Sheldrake, Alan L.

Handbook of electrical engineering : for practitioners in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry / Alan L. Sheldrake. - Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley, c2003. - xxii, 624 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Estimation of plant electrical load -- Gas turbine driven generators -- Synchronous generators and motors -- Automatic voltage regulation -- Induction motors -- Transformers -- Switchgear and motor control centres -- Fuses -- Cables, wires and cable installation practices -- Hazardous area classification and the selection of equipment -- Fault calculations and stability studies -- Protective relay coordination -- Earthing and screening -- Variable speed electrical drivers -- Harmonic voltages and currents -- Computer based power management systems -- Uninterruptible power supplies -- Miscellaneous subjects -- Preparing equipment specifications -- Summary of the generalised theory of electrical machines as applied to synchronous generators and induction motors.

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Electric machinery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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