Pabla, A. S.

Electric power distribution / A.S. Pabla. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005. - xiii, 878 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - McGraw-Hill professional engineering . - McGraw-Hill professional engineering. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power system -- Electricity forecasting -- System planning -- Design and operation -- Distribution automation -- Optimization -- Reliability and quality -- Consumer services -- Tariffs and billing -- Grounding -- Overhead lines -- Underground cables -- System overvoltages -- Rural supply -- Power capacitors -- Insulation measurements -- System protection -- System maintenance -- Electrical services -- International electricity supplies -- Conductors and cable data -- Power cable laying merits -- Village electrification and pumpset energization -- Electrical accidents -- Illumination levels -- Optimum specific energy consumption -- Tinned copper fuse wire -- Power factors -- Ambient temperature and average altitude -- Transmission and distribution losses in states. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. App. I. App. II. App. III. App. IV. App. V. App. VI. App. VII. App. VIII. App. IX. App. X. App. XI.

"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."--Jacket.

0071447830 9780071447836

2004061623


Electric power distribution.

TK3001 / .P23 2005

621.319