Power System Operation - Hardcover

Miller, Robert H; Malinowski, James H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0780334612 ISBN 13: 9780780334618

Publisher: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE), 1994

Synopsis

The best-selling power system operation manual ever published--NOW IN AN ALL-NEW EDITION! For over 30 years more electrical power professionals have used this guide for safe, economical system operation than any other in print. Why? Because Power System Operation, by Robert Miller and James Malinowski, presents more of the fundamental principles and methods dispatchers and operators need in a clear, easy-to-understand style. Now this third edition has been expanded by 50% to cover even more: VAR flows; Power system control; Telemetering methods; Supervisory control and data acquisition methods; System control, protection and stability; System reliability factors, Power system energy transfer; Energy accounting in interconnected operations; Operating systems most economically; EHV operation; Power system communications; Impedance of parallel circuits; Effects of resistance on impedance.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Long established as the standard reference for power system operating professionals, this definitive guide provides full coverage of the essential principles and methods of electric power system operation. This revised and expanded Third Edition fully explains how power systems work, providing detailed information on power production, transmission substations, and circuits and control systems for electric power facilities. Critical information is included on power system control ... protection and stability of power systems ... economic operation ... telemetering ... supervisory control ... data acquisition ... and extra high voltage systems. The Third Edition provides timely material on substation arrangements, new methods of power production, reliability factors, and system protection. End-of-chapter questions and summaries highlight key points - to further extend the guide's value in assuring safe, reliable, and economic operation of power systems and equipment in any facility.

About the Author

Robert H. Miller is an engineering consultant specializing in power system operation, communications, and control. He previously worked as Assistant manager of the Power Control Department at Pacific Gas & Electrical Company. He also spent approximately five years in Brazil and other Latin American countries as a consultant on power system communication, operation, and control. Mr. Miller is a senior member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, a registered electrical engineer, and the author of technical papers on communications and power system operation.

James H. Malinowski recently took early retirement from his position of manager of the Power Control Department at Pacific Gas & Electrical Company and is participating in the start-up of a company, Industrial Peer-to-Peer, Inc., which provides the state-of-the-art computer-network-based operational datat display systems to the electric utilityand other process control industries. Mr. Malinowski is a senior member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, a registered electrical engineer, and he also has been active in various industry organizations, including the California Power Pool and the Western Systems Coordinating Council Operations Committee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE)
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0780334612
• ISBN 13: 9780780334618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 282