Electric Power Distribution (McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering) - Hardcover

Pabla, A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071447830 ISBN 13: 9780071447836

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2004

Synopsis

The distribution of electric power is being roiled by new technologies, poor maintenance, and privatisation. This is a reference book for power distribution, from planning fundamentals to preventing catastrophic failure (blackouts) to nuts-and-bolts maintenance. It is intended for working engineers, technicians, and graduate students.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A.S. Pabla is Chief Engineer with the Punjab State Electricity Board. He has rich experience in distribution systems, rural electrification, substation and transmission design, power planning and development, hydro-power plant design, and power plant operation and maintenance.

From the Back Cover:

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This hands-on engineering resource expertly addresses the challenges confronting today's electric utilities. Written by the former chief engineer of a large electricity system, this comprehensive text provides crucial information on avoiding power reductions and failures, and meeting tests posed by new technologies and greater loads, maintenances issues, and privatization. A one-stop source on power distribution across the grid -- from first principles through the latest in computer automation and cutting-edge design -- A.S. Pabla's Electric Power Distribution provides answers that will improve service reliability and reduce costs.

• Demand-side management
• Improved strategies for design and maintenance
• Fundamentals of system planning and design
• Practical solutions on underground cables, grounding, overhead lines, and more
• Up-to-date methods in finance and billing
• Detailed examples and worked problems

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071447830
• ISBN 13: 9780071447836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 878