Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition (Power Engineering)

Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition (Power Engineering)
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The Definitive Book on the Subject

A must to have for anyone to start on this....

Not a coffee table book

An outstanding book

Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition (Power Engineering)

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Technological advances and structural changes within the electric utility industry mandate that protection engineers develop a solid understanding of the related new technologies as well as of power system operations and economics in order to function proficiently. Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions by the late J. Lewis Blackburn, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition retains the fundamentals of protection relays and power system protection while incorporating new developments in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, this third edition focuses on technological changes in the design of protective systems, the practical concerns of power system protection encountered by users, and the techniques for protecting typical facilities used in modern power systems. New to the Third Edition · Expanded coverage of the requirements for generator intertie protection, generator protection, and generator excitation systems · The latest technologies in microprocessor applications, including digital-based devices and designs · Protection issues, such as capacitor bank protection, underfrequency and undervoltage load shedding, special protection schemes, DC tripping scheme designs, fault location, and event reports Building on the excellence of the preceding editions, this book will continue to serve as a basic reference for newcomers to the area as well as for experienced engineers. By sharing his first-hand experience with protection practices, the author offers valuable realistic insight into this field.

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Perfect for Grads.......2007-05-06

This Book has a great "A-Z" aspect of protective relaying I highly encourage people just graduating to buy it as a good referance book it will definatly help in almost all aspects of relaying.

The Definitive Book on the Subject.......2007-03-21

The definitive book on the subject. It is intended for the profdssional who is in charge of protecting the electric power system. In the new third edition, the book increases its discussion of protection of additional types of equipment including generator (intertie, generator, excitation systems), capacitor bank protection, underfrequency and undervoltage load shedding, special protection schemes, DC tripping scheme designs, fault location and event reports. It is also upgraded to cover the latest technologies in microprocessor applicaions, including digital based devices and designs.

This is the definitive book on the subject. Mr. Blackburn has been a force in the subject for many years and has keep this book current throughs its multiple editions. He provides a real-life perspective on the problems that real working engineers face in their day to day activities.

A must to have for anyone to start on this...........2007-02-10

I have been using this book from 1st edition up to the third and it provides both a theoretical and application background so the reader can use it as the base to go for more specific info or for manufacturers applications guides.

Not a coffee table book.......2002-07-28

This is a bit of a rough effort, and won't be making the Best Seller List, but how many books on this subject do? It seems like a must-have. I would only urge that unless you already know 3/4 of the material, you go through something smoother, such as Power System Analysis by Gross, to get yourself up to that point, because you're likely to be needlessly uncomfortable otherwise. Aside from that, this book will be greatly valued by anyone with serious interest.

An outstanding book.......2000-11-07

In order to appreciate this book, one must understand the history behind power system protective relaying. As the previous reviewers have mentioned, the two classic bibles in protective relaying is the Westinghouse Protective Relaying book and the Westinghouse T & D book. Lewis Blackburn put the former book together while he worked at Westinghouse and he had a hand in the second book as well. My father attended the Westinghouse training courses in the 1950's and his instructor was Lew Blackburn. Over time, Mr. Blackburn became a family friend and I grew up listening to them talk about the electric power industry and learned about the subject at the feet of the master. Even though I went into motors instead of relaying, I still enjoyed reading this book.

After Mr. Blackburn retired from Westinghouse, he became a consultant and proceeded to put the material in this book together. It was a labor of love, for a lot of people have said that the practice of protective relying is like black magic because there are many correct ways to protect a system, they all have problems but it is up to the practitioner to determine the best solution for a given situation. Mr. Blackburn poured his years of experience and expertise into this book. He tried to do this in a systematic manner in order to reduce the amount of ambiguity usually associated with the black arts. I believe he has succeeded.

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The problem of greenhouse gas (particularly carbon dioxide) release during power generation in fixed and mobile systems is widely acknowledged. Fuel cells are electrochemical devices offering clean and efficient energy production by the direct conversion of gaseous fuel into electricity. As such, they are under active study for commercial stationary power generation, residential applications and in transportation. The control of fuel cell systems under a variety of environmental conditions and over a wide operating range is a crucial factor in making them viable for extensive use in every-day technology.

In Control of Fuel Cell Power Systems the application of fuel cells in automotive powertrains is emphasized because of the significance of the contribution to global CO ₂ emissions made by ground vehicle propulsion and because of the challenge presented by the accompanying control problems. The authors’ comprehensive control-oriented approach provides:

• An overview of the underlying physical principles and the main control objectives and difficulties associated with the implementation of fuel cell systems.

• System-level dynamic models derived from the physical principles of the processes involved.

• Formulation, in-depth analysis and detailed control design for two critical control problems, namely, the control of the cathode oxygen supply for a high-pressure direct hydrogen fuel cell system and control of the anode hydrogen supply from a natural gas fuel processor system.

• Multivariable controllers that attenuate restraints resulting from lack of sensor fidelity or actuator authority.

• Real-time observers for stack variables that confer redundancy in fault detection processes.

• Examples of the assistance of control analysis in fuel cell redesign and performance improvement.

• Downloadable SIMULINK® model of a fuel cell for immediate use supplemented by sample MATLAB® files with which to run it and reproduce some of the book plots.

Primarily intended for researchers and students with a control background looking to expand their knowledge of fuel cell technology, Control of Fuel Cell Power Systems will also appeal to practicing fuel cell engineers through the simplicity of its models and the application of control algorithms in concrete case studies. The thorough coverage of control design will be of benefit to scientists dealing with the electrochemical, materials and fluid-dynamic aspects of fuel cells.

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Review for Control of Fuel Cell Power Systems : Principles, Modeling, Analysis and Feedback Design.......2006-03-24

A complete book that give to the reader the methodology
to model and understand the fuel cell dynamics and control.
The companion software allows deep insight of the modelling and control problem, and the "what-if" analysis.

Very poor book.......2005-11-16

This is a book with a series of simplifications and assumptions. I thought that it would help me deal with real control problems of fuel cell power systems. Instead it deals with only linearized models that can be easily solved by applying modern control theory.It is less than an introductory book really poor written.

Numerical Distance Protection: Principles and Applications

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Numerical Distance Protection: Principles and Applications
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Distance protection provides the basis for network protection in transmission systems and meshed distribution systems. Initially this book covers the fundamentals of distance protection and the special features of numerical technology. The emphasis is then placed on the application of numerical distance relays in distribution and transmission systems.
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Transformer Design Principles: With Applications to Core-Form Power Transformers

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Very little practical use
An excellent book for transformer design

Transformer Design Principles: With Applications to Core-Form Power Transformers
Robert M. Del Vecchio , Bertrand Poulin , Mary-Ellen F. Feeney , Pierre T. Feghali , Dillipkumar M. Shah , and Rajendra Ahuja
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Transformer Design Principles presents the theory of transformer operation and the methods and techniques of designing them. It emphasizes the physical principles and mathematical tools for simulating transformer behavior, including modern computer techniques. The scope of the book includes types of construction, circuit analysis, mechanical aspects of design, high voltage insulation requirements, and cooling design. The authors also address test procedures and reliability methods to assure successful design and discuss the economic analysis of designs. Summarizing material currently scattered in the literature, this book will serve as both an excellent working reference book and a learning tool.

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Very little practical use.......2007-05-23

As a Research & Development Engineer who has been in this field for 10 years, I decided to buy this book. As it turns out, there is very little in this book that is of practical use if you a)- want to design transformers; b)- optimize the product to reduce cost. Don't buy it.

An excellent book for transformer design.......2005-09-13

(Zhu Fang, Dr. & P.Eng., Ontario, Canada)

If the transformer's principles have been explained in more words in Blume "Transformer Engineering", in more simple physical equations in Karsai "Large Power Transformers", they are explained in a systematic physical and mathematic methods in this book. In such way, faults currents, mechanical streses, load losses and high voltage insulation are formularized.

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Long over due
Great ground-up review of pulsed power technology

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Pulsed-Power Systems describes the physical and technical foundations for the production and application of high-voltage pulses of very high-power and high-energy character. In the initial chapters, it addresses materials, components and the most common diagnostics. In the second part, three categories of applications with scientific and industrial relevance are detailed: production of strong pulsed electric and magnetic fields, intense radiation sources and pulsed electric (plasma) discharges.

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Long over due.......2006-10-30

This scholarly work has a good balance of the essentials of pulsed power components and techniques against applications and possible uses of this technology. 99 % of the material on pulsed power subjects is only available in I.E.E.E. Journal and proceedings, with some spill over into the internet as Phd. work. A lot of the technology had been locked in companies like Physics international, Maxwell Labs. Etc. that had to change their direction when the Berlin wall came down because there was no longer a need for high power flash X-ray machines to simulate nuclear weapons effects.

Great ground-up review of pulsed power technology.......2006-09-19

This text is a great ground-up review of pulsed power technology. The text starts with a unified survey (~40 pages) of dielectric breakdown (gas, liquid, solid) in chapter 2, and continues with a brief review of energy storage capacitors, Marx banks, basic inductive pulsers, and rotating machines in chapter 3. Next, the author covers quite a wide variety of opening and closing switching technologies. The author continues with fundamental info on PFNs, MITLs, and brief info on pulse transformers and HV switchmode power supplies. There's a chapter on power and voltage adding, one on diagnostics, and one on typical large pulsed power systems (e.g., Z and Hermes III). I enjoyed the topic of cumulative pulse lines, which I'd never heard of before. I didn't find the final three chapters too useful, which are on commercial and industrial applications, but they may be of interest to you.

This book is quite expensive, but it fills in a lot of practical gaps that P. W. Smith does not cover in his book Transient Electronics, e.g., breakdown, switching, and diagnostics. Smith does, however, cover the topic of pulse generation in greater detail. The information in this book is better organzied and better presented than in Pai and Zhang's Introduction to High Power Pulse Technology, although the latter is so cheap you might as well own a copy. The literature references at the end of the chapters are quite useful (e.g., G. A. Mesyats cites a lot of Russian literature in his book that is not easily available) but they are not any better than Smith's.

The disk included with the book includes a transmission line simulation code LEITER which I found a little hard to use.

My only qualm with this book is the price, really I'm not sure there is any justification for the high price except that it's a good book in a field that doesn't have many (any?) good intro/survey texts. Get your company or your professor to purchase I copy. Overall, highly recommended.

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Good book with ~no math (extremist)
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This full-color guide provides a clear introduction to DC/AC circuits with numerous exercises and examples, an abundance of illustrations, photographs, tables and charts, and a strong emphasis on troubleshooting. Uses a conventional-flow approach throughout, and incorporates mathematical concepts only when needed to understand the discussion. Covers everything from components, quantities and units to voltage, current and resistance; series circuits; magnetism and electromagnetism; phasors and complex numbers; capacitors; inductors; RC and RL circuits; circuit theorems, and more. Considers reactive circuits by circuit type as well as by component type. Integrates many TECH Tips (Technology Theory Into Practice) and PSpice Computer Analysis sections that apply theory learned to a practical activity using realistic circuit board and instrument graphics. Weaves worked examples and related exercises throughout to clarify basic concepts and illustrate procedures and troubleshooting techniques. Contains over 1,300 full-color illustrations, and over 750 problem sets and 850 self-test and review questions. For electronic technology professionals or anyone who wants a fundamental understanding of the principles of electric circuits.

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Good book with ~no math (extremist).......2004-11-10

This book explains in great detail every concept but when it comes to math , the author replaces it with an intuitive manner (such as : experimentaly it is know that ... so ... ; think at the water as being electric current ...).The only thing that can be considered as being math are formulas and some exercises (require basic calculus) , nothing more.So if you want to reach that formula by yourself then you must choose another book.The math beyond Electric Circuits in general is very simple but it seems that Floyd preffered to use those 1k pages to write aditional explanations instead of demonstrations.So this book is a great deal for those who want to begin designing.This book has a target audience but I think everyone in this field must own this because no other book has so many coloured graphs , explanations , many real electric components (schematics and descriptions) , experiments drawn in a real way.I'm glad that I bought this.I give it 4 stars because of no math (some portions requires it).

very good..........2003-02-04

there are many quality first course textbooks for electric circuits...
but did u notice that these books have some gaps..

the books that cover COUPLED NETWORKS (x,y,z parameteres) don't cover much on filters or waveshaping circtuis (RC/RL integrators and differentiators) ..

and the books that cover the waveshaping and filters.. don't cover the coupled networks topic

this book covers waveshaping and filters very well.. but no mention of COUPLE NETWORK techniques... which are integral to TRULY understanding the subsequent ELECTRIC DEVICES courses...

otherwise.. the rest is very well presented

Focuses on fundamentals and provides good applications.......2000-10-25

This books focuses on the fundamentals of electric circuits. It walks students very carefully through the basics of electric circuits. What I liked in particular was that the book provides examples of things like: "why would you place resistors in parallel" or "why would you place resistors in a series".

It has a CD in the back that I haven't tried yet, but looks interesting. The CD has more experiments with circuits using a simulator or two.

This book is da bomb.......1999-09-24

Once again.... THis book is da bom

A guide line for the problems in the book.......1999-02-16

Hi. principles of electric circuit book is very usefull book.but I would like to have a guideline for the problems in every chapter, like step by step, or problem solve guide line. plese e-mail me with the information about that. thank you.

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Wind Turbine Control Systems: Principles, Modelling and Gain Scheduling Design (Advances in Industrial Control)
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Modern wind turbines generally operate at variable speed in order to maximise the conversion efficiency below rated power and to reduce loading on the drive-train. In addition, pitch control of the blades is usually employed to limit the energy captured during operation above rated wind speed. The higher complexity of variable-speed variable-pitch turbines is offset by the benefits of control flexibility, namely, higher conversion efficiency, better power quality, longer useful life; because of the immediate impact of control on the cost of wind energy, reliable high-performance controllers are essential in making wind technology competitive.

In Wind Turbine Control Systems the application of linearparameter varying (LPV) gain scheduling techniques to the control of wind energy conversion systems is emphasised. This recent reformulation of the classical gain scheduling problem allows a straightforward design procedure and simple controller implementation. The monograph provides a thorough coverage of wind turbine control, including:

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Solar Cells: Operating Principles, Technology, and System Applications (Prentice-Hall series in solid state physical electronics)

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BOOK IS STILL AVAIILABLE!!!

Solar Cells: Operating Principles, Technology, and System Applications (Prentice-Hall series in solid state physical electronics)
Martin A. Green
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BOOK IS STILL AVAIILABLE!!!.......1999-04-19

tHIS BOOK CAN BE PURCHASED BY WRITING TO THE AUTHOR Martin A Green, Elec.Eng. UNSW. Sydney, Australia 2052 or check the Web Site HTTP://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/ A second edition will be available from the same address from late 1999.

Principles of Random Signal Analysis and Low Noise Design: The Power Spectral Density and its Applications

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Some big errors in the maths
Covering the gap between engineering and rigour

Principles of Random Signal Analysis and Low Noise Design: The Power Spectral Density and its Applications
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Describes the leading techniques for analyzing noise.
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Some big errors in the maths.......2007-10-24

This book has a few glaring errors in the introductory section on "Fourier Theory". Probably these don't affect the later chapters on power and noise, but nevertheless reduce the usefulness of the book as a comprehensive reference.

In case you are wondering about the errors, one of them is the 'proof' in section 2.8.5.1 that a delta function integrates to zero! One implication would be that the output of all linear systems is zero. That would simplify the world but is not terribly useful. There are a few other howlers that, together, indicate that the introductory sections in this book are best avoided.

Covering the gap between engineering and rigour.......2007-02-28

Power Spectral Density is widespread used in electronic engineering books as the Fourier Transform of correlation functions. However this definition seems rather mysterious and not very well connected with the intuitive idea of power, specially for stochastic processes.

This books gives the definitions, proofs and motivations behind Power Spectral Density. It rigorously establishes the bridge between "engineers intuitive concepts" and mathematical laid-down definitions.

Although it introduces Lebesgue and measure theory, the first chapters of the book are not intended to mathematicians, so it only deals with those fundamental results which will be needed further in the book. In following chapters one readily get a great insight into the concepts and connections between those split worlds of engineering and mathematics. The exposition is clear even in the case of stochastic processes, where the Power Spectral Density is clearly definded as a statistical average power.

For those engineers aware of the gaps and flaws of engineering books and who can't turn a blind eye to mathematics, this is a must have book.

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