By
Ray Arnold
Martin Heathcote, International Transformer & Electrical Engineering Consultant
Martin Heathcote, International Transformer & Electrical Engineering Consultant
Description
Maintaining appropriate power systems and equipment expertise is necessary for a utility to support the reliability, availability, and
quality of service goals demanded by energy consumers now and into the future. However, transformer talent is at a premium today, and
all aspects of the power industry are suffering a diminishing of the supply of knowledgeable and experienced engineers.
Now in print
for over 80 years since initial publication in 1925 by Johnson & Phillips Ltd, the J & P Transformer Book continues to withstand the
test of time as a key body of reference material for students, teachers, and all whose careers are involved in the engineering processes
associated with power delivery, and particularly with transformer design, manufacture, testing, procurement, application, operation,
maintenance, condition assessment and life extension.
Current experience and knowledge have been brought into this thirteenth edition
with discussions on moisture equilibrium in the insulation system, vegetable based natural ester insulating fluids, industry concerns
with corrosive sulphur in oil, geomagnetic induced current (GIC) impacts, transportation issues, new emphasis on measurement of load
related noise, and enhanced treatment of dielectric testing (including Frequency Response Analysis), Dissolved Gas analysis (DGA) techniques
and tools, vacuum LTCs, shunt and series reactors, and HVDC converter transformers. These changes in the thirteenth edition together
with updates of IEC reference Standards documentation and inclusion for the first time of IEEE reference Standards, provide recognition
that the transformer industry and market is truly global in scale.
-- From the foreword by Donald J. Fallon
Martin Heathcote is
a consultant specializing in power transformers, primarily working for utilities. In this context he has established working relationships
with transformer manufacturers on several continents. His background with Ferranti and the UK’s Central Electricity Generating Board
(CEGB) included transformer design and the management and maintenance of transformer-based systems.
Audience:
'Electrical Engineers involved in the design, installation and maintenance of power transformers; Students and researchers specialising
in electrical power engineering and transformers; Other professionals in related industries, including architects and system planners
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