IEEE Fellow
University “Politehnica”
of
Subject: New Book
Review
Editor in Chief: L. L.
Grigsby
Title: “The Electric
Power Engineering Handbook”
Publisher: CRC Press,
1998, ISBN-0-8493-2509-9
The
objective of “The Electric Power Engineering Handbook” is to provide an up to
date overview on electric energy conversion, transmission, delivery and
utilization, as well as an educational guide and resource both for senior and
graduate students and engineers in industry.
This comprehensive
treatise is divided into 15 sections to cover: generation, transformers,
transmission, distribution, utilization of electric
power together with modeling, analysis, planning, design, monitoring, stability
analysis and control of power systems.
Written by
a very representative team of specialists, every section is a tutorial with
much needed information and with plenty references for in-depth individual
pursuit.
The
editorial board, section (chapter) editors and contributing authors have done a
great job in making the Handbook not only complete in core but rather unitary
in style.
The content
of the book is so reach with so many up to date solutions that a welcome review
can not and should not try to describe it in detail.
However, as
an illustration of the caliber of the Handbook let me refer to the chapter (section)
on power transformers, spanning over 268 pp.
From theory
and principles, through step-voltage regulators, LTC control, load-tap
changers, loading, testing, to installation, maintenance and monitoring, the power
transformer is thoroughly investigated as a paramount part of contemporary
power systems. It seems to me one of the best source
on transformers so far.
The
sections on power system protection, transients, dynamics and stability are
also particularly strong.
The
Handbook ends with the sections on Power Electronics and Power Quality which
are particularly well placed as some of the spectacular developments are
related to these issues in the near future.
In view of
the above we warmly recommend this very good Handbook to engineers in industry,
educators and senior and graduate students which are involved with electric
energy conversion transmission and usage.