Summary

A quick scan of any bookstore, library, or online bookseller will produce a multitude of books covering power systems. However, few, if any, are totally devoted to power distribution engineering, and none of them are true textbooks. Filling this vacuum in the power system engineering literature, the first edition of Electric Power Distribution System Engineeringbroke new ground. Written in the classic, self-learning style of the first edition, this second edition contains updated coverage, new examples, and numerous examples of MATLAB applications. Designed specifically for junior- or senior-level electrical engineering courses, the author draws on his more than 31 years of experience to provide a text that is as attractive to students as it is useful to professors and practicing engineers.

The book covers all aspects of distribution engineering from basic system planning and concepts through distribution system protection and reliability. The author brings to the table years of experience and, using this as a foundation, demonstrates how to design, analyze, and perform modern distribution system engineering. He takes special care to cover industry terms and symbols, providing a glossary and clearly defining each term when it is introduced. The discussion of distribution planning and design considerations goes beyond the usual analytical and qualitative analysis and emphasizes the economical explication and overall impact of the distribution design considerations discussed.

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Choice Review

The author of this excellent book has wide experience as a professor and engineer working in or for the utility industry. Gonen's is the first book to cover comprehensively the portion of the electric utility that most directly affects the electric consumer. It is written in a clear, easily read style. Starting with a good discussion of the factors involved in planning a system and automating, Gonen moves on to load characteristics and transformer applications. An excellent segment on system design is followed by discussions on system voltage regulation, protection, and reliability. The book abounds in tables, diagrams, figures, and illustrations; it has many worked example problems; and appendixes with impedance data, graphic symbols, and an extensive glossary. Excellent bibliographies follow each chapter. This is an outstanding book. Although written to be used as a textbook, it should be in all libraries of institutions training students for work in the electrical-power field. It is primarily aimed at seniors and first-year graduate students-however, even vocational/technical students would find portions readable and useful.-G.R. Peirce, emeritus, University of Illinois