Electrical Power Systems Quality, Third Edition

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO POWER QUALITY--UPDATED AND EXPANDED

Electrical Power Systems Quality, Third Edition, is a complete, accessible, and up-to-date guide to identifying and preventing the causes of power quality problems. The information is presented without heavy-duty equations, making it practical and easily readable for utility engineers, industrial engineers, technicians, and equipment designers. This in-depth resource addresses the essentials of power quality and tested methods to improve compatibility among the power system, customer equipment, and processes.

Coverage includes:

Standard terms and definitions for power quality phenomena

Protecting against voltage sags and interruptions

Harmonic phenomena and dealing with harmonic distortion

Transient overvoltages

Long-duration voltage variations

Benchmarking power quality

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards

Maintaining power quality in distributed generation systems

Common wiring and grounding problems, along with solutions

Site surveys and power quality monitoring