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High voltage engineering and testing, 2nd edition [Book Review]

Article  in  IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine · August 2002

DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2002.1019912 · Source: IEEE Xplore

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High Voltage Engineering
and Testing, 2nd Edition
H.M. Ryan, Editor
The Institution of Electrical Engineers
Michael Faraday House
Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts. SG1 2AY
United Kingdom
Phone +44 (0) 20 7240 1871
Fax +44 (0) 20 7240 7735
http://www.iee.org
ISBN 0-85296-775-6
726 pp. - £65.00 ($99.00) (Hardback),
2001
Like the first edition, this text pres-
ents the engineering and design of
modern high-voltage transmission and
distribution (T&D) systems and com-
ponents. Component coverage in-
cludes insulation systems, bushings,
and cables to breakers, switchgear, and
transformers.
The book begins by presenting an
overview of the entire transmission
and distribution (T&D) system,
mainly in England, including general
design, operation, and future develop-
ments. Insulation coordination in re-
gard to overvoltages, factors affecting
switching overvoltages, controlling
switching surges, and lightning protec-
tion are also covered along with
HVDC and power electronic systems.
This book, filled with graphs, pho-
tos, and text, concisely explains the
fundamental operation of the essential
components used in T&D systems, but
with little material property informa-
tion and the effects of various materials
on component performance and life.
However, there are concise engineer-
ing descriptions of the HV equipment
and systems, presented generally from
an engineering design and end user
perspective, covering specifications,
testing, and overall system co-ordina-
tion. Components covered include gas
insulation for switchgear (breakdown
data and field plots), overhead lines
(tower design, cable geometries), and
HV cables (failure, internal design, and
manufacture). In addition, it covers
gas-filled interrupters (fundamentals
of arc interruption and breaker de-
sign), switchgear design (HV SF6
breakers), transmission substations,
distribution switchgear (describes LV
breakers, contactors, fuses), and HV
bushings. There is also a general design
guide on HV power transformers;
however, there is little information on
materials used and material proper-
ties—mostly core and winding layout.
The book also contains details on
component testing techniques and new
fiber optic based in-situ measurement
for predictive life estimation of circuit
breakers.
This text would be ideal as a refer-
ence for power engineers, power sys-
tem engineers, component designers,
and those wanting to learn about HV
engineering especially as a graduate
course in HV engineering.
Transients in Power Systems
L. van der Sluis
John Wiley & Sons
605 3rd Ave 4th Floor
New York, NY 10158
Phone +1 212 850 6011
http://www.wiley.com
ISBN 0-471-48639-6
207 pp. - $85.00 (Hardcover), 2001
As a critical and necessary compo-
nent in the electrical power system, cir-
cuit breakers minimize and prevent
damage from faults, overvoltages, and
many types of undesired conditions in
the power system. Power over large
distances is generally distributed at
high voltage (>50 kV). Circuit protec-
tive devices, such as circuit breakers,
used at these voltage levels protect the
electrical network from faults.
This book focuses on the details of
three-phase power system transients
and switching characteristics of vari-
ous high-voltage circuit-breaking de-
vices. Three chapters cover the mathe-
matics of switching transients, three-
phase power systems, and traveling
waves. This background forms the ba-
sis for understanding how transients
develop in a power system. As in many
other texts on the subject, the author
uses the standard Laplace transforms
and symmetrical components to study
the problem, and does a good job of
clearly explaining their use. The book
goes on to cover, predominantly,
high-voltage circuit breaker technol-
ogy, covering the switching physics of
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