Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

Electric Power Engineering Series

Featuring contributions from worldwide leaders in the field, the carefully crafted Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, Third Edition (part of the five-volume set, The Electric Power Engineering Handbook) provides convenient access to detailed information on a diverse array of power engineering topics. Updates to nearly every chapter keep this book at the forefront of developments in modern power systems, reflecting international standards, practices, and technologies. Topics covered include:

• Electric power generation: nonconventional methods;
• Electric power generation: conventional methods;
• Transmission system;
• Distribution systems;
• Electric power utilization;
• Power quality;

L.L. Grigsby, a respected and accomplished authority in power engineering, and section editors Saifur Rahman, Rama Ramakumar, George Karady, Bill Kersting, Andrew Hanson, and Mark Halpin present substantially new and revised material, giving readers up-to-date information on core areas. These include advanced energy technologies, distributed utilities, load characterization and modeling, and power quality issues such as power system harmonics, voltage sags, and power quality monitoring. With six new and 16 fully revised chapters, the book supplies a high level of detail and, more importantly, a tutorial style of writing and use of photographs and graphics to help the reader understand the material. New chapters cover:

• Water;
• Transmission Line Reliability Methods;
• High Voltage Direct Current Transmission System;
• Advanced Technology High-Temperature Conduction;
• Distribution Short-Circuit Protection;
• Linear Electric Motors;

Table of Contents

Part I: Electric Power Generation: Nonconventional Methods, S. Rahman

Wind Power, V. Nelson; Photovoltaic Fundamentals, R.A. Messenger; Advanced Energy Technologies, S. Rahman; Water, V. Nelson

Part II: Electric Power Generation: Conventional Methods, R. Ramakumar

Hydroelectric Power Generation, S.R. Brockschink, J.H. Gurney, and D.B. Seely; Synchronous Machinery, P.I. Nippes; Thermal Generating Plants, K.H. Sebra; Distributed Utilities, J.R. Kennedy and R. Ramakumar

Part III: Transmission System, G.G. Karady

Concept of Energy Transmission and Distribution, G.G. Karady; Transmission Line Structures, J.C. Pohlman; Insulators and Accessories, G.G. Karady and R.G. Farmer; Transmission Line Construction and Maintenance, J. Green, D. Chipman, and Y. Gill; Insulated Power Cables Used in Underground Applications, M.L. Dyer; Transmission Line Parameters, M. Reta-Hernández; Sag and Tension of Conductor, D.A. Douglass and F. Ridley Thrash Corona and Noise, G.N. Trinh; Geomagnetic Disturbances and Impacts upon Power System Operation, J.G. Kappenman; Lightning Protection, W.A. Chisholm; Reactive Power Compensation, R.S. Thallam and G. Joós; Environmental Impact of Transmission Lines, G.G. Karady; Transmission Line Reliability Methods, B. Keel, V.C. Patel, and H. Stewart Nunn II; High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission System, G.G. Karady and G. Joós; Transmission Line Structures, R.E. Nickerson, P.M. Kandaris, and A.M. DiGioia, Jr.; Advanced Technology High-Temperature Conductors, J.R. Hunt

Part IV: Distribution Systems, W.H. Kersting

Power System Loads, R.R. Shoults and Larry D. Swift; Distribution System Modeling and Analysis, W.H. Kersting; Power System Operation and Control, G.L. Clark and Simon W. Bowen; Hard-to-Find Information (on Distribution System Characteristics and Protection), J. Burke; Real-Time Control of Distributed Generation, M. Dilek and R.P. Broadwater; Distribution Short-Circuit Protection, T.A. Short

Part V: Electric Power Utilization, A.P. Hanson

Metering of Electric Power and Energy, J.V. Grubbs; Basic Electric Power Utilization: Loads, Load Characterization and Load Modeling, A.P. Hanson; Electric Power Utilization: Motors, C.A. Gross; Linear Electric Motors, J.F. Gieras

Part VI: Power Quality, S. Mark Halpin

Introduction, S. Mark Halpin; Wiring and Grounding for Power Quality, Christopher J. Melhorn Harmonics in Power Systems, S. Mark Halpin; Voltage Sags, Math H.J. Bollen; Voltage Fluctuations and Lamp Flicker in Power Systems, S. Mark Halpin; Power Quality Monitoring, P. Coleman