
Electrical Power System Protection
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 530 pages
978-1-4613-6341-5 (ISBN)
Description
Electrical Power System Protection
provides practising engineers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive one -volume reference and tutorial on power system protection available. Concentrating on fundamental methods and technology and with extensive examples drawn from current practice internationally, this book will be a major reference tool for engineers involved with and affected by power system protection.
Reviews / Votes
Electrical Power System Protection is a comprehensive and detailed book ... readers who want to brush up on the principles of protective equipment could do a lot worse than start here. - Electrical ReviewMore details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVII, 530 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
826 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4613-6341-5 (9781461363415)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-3072-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

A. Wright | C. Christopoulos
Electrical Power System Protection
E-Book
12/2012
1st Edition
Springer
€96.29
Available for download

Christos Christopoulos | A. Wright
Electrical Power System Protection
Book
01/1993
Chapman and Hall
€96.00
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Content
1 Fuses.- 2 Current transformers.- 3 Voltage transformers.- 4 Overcurrent and earth fault protection.- 5 Current-differential protective schemes.- 6 The protection of transformers.- 7 The protection of rotating machines.- 8 The protection of busbars.- 9 The protection of overhead lines and cables by current-differential schemes.- 10 Interlock and phase-comparison schemes for the protection of overhead lines.- 11 Distance-type protective schemes for overhead lines and cables.- 12 Ultra-high-speed schemes for the protection of long transmission lines.- Appendix A The testing and application of power-system protective equipment.- A.1 Performance requirements.- A.2 Testing of protective devices and equipment.- A.2.1 Fuselinks.- A.2.2 Current and voltage transformers.- A.2.3 The testing of relays.- A.2.4 The testing of protective schemes.- A.3 Automatic testing of relays and protective schemes.- References.- Appendix B Percentage and per-unit quantities.- Appendix C Transformations of three-phase quantities.- C.1 Voltage, current and impedance transformation.- C.2 Transformation into symmetrical components.- C.3 Other transformations.- References.- Appendix D The determination of power-system behaviour using symmetrical components.- D.1 Sequence impedances.- D.1.1 Three-phase synchronous machines.- D.1.2 Transformers.- D.1.3 Overhead lines and cables.- D.1.4 The effects of physical asymmetry.- D.2 Sequence networks.- D.2.1 Earthing of neutral points.- D.2.2 Transformer connections.- D.3 The interconnection of sequence networks.- D.3.1 Balanced three-phase normal or fault conditions.- D.3.2 Conditions when a phase-to-phase fault is present.- D.3.3 Conditions when a single phase to earth fault is present.- D.3.4 Impedances used in sequence networks.- D.4 Numerical example.- D.4.1 Short-circuit between phases 'b' and 'c' and earth.- D.4.2 Short-circuit between phase 'a' and earth.- Reference.- Concluding remarks.