AC Power Systems Handbook offers expert guidance on designing and installing a safe and efficient power system.

Features:

• Presents comprehensive coverage for planning, design, and maintaining commercial and industrial power systems
• Outlines various protection options, their relative benefits, and how to determine the appropriate level of protection
• Devotes three chapter to grounding, supplying step-by-step guidelines for designing safe systems with good performance
• Covers all aspects of safety in detail, treating the subject with deserving care and severity
• Features a larger format for clearer presentation while fitting more material into the same number of pages

Contents

AC Power Systems

• AC Circuit Analysis
• Elements of the AC Power System
• Utility AC Power System Architecture

Power Generation Systems

• Power Generating Systems

Power Factor

• PF Correction Techniques

Power Transformers

• Inductive Properties
• Basic Principles of the Transformer
• Transformer Failure Modes

Capacitors

• Capacitor Failure Modes

Semiconductors

• Semiconductor Failure Modes
• MOSFET Devices
• Thyristor Components
• ESD Failure Modes
• Semiconductor Development
• Effects of Arcing

Rectifier and Filter Circuits

• Power Rectifiers
• Power Supply Filter Circuits

Power Electronics

• Thyristor Devices
• Power Transistors

Origins of AC Line Disturbances

• Naturally Occurring Disturbances
• Equipment-Caused Transient Disturbances

Power Disturbance Characterization

• Standards of Measurement
• Reliability Considerations

Power System Protection Methods

• The Key Tolerance Envelope
• Assessing the Lightning Hazard
• FIPS Publication 94
• Protection Alternatives

Motor Generator Set

• System Configuration

Uninterrutible Power Systems

• UPS Configuration

Facility Wiring and Transient Protection

• Facility Wiring
• Power-System Protection

Index

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