Contents
I. INTRODUCTION :
Importance of Electrical Energy - Generation of Electrical Energy - Sources of Energy - Comparison of Energy Sources - Units of Energy - Relationship among Energy Units - Efficiency - Calorific value of Fuels - Advantages of Liquid Fuels Over Solid Fuels - Advantages of Solid Fuels Over Liquid Fuels
II. GENERATING STATIONS :
Generating Stations - Steam Power Station - Schematic Arrangement of Steam Power Station - Choice of Site for Steam Power Stations - Efficiency of Steam Power Station - Equipment of Steam Power Station - Hydroelectric Power Station - Schematic Arrangement of Hydroelectric Power Station - Choice of Site for Hydroelectric Power Stations - Constituents of Hydroelectric Plant - Diesel Power Station-Schematic Arrangement of Diesel Power Station - Nuclear Power Station - Schematic Arrangement of Nuclear Power Station - Selection of Site for Nuclear Power Station - Gas Turbine Power Plant - Schematic Arrangement of Gas Turbine Power Plant - Comparison of the Various Power Plants
III. VARIABLE LOAD ON POWER STATIONS :
Structure of Electric Power System - Load Curves - Important Terms and Factors - Units Generated per Annum - Load Duration Curves - Types of Loads - Typical Demand and diversity factors - Load curves and selection of Generating Units - Important points in the selection of Units - Base load and Peak load on Power Station - Method of Meeting the Load - Interconnected grid system
IV. Economics OF POWER GENERATION :
Economics of Power Generation - Cost of Electrical Energy - Expressions for Cost of Electrical Energy - Methods of determining Depreciation-Importance of High Load Factor
V. TARIFF :
Tariff - Desirable characteristics of a Tariff - Types of Tariff
VI. POWER Factor IMPROVEMENT :
Power Factor - Power Triangle - Disadvantages of Low Factor - Causes of Low Power Factor - Power Factor Improvement - Power Factor Improvement Equipment - Calculations of Power Factor Correction - Importance of Power Factor improvement - Most Economical Power Factor - Meeting the Increased kW demand on Power Stations
VII. Supply SYSTEMS :
Electric Supply System - Typical A.C. Power Supply Scheme - Comparison of D.C. and A.C. Transmission - Advantages of High Transmission Voltage - Various Systems of Power Transmission - Comparison of Conductor Material in Overhead System - Comparison of Conductor Material in Underground System - Comparison of Various Systems of Transmission - Elements of a Transmission Line - Economics of Power Transmission - Economic Choice of Conductor Size - Economic Choice of Transmission Voltage - Requirements of satisfactory electric supply
VIII. Mechanical Design OF OVERHEAD LINES :
Main Components of Overhead Lines - Conductor Materials - Line Supports - Insulators - Type of Insulators - Potential Distribution over Suspension Insulator String - String Efficiency - Methods of Improving String Efficiency - Important Points - Corona - Factors affecting Corona-Important Terms - Advantages and Disadvantages of Corona - Methods of Reducing Corona Effect - Sag in Overhead Lines - Calculation of Sag - Some Mechanical principles
IX. ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF OVERHEAD LINES :
Constants of a Transmission Line - Resistance of a Transmission Line - Skin effect - Flux Linkages - Inductance of a Single Phase Overhead Line - Inductance of a 3-Phase Overhead Line - Concept of self - GMD and Mutual GMD - Inductance Formulas in terms of GMD - Electric Potential - Capacitance of a Single Phase Overhead Line - Capacitance of a 3-Phase Overhead Line
X. PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION LINES :
Classification of overhead Transmission Lines - Important Terms - Performance of Single Phase Short Transmission Lines - Three - Phase Short Transmission Lines - Effect of load p.f. on Regulation and Efficiency - Medium Transmission Lines - End Condenser Method - Nominal Method - Nominal Method - Long Transmission Lines - Analysis of Long Transmission Line - Generalised Constants of a Transmission Line - Determination of Generalised Constants for Transmission Lines
XI. UNDERGROUND CABLE :
Underground Cables - Construction of Cables - Insulating Materials for Cables - Classification of Cables - Cables for 3-Phase Service - Laying of Underground Cables - Insulation Core Cable - Dielectric Stress in a Single Core Cable - Most Economical Conductor Size in a Cable - Grading of Cables - Capacitance Grading - Intersheath Grading - Capacitance of 3-Core Cables - Measurement of Cc and Ce - Current carrying capacity of underground cables - Thermal resistance - Thermal resistance of dielectric of single-core cable - Permissible current loading - Types of cable faults - Loop tests for location of faults in underground cables - Murray loop test - Varley loop test
XII. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS-GENERAL :
Distribution System - Classification of Distribution Systems - A.C. Dstribution - D.C. Distribution - Methods of obtaining 3-wire D.C. System - Overhead versus Underground System - Connection Schemes of Distribution System - Requirements of a Distribution System - Design Considerations in Distribution System
XIII. D.C. DISTRIBUTION :
Types of D.C. Distributors - D.C. Distribution Calculations - D.C. distributor fed at one end (concentrated loading) - Uniformly loaded distributor fed at one end - Distributor fed at both ends (concentrated loading) - Uniformly loaded distributor fed at both ends - Distributor with both concentrated and uniform loading - Ring Distributor - Ring main distributors with Interconnector - 3-wire D.C. system - Current distribution in 3-wire D.C. System - Balancers in 3-wire D.C. system - Boosters - Comparison of 3-wire and 2-wire d.c. distribution - Ground detectors
XIV. A.C. DISTRIBUTION :
A.C. Distribution Calculations - Methods of solving A.C. Distribution Problems - 3-phase unbalanced loads - 4-wire, star-connected unbalanced loads - Ground detectors
XV. VOLTAGE CONTROL :
Importance of Voltage Control - Location of Voltage Control Equipment - Methods of Voltage Control - Excitation Control - Tirril Regulator - Brown-Boveri Regulator - Tap Changing Transformers - Autotransformer tap changing - Booster Transformer-Induction Regulators - Voltage control by Synchronous Condenser
XVI. INTRODUCTION TO SWITCHGEAR :
Switchgear - Essential features of Switchgear - Switchgear Equipment Bus-bar Arrangements - Switchgear Accommodation - Short Circuit - Short circuit currents - Faults in a Power System
XVII. SYMMETRICAL FAULT CALCULATIONS :
Symmetrical Faults on 3-phase system - Limitation of Fault current - Percentage Reactance - Percentage reactance and Base kVA - Short circuit kVA - Reactor control of short circuit currents - Location of Reactors - Steps for symmetrical fault calculations
XVIII. UNSYMMETRICAL FAULTS CALCULATIONS :
Unsymmetrical Faults on 3-phase System - Symmetrical Components Method-Operator 'a' - Symmetrical Components in terms of Phase currents-Some Facts about Sequence currents - Sequence impedances - Sequence Impedances of Power System Elements - Analysis of Unsymmetrical Faults - Single Line-to-Ground Fault - Line-to-line Fault - Double Line-to-Ground Fault - Sequence Networks - Reference Bus for Sequence Networks
XIX. CIRCUIT BREAKERS :
Circuit Breakers - Arc Phenomenon - Principles of arc extinction - Methods of arc extinction - Important Terms - Classification of circuit breakers - Oil circuit breakers - Types of oil circuit breakers - Plain break oil circuit breakers - Arc control oil circuit breakers - Low oil circuit breakers - Maintenance of oil circuit breakers - Air blast circuit breakers - Types of air blast circuit breakers - SF6 Circuit Breaker - Vacuum circuit breakers - Switchgear Components - Problems of circuit interruption - Resistance Switching - Circuit Breaker Ratings
XX. FUSES :
Fuses - Desirable Characteristics of Fuse Elements - Fuse element materials - Important Terms - Types of Fuses - Low voltage fuses - High voltage fuses - Current carrying capacity of fuse element - Difference between a fuse and circuit breaker
XXI. PROTECTIVE RELAYS :
Protective Relays - Fundamental requirements of Protective Relaying - Basic Relays - Electro magnetic Attraction Relays - Induction Relays - Relay timing - Important terms - Time P.S.M. curve - Calculation of relay operating time - Functional relay types - Induction type Over-current Relay - Induction type directional power Relay - Distance or Impedance relays - Definite distance type impedance relays - Time-distance impedance relays - Differential relays - Current differential relays - Voltage balance differential relay - Translay System - Types of Protection
XXII. PROTECTION OF ALTERNATORS AND TRANSFORMERS :
Protection of Alternators - Differential Protection of Alternators - Modified Differential Protection for Alternators - Balanced Earth Fault Protection - Stator Interturn Protection - Protection of Transformers - Protective systems for transformers - Buchholz Relay - Earth fault or leakage Protection - Combined leakage and overload Protection - Applying Circulating current system to transformers - Circulating Current scheme for Transformer Protection
XXIII. PROTECTION OF BUS-BARS AND LINES :
Bus-bar Protection - Protection of Lines - Time Graded Overcurrent Protection - Differential pilot-wire Protection - Distance Protection
XXIV. PROTECTION AGAINST OVERVOLTAGES :
Voltage Surge - Causes of Overvoltages - Internal causes of overvoltages - Lightning-Mechanism of Lightning Discharge - Types of Lightning strokes - Harmful Effects of lightning - Protections against lightning - The Earthing Screen - Overhead Ground wires - Lightning Arresters - Types of lightning arresters - Surge Absorber
XXV. SUB-STATIONS :
Sub-station - Classification of Substations - Comparison between Outdoor and Indoor Sub-stations - Transformer Sub-stations - Pole mounted Sub-stations - Underground Sub-station - Symbols for equipment in Sub-stations - Equipment in a transformer sub-station - Bus-bar Arrangements in Sub-stations - Terminal and Through Sub-stations - Key diagram of 66/11 kV Sub-station - Key diagram of 11 kV/400 V indoor Sub-station
XXVI. NEUTRAL GROUNDING :
Grounding or Earthing - Equipment Grounding - System Grounding - Ungrounded Neutral System - Neutral Grounding - Advantages of Neutral Grounding - Methods of Neutral Grounding - Solid Grounding - Resistance Grounding - Reactance Grounding - Arc Suppression Coil Grounding (or Resonant Grounding) - Voltage Transformer Earthing - Grounding Transformer
Preface
The general response to the third edition of the book was very encouraging. We, the authors feel that our work has been amply rewarded and I wish to express our deep sense of gratitude, in common to the large number of readers who have used it, and in particular to those of them who have sent helpful suggestions from time to time for the improvement of the book.
Keeping in view the desire of many of the book users to make the book attractive and colourful, this Multicolour Illustrative Edition of the book has been published. We hope you will like it in its new format.
In the present edition, we have made sincere efforts to make the book up-to-date. A notable feature is the inclusion of Chapter on "Neutral Grounding". A large number of practical problems are given to make the book more useful to the students. It is our hope that you will enjoy reading this text and benefit from its content. After studying this book, it is hoped that you will have a good understanding of the ideas of Power System and its application in many real world situation.
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