Power Quality in Electrical Systems (ELECTRONICS) - Hardcover

KUSKO

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071470751 ISBN 13: 9780071470759

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2007

Synopsis

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Identify and Solve Key Electric-Power-Quality Problems and Ensure Reliable Power Delivery to All Customers

Power Quality in Electrical Systems equips you with the latest engineering techniques for providing power quality to all customers, and includes vital information on manufacturing, data processing, and healthcare facilities. Based on an IEEE Professional Education course, the book is a practice-oriented engineering tutorial for solving key electric-power-quality problems.

This skills-building resource is designed to improve job performance by taking you step-by-step through voltage distortion…harmonic current sources…power capacitors…corrections for power-quality problems …switched-mode power supplies…uninterruptible power supplies…standby power systems…power-quality measurements…and more. Filled with 100 detailed illustrations, Power Quality in Electrical Systems enables you to:

• Spot and correct key electric-power-quality problems
• Achieve full compliance with IEEE standards
• Examine switched-mode power supplies, rectifiers, and other loads that produce interference
• Catch up on the latest standby power systems
• Get vital information on power quality for manufacturing, data processing, and healthcare facilities
• Explore power-quality case studies with problems and worked solutions

Inside This Comprehensive Power-Quality Guide

• Power-quality standards • Voltage distortion • Harmonics • Harmonic current sources • Power harmonic filters • Switched-mode power supplies • Corrections for power-quality problems • Uninterruptible power supplies • Power-quality events • Standby power systems • Power-quality measurements

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From the Back Cover

Identify and Solve Key Electric-Power-Quality Problems and Ensure Reliable
Power Delivery to All Customers

Power Quality in Electrical Systems equips you with the latest engineering
techniques for providing power quality to all customers, and includes vital
information on manufacturing, data processing, and healthcare facilities.
Based on an IEEE Professional Education course, the book is a
practice-oriented engineering tutorial for solving key
electric-power-quality problems.

This skills-building resource is designed to improve job performance by
taking you step-by-step through voltage distortion...harmonic current
sources...power capacitors...corrections for power-quality problems
...switched-mode power supplies...uninterruptible power supplies...standby
power systems...power-quality measurements...and more. Filled with 100
detailed illustrations, Power Quality in Electrical Systems enables you
to:

Spot and correct key electric-power-quality problems
Achieve full compliance with IEEE standards
Examine switched-mode power supplies, rectifiers, and other loads that
produce interference
Catch up on the latest standby power systems
Get vital information on power quality for manufacturing, data processing,
and healthcare facilities
Explore power-quality case studies with problems and worked solutions
Inside This Comprehensive Power-Quality Guide

* Power-quality standards * Voltage distortion * Harmonics * Harmonic
current sources * Power harmonic filters * Switched-mode power supplies *
Corrections for power-quality problems * Uninterruptible power supplies *
Power-quality events * Standby power systems * Power-quality measurements
{about authors inside cover} Alexander Kusko, Sc.D., P.E., is Corporate
Vice President of Exponent. He was formerly an associate professor of
engineering at MIT. Dr. Kusko is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and served on
the committee for the original IEEE Standard 519-1981 on Harmonic Control
in Electrical Power Systems. Marc T. Thompson, Ph.D., is President of
Thompson Consulting, Inc., an engineering consulting firm specializing in
power electronics, magnetic design, and analog circuits and systems. He is
also an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and a Firefighter with the Harvard (Massachusetts)
Fire Department.

From the Inside Flap

Delivering reliable power quality is the most important task facing
electric utilities. If they fail to deliver it, customers rebel, government
steps in, and heads roll. This book details the latest engineering
techniques for delivering quality power to every type of customer.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071470751
• ISBN 13: 9780071470759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240