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Summary
Summary
Written by a highly regarded power industry expert, this comprehensive manual covers in full detail all aspects of electric power distribution systems, both as they exist today and as they are evolving toward the future. A new chapter examines the impact of the emergence of cogeneration and distributed generation on the power distribution network. Topics include an overview of the process of electricity transmission and distribution, a thorough discussion of each component of the system - conductor supports, insulators and conductors, line equipment, substations, distribution circuits and more - as well as both overhead and underground construction considerations. Improvements in both materials and methods of power distribution are also explored, including the trend toward gradual replacement of heavier porcelain insulators with lighter polymer ones. The complex aspects of electric power distribution are explained in easy-to-understand, non-technical language.
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Choice Review
Pansini, the author of Power Transmission and Distribution (CH, May'92) and Electric Transformers and Power Equipment (1988), intends this new work as a companion volume forming a trilogy primarily for utility company training programs and peripherally for sales personnel and lower-level undergraduate classroom use. Chapters cover the transmission and distribution systems, cogeneration, conductor supports, insulators and conductors, line equipment, overhead construction, underground construction, service factors, substations, street lighting, and essentials of electricity. The most obvious weakness of this latest volume is its essentially qualitative treatment with only review questions at the end of each chapter. Technical; general. I. L. Kosow; emeritus, City University of New York
Table of Contents
| The Transmission and Distribution System |
| Conductor Supports |
| Insulators and Conductors |
| Line Equipment |
| Overhead Construction |
| Underground Construction |
| Service Actors |
| Substations |
| Distribution Circuits, Cogeneration, and Distributed Generation |
| Essentials of Electricity |
| Appendices |
| Index |
