
Contents
Part 1: ELECTRIC MOTORS. Theory, Performance and Constructional Features Of Induction Motors; Motor Torque, Load Torque and Selection
Of Motors; Duties Of Induction Motors; Starting Of Squirrel Cage Induction Motors; Starting and Control Of Slip-Ring Induction Motors;
Static Control and Braking Of Motors; Special Purpose Motors; Transmission Of Load and Suitability Of Bearings; Winding Insulation and
Its Maintenance; Installation and Maintenance Of Electric Motors; Philosophy Of Quality Systems and Testing Of Electrical Machines; Protection
Of Electric Motors; A Few Rules of Thumb for day-to-day Use.
Part 2: SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLIES AND CAPTIVE POWER GENERATION. Switchgear
and Controlgear Assemblies; Painting Procedure of Switchgear and Controlgear Assembiles and Treatment of Effluent; Testing of a Metal
Enclosed Switchgear Assembly; Instrument and Control Transformers : Application and Selection; Captive Power Generation; Selection of
Power Cables
Part 3: VOLTAGE SURGES, OVER VOLTAGES AND GROUNDING PRACTICES. Voltage Surges - Causes, Effects and Remedies; Surge Arresters
: Application and Selection; Circuit Interrupters; Temporary Over Voltages; Grounding Philosophy; Grounding Practices
Part 4: POWER
CAPACITORS. Switching Phenomenon and Power Factor Improvement; System Regulation (Use of Series Capacitors); Making of Capacitor Units
and Ratings of Switching Devices; Protection, Maintenance and Testing of Capacitor Units; Power Reactors
Part 5: BUS SYSTEMS. Power
Carrying through Metal Enclosed Bus Systems; Recommended Practices to Mount the Buses and Making the Bus Joints; Properties and Ratings
of Current Carrying Conductors; Isolated Phase Bus System; Testing of a Metal Enclosed Bus System
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 992 pages, publication date: OCT-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7351-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7351-6
Imprint: NEWNES
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