| Electric Power Distribution Contributor(s): Pabla, A. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0071447830 ISBN-13: 9780071447836 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies OUR PRICE: $153.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2004 Annotation: This hands-on engineering resource expertly addresses the challenges confronting today's electric utilities. Written by the former chief engineer of a large electricity system, this comprehensive text provides crucial information on avoiding power reductions and failures, and meeting tests posed by new technologies and greater loads, maintenances issues, and privatization. A one-stop source on power distribution across the grid -- from first principles through the latest in computer automation and cutting-edge design -- A.S. Pabla's "Electric Power Distribution" provides answers that will improve service reliability and reduce costs. Demand-side management Improved strategies for design and maintenance Fundamentals of system planning and design Practical solutions on underground cables, grounding, overhead lines, and more Up-to-date methods in finance and billing Detailed examples and worked problems |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Electrical - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications |
| Dewey: 621.319 |
| LCCN: 2004061623 |
| Series: McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering |
| Physical Information: 2.54" H x 6.12" W x 9.2" (2.99 lbs) 878 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The distribution of electric power is being roiled by new technologies, poor maintenance, and privatisation. This is a reference book for power distribution, from planning fundamentals to preventing catastrophic failure (blackouts) to nuts-and-bolts maintenance. It is intended for working engineers, technicians, and graduate students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pabla, A. S.: - A.S. Pabla is Chief Engineer with the Punjab State Electricity Board. He has rich experience in distribution systems, rural electrification, substation and transmission design, power planning and development, hydro-power plant design, and power plant operation and maintenance. |