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Electrical Regulations

Model Contract Forms

Business Compliance

Power & Energy

Renewable Energy

Control & Processing

Circuits, Devices & Systems

Radar, Sonar & Navigation

Telecommunications

Electromagnetic Waves

Electrical Measurement

History of Technology

Management of Technology

Computing

2010

From the Institution of Engineering and Technology

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Electrical Regulations

02 Model Contract Forms

08 Business Compliance

08 Power & Energy

09 Renewable Energy

15 Control & Processing

19 Circuits, Devices & Systems

22 Radar, Sonar & Navigation

25 Telecommunications

28 Electromagnetic Waves

30 Electrical Measurement

32 History of Technology

33 Management of Technology

36 Computing

38 Conference Publications

40 Research Journals

41 Index

45 Ordering Information

49 Order Form

50 New and Recent Titles

About the IET

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New for 2010

The IET now has a number of backlist and new titles available as e-books. EISBNs have been included in the product information where an e-book version is available. Should you wish to order an e-book you can do so through one of our e-book distributors, who you will find listed on page 49.

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The Control Techniques

Drives and Controls

Handbook –

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Cogeneration: A user's guide –

Page 17

Standard Codecs,

2nd Edition –

Page 28

Satellite to Ground Radiowave

Propogation

2nd Edition –

Page 30

The Correspondance of

Michael Faraday

Volume 6 –

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New

Jan 2010

Commentary on IEE Wiring

Regulations

17th Edition (BS 7671:2008)

Paul Cook

This is the only complete guide to the IEE Wiring Regulations. It provides comprehensive guidance on all aspects of electrical installation design. It is essential reading for consultants, designers, electricians and all those with a professional interest in the Wiring Regulations.

Contents: Introduction. Scope, object and fundamental principles.

Assessment of general characteristics. Protection against electric shock. Protection against thermal effects. Protection against overcurrent. Protection against overvoltages. Common rules for the selection and erection of equipment. Selection and erection of wiring systems. Protection, isolation, switching, control and monitoring. Earthing arrangements and protective conductors. Generators and other equipment. Safety services. Inspection and testing. Special installations or locations. Current-carrying capacity and voltage drop for cables and cords. Harmonics. Calculations. Appendices. Bibliography. Resources. Regulation index. Subject index.

IHardback c432pp I2010 £65

IISBN 978-0-86341-966-9 IOrder book PWR08640

IEISBN 978-1-84919-145-6

£

Electrical Craft Principles

Volume 1, 5th Edition

John Whitfield

Two volumes covering the the electrical principles syllabuses of all the major examining bodies including City & Guilds of London Institute’s electrical craft courses. They are also suitable for a wide range of other courses, including the first three years of the BTEC electrical series. Great care has been taken to ensure that the texts fully cover the content of the syllabuses concerned, both as published and as interpreted by the examiners in the past.

Contents: Basic electrical units and circuits. Resistance and resistors.

Mechanics. Heat. Electrical power and energy. Permanent magnetism and electromagnetism. Applications of electromagnetism. Electric cells and batteries. Electromagnetic induction. Basic alternating-current theory. Electrical motor principles. Practical supplies and protection. Cables and enclosures. Lighting and heating installations. Introduction to electronics. Numerical answers to exercises. Index.

IPaperback 344pp I2009 £25

IISBN 978-0-86341-932-4 IOrder book PBNS0330

IEISBN 978-1-84919-095-4

£

Best Seller

The Wiring Regulations are the national standard to which all domestic and industrial wiring must conform. Substantial changes have been incorporated in BS 7671:2008 to align with European documents. Essential for all electricians, electrical contractors and their managers, installation designers, and students in further education and professional training.

Contents: Scope, object and fundamental principles. Definitions.

Assessment of general characteristics. Protection for safety. Selection and erection of equipment. Special installations or locations. Inspection and testing.

Requirements for

Electrical Installations

BS 7671:2008

IEE Wiring Regulations, 17th Edition

IISBN 978-0-86341-844-0 IOrder book PWR1700B

£

John Whitfield

Contents: Capacitance and capacitors. Inductance and inductors.

Magnetic materials and iron losses. Alternating-current theory. Power in alternating-current circuits. Further electronics. The transformer. Electrical-generator principles. Direct-current machines. Alternating-current motors. Electrical measuring instruments. Lighting. Supply economics. Numerical answers to exercises. Index.

IISBN 978-0-86341-933-1 IOrder book PBNS0340

IEISBN 978-1-84919-096-1

Electrical Craft Principles

Volume 2, 5th Edition

£

www.theiet.org/wiringbooks

The Institution prepares regulations for the safety of electrical installations for buildings, the IEE Wiring Regulations (BS 7671), which has now become the standard for the UK and many other countries. It has also prepared the Code of Practice for Installation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment In Ships (BS 8450) and recommends, internationally, the requirements for Mobile and Fixed Offshore Installations. The Institution provides guidance on the application of BS 7671 through publications focused on the various activities from design of the installation through to final test and certification with further guidance for maintenance. This includes a series of eight Guidance Notes, two Codes of Practice and model forms for use in wiring installations.

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Best Seller

The On-Site Guide is intended to enable the competent electrician to deal with small installations (up to 100 A, 3-phase). It provides essential information in a convenient, easy-to-use form, avoiding the need for detailed calculations.

Contents: Introduction. The service position. Protection. Earthing and

bonding. Isolation and switching. Labelling. Final circuits. Locations containing a bath or shower. Inspection and testing. Guidance on initial testing of installations. Operation of RCDs. Appendicies. Index.

On-Site Guide

BS 7671:2008

IISBN 978-0-86341-854-9 IOrder book PWGO170B

£

Best Seller

This book provides step-by-step guidance on the design of electrical installations, from domestic installation final circuit design to fault level calculations for LV/large LV systems.

Apprentices and trainees will find it very helpful in carrying out the calculations necessary for a basic installation. It has also been prepared to provide a design sequence, calculations and data for a complete design to be carried out. It is intended to include all necessary cable and equipment data to carry out the calculations. Consultants will be able to check the calculations of their design packages.

It includes calculations and necessary reference data not found in the design packages, such as cable conductor and sheath temperatures and allowances for harmonics.

Contents: Design sequence. Simple installations and final circuits.

Maximum demand and diversity. Selection of cables for current-carrying capacity. Voltage drop. Fault current. Shock protection. Protective conductors. Calculations associated with testing. Impedance of copper and aluminium conductors. Harmonics. Protection against voltage disturbances. Busbar trunking. Appendices. Index.

Electrical Installation

Design Guide

Calculations for Electricians and Designers

£

New

Feb 2010

Electrician’s Guide to Fire

Detection and Alarm Systems

Paul Cook

The Electrician’s Guide to Fire Detection and Alarm Systems is one of a number of publications prepared by the IET to provide guidance on electrical installations in buildings. This publication is concerned with fire detection and fire alarm systems and must be read in conjunction with the legislation, Approved Document B and the British Standards, in particular BS 5839-1 and 5839-6.

Contents: Fire safety legislation. The building control approvals

process. Introduction to Approved Document B: Fire safety. Dwellings – Approved Document B, Volume 1. Dwellings – British Standard 5893-6. Buildings other than dwellings – Approved Document B, Volume 2. Buildings other than dwellings – British Standard 5893-1. BS 7671:2008 Requirements for electrical installations. British Standards. Scottish building standards.

IPaperback c.100pp I2010 £22

£

Best Seller

Electrician’s Guide to

Emergency Lighting

Paul Cook

The Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting is one of a number of publications prepared by the IET to provide guidance on electrical installations in buildings. This publication is concerned with emergency lighting and in particular emergency escape lighting and must be read in conjunction with the legislation: Approved Document B and the British Standards, in particular BS 5266.

Contents: Preface. Legislation. Building regulations. Emergency

lighting standards. Design. Electrical installation. Operation and maintenance. Safety signs. Index.

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Best Seller

Updated to align with the 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations, it also includes a new chapter on requirements for Scotland.

Contents: Legislation. Design, selection and erection of electrical

installations. Mains position. Circuit specifications. Special installations, special locations and kitchens. Inspection and testing. Safe working. Maintenance. Three-phase supplies. Other Building Regulations. Identification of conductors. Scottish building standards. Appendices. Index.

Electrician’s Guide to the

Building Regulations

Part P, 2nd Edition

IISBN 978-0-86341-862-4 IOrder book PWGP170B

£

This Code of Practice has been revised to reflect current best practice. It gives guidance to those responsible for the inspection, testing and maintenance of electrical appliances. The text specifies the frequency and scope of inspections and testing in different environments. The new revision is printed in colour and includes many drawings aimed at helping to identify common problems.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Administration of inspection

and testing. Scope. Definitions. The law. Fixed electrical installation. Types of electrical equipment. The electrical tests. In-service inspection and testing. Procedures for in-service inspection and testing. Training. Test instruments. Part 2: Inspection and Testing (including user checks). Equipment constructions. Types of inspection and testing. The user check. The formal visual inspection. Combined inspection and testing. Part 3: Appendices. British Standards. Legal references and notes. The Electricity at Work Regulations. Summary of legislation and guidance. Production testing. Model forms for in-service inspection and testing. Resistance of flexible cords. Checks to be made on a plug, a cable and an extension lead. Guide to isolation procedures. Index.

Code of Practice for In-service

Inspection and Testing of

Electrical Equipment

3rd Edition

£

Other titles available

ISBN Product code Title Author Binding Pub date Price

978-0-58048-280-9 PWR03160 Code of Practice for Installation of Electrical and Electronic BSI Looseleaf 2006 £85

Equipment in Ships BS 8450

978-0-86341-563-0 PWR05100 Electrical Maintenance Ware PB 2006 £40

978-0-58045-158-4 PWR03070 Electrical Plugs and Wiring and World Electricity Supplies IEE PB 2005 £200 978-0-85296-528-3 PWR04010 Recommendations for the Electrical and Electronic Equipment IEE PB 1992 £65

of Mobile and Fixed Offshore Installations

978-1-84919-094-7 PWR04030 Recommendations for the Electrical and Electronic Equipment IEE PB 2009 £75

of Mobile and Fixed Offshore Installations incl supplement (2 volume set)

978-0-85296-846-8 PWR04020 Supplement to Recommendations for the Electrical and IEE PB 1995 £15

Electronic Equipment of Mobile and Fixed Offshore Installations

£ £ £ £ £

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This Guidance Note enlarges upon and simplifies relevant requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes detailed coverage of external influences and factors affecting the installation of cables and equipment. It discusses various types of protective devices in easy-to-read text and includes illustrations in full colour.

Contents: Introduction. General requirements. Selection and erection

of equipment. Protection against overcurrent, electric shock and overvoltage. External influences. Installation of cables. Sizing of cables. Other influences. Installation of equipment. Appendices. Index.

IISBN 978-0-86341-855-6 IOrder book PWG1170B

Guidance Note 1

Selection & Erection of Equipment

5th Edition

£

Suitable for the City & Guilds 2391 Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification, this Guidance Note is concerned principally with Inspection and Testing. It has been updated to align with the IEE

Wiring Regulations 17th Edition (BS 7671:2008). It includes detailed

coverage of initial verification, periodic inspection and test instruments.

Contents: Introduction. General requirements. Initial verification.

Periodic inspection and testing. Test instruments. Forms. Appendices. Index.

Guidance Note 3

Inspection & Testing

5th Edition

£

This Guidance Note enlarges upon and simplifies relevant requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes detailed coverage of thermal effects, locations with increased risk, cable selection and safety service in easy-to-read text. It also includes full-colour illustrations.

Contents: Introduction. Statutory requirements. Overview of the wiring

regulations. Generally applicable requirements. Precautions where particular risks of fire exist. Protection against burns. Measures to minimise the spread of fire. Safety services. Special installations and locations. Appendices. Index.

Guidance Note 4

Protection Against Fire

5th Edition

£

This Guidance Note enlarges upon and simplifies relevant requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes detailed coverage of mechanical maintenance, emergency switching, functional switching in easy-to-read text. It also includes illustrations in full colour.

Contents: Introduction. The statutory requirements. Overview of the

Wiring Regulations. Definitions and principles. Isolation. Switching off for mechanical maintenance. Emergency switching and emergency stopping. Functional switching. Functional switching. Special installations or locations. Product standards of relevance to this publication. Appendices. Index.

Guidance Note 2

Isolation & Switching

5th Edition

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This Guidance Note enlarges upon and simplifies relevant

requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes detailed coverage of direct and indirect contact in an easy-to-read text. It also includes full-colour illustrations.

Contents: Introduction. Statutory regulations and the wiring

regulations. Electric shock and protective measures. Provisions for basic protection. Protective measure: Automatic disconnection of supply. Protective measure: Double or reinforced insulation. Protective measure: Electrical separation. Protective measure: Extra-low voltage provided by SELV and PELV. Additional protection. Obstacles and placing out of reach. Protective measures for application only where the installation is controlled or under the supervision of skilled or instructed persons. Earthing. Circuit protective conductors. Protective equipotential bonding. Protective Multiple Earthing. Special

installations or locations. Appendices. Index.

Guidance Note 5

Protection Against Electric Shock

5th Edition

£

This Guidance Note is principally concerned with the electrical installation aspects of earthing and bonding together with automatic disconnection, which forms the principal protective measure against indirect contact electric shock.

Contents: Introduction. Protective earthing. The means of earthing.

The earthing conductor. System types and earthing arrangements. Main equipotential bonding. Extraneous-conductive-parts and their connections. Auomative disconnection. Supplementary equipotential bonding. Circuit protective conductors. Particular issues of earthing and bonding. Appendices. Index.

IISBN 978-0-86341-616-3 IOrder book PWRG0241

Guidance Note 8

Earthing & Bonding

1st Edition

£

requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes guidance on protection of conductors in parallel against overcurrent and includes an overview of the new appendix 4 of BS 7671:2008.

Contents: Introduction. The regulations concerning protection against

overcurrent. Protection against overload. Protection against fault current. Determination of fault current. Equations for the calculation of short-circuit current. Equations for the calculation of earth fault current. Selection of conductor size. Appendices. Index.

Guidance Note 6

Protection Against Overcurrent

5th Edition

£

requirements of BS 7671:2008. It includes detailed coverage of new special locations covered in the IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition in easy-to-read text. It also includes full colour illustrations.

Contents: Introduction. Locations containing a bath or shower.

Swimming pools and other basins. Rooms and cabins containing sauna heaters. Construction and demolition site installations. Agricultural and horticultural premises. Conducting locations with restricted movement. Electrical installations in caravan/camping parks, caravans and motor caravans. Marinas and similar locations. Medical locations. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems. Exhibitions, shows and stands. Floor and ceiling heating systems. Gardens (other than horticultural installations). Mobile or transportable units. Small-scale embedded generators (SSEG). Temporary electrical installations for structures, amusement devices and booths at fairgrounds, amusement parks and circuses. Index.

Guidance Note 7

Special Locations

3rd Edition

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The book will help candidates prepare for the exam, and will be of particular benefit to those who may not have previously taken exams via City & Guilds' Global Online Assessment (GOLA) system. The book will give candidates excellent practice before they sit the City & Guilds multiple choice, open book 2377 exam. Organised in the same way as the exam, the book includes full sample papers from both parts of the exam. Worked-through answers to questions are designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the IEE's Code of Practice

for In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment.

Contents: The exam. Exam practice 1. Exam practice 2. Exam

practice 3. More information.

Exam Success

IEE Code of Practice 2377

£

Exam Success: IEE Wiring Regulations 2382-20 is an exam-practice

guide, intended to help candidates of the City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (16th to 17th Edition Update BS 7671:2008) to prepare for the exam. This exam is for those candidates who already hold their 2381 Certificate and who need to become conversant with the changes and new material in the 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations.

Contents: The exam. Sitting a City & Guilds online examination.

Frequently asked questions. Exam content. Tips from the examiner.

Paperback 68pp 2008 £15

ISBN 978-0-86341-886-0 Order book PWRO5090

Exam Success

IEE Wiring Regulations 2382-20

£

Exam Success: IEE Wiring Regulations 2382-10 is an exam practice

guide, intended to help candidates of the City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations (16th to 17th Edition Update BS 7671:2008) to prepare for the exam.

Contents: The exam. Exam practice 1. Exam practice 2. More

information.

ISBN 978-0-86341-885-3 Order book PWRO5080

Exam Success

IEE Wiring Regulations 2382-10

£

Exam Success: Inspection and Testing is organised for easy use. It

contains two full sample exam papers, together with answers and comments, designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the subject and to prepare candidates for the examination.

Contents: Introduction. The exam. Exam practice 1. Exam practice 2.

More information.

ISBN 978-0-86341-899-0 Order book PWR05110

Exam Success

Inspection and Testing 2391-10

£

City & Guilds

Best Selling Series

ISBN 978-0-86341-805-1 Order book PWR05070

Each book:

reinforces learning and understanding of course content

gives learners focused exam practice

answers candidates most frequently asked questions

offers practical advice and expert tips on sitting the exam

follows the exam structure

covers all parts of the exam content

prepares learners for online examination

Switch onto IET Electrical Training Courses

We offer a comprehensive range of technical training courses at levels ranging from basic to qualifying engineering status. Electrical topics are arranged into three areas covering 17th Edition Competence, Portable Appliance Testing and Electrical Installation & Testing. For more information and to book visit:

Alternatively, contact our courses team at: 01438 767289 or email: [email protected]

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Model Forms

There are seven primary publications within our model forms series – these include four model forms and three commentaries.

Model Form MF/1 and Model Form MF/2 are intended for use in home or overseas contracts for electrical and mechanical plant whereas Model Form MF/3 is for use in home contracts for electrical and mechanical goods. Model form MF/4 is for use in home or overseas contracts for the engagement of an Engineering Consultant. “Home” contracts include those under the laws of England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Interactive Forms

MF/1 and MF/2 are available in an interactive electronic format (MS Word). For a 12-month multiple-user licence,

please email [email protected]

Order PMPA9000 £ £460 excluding VAT

Model Forms of General Conditions of Contract

ISBN Product code Title Pub date Price

978-0-85296-759-1 PMPA1010 MF/1 (Revision 4) Model Form of General Conditions of Contract 2000 £60

978-0-85296-007-3 PMPA1030 Commentary on MF/1 2001 £40

978-0-85296-858-1 PM0TR009 MF/2 (Revision 1) Model Form of General Conditions of Contract 1999 £60

978-0-85296-758-4 PMPA1020 Commentary on MF/2 2000 £45

978-0-85296-202-2 PMPA1040 MF/3 (Revision 1) Model Form of General Conditions of Contract 2001 £35 978-0-86341-369-8 PMPA4010 MF/4 and Commentary A Model Form of Terms and Conditions of Engagement: 2003 £20

A Practical Guide £ £ £ £ £ £

Business Compliance

ISBN Product code Title Author Binding Pub date Price

978-1-85524-735-2 PBNS0350 Construction: Health and Safety PB 2008 £70

978-1-85524-702-4 PBNS0360 The Law of Health and Safety at Work Selwyn PB 2008 £60 978-1-85524-714-7 PBNS0380 Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: PB 2008 £55

A Guide

978-1-85524-705-5 PBNS0370 Health and Safety PB 2008 £76

978-0-72773-450-1 PMPA1050 Engineers’ Dispute Resolution Handbook Gaitskell HB 2006 £40

£ £ £ £ £

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Nov 2010

Ultracapacitor Applications

John Miller and Porter Mitchell, both of Maxwell Technologies

Energy storage and in particular electrical storage of energy has become a very talked about topic in circles ranging from lay persons in regard to hybrid and battery electric vehicles to professionals and certainly by legislators and government energy policy makers. But to even professionals the distinctions between physical and chemical forms of electric energy storage are unclear and at times poorly understood, if at all. This book takes a critical look at physical storage of electricity in the devices known collectively as electrochemical capacitors and particularly as ultracapacitors. In its 12 chapters, this text covers ultracapacitor and advanced battery topics with emphasis on clear understanding of fundamental principles, models and applications. The reader will appreciate the case studies ranging from commercial to industrial to automotive applications of not only ultracapacitors but of these power dense components in combination with energy dense battery technologies.

IPaperback c420pp I2010 £60

IISBN 978-1-84919-071-8 IOrder book PBPO0590 IEISBN 978-1-84919-072-5

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New

Sep 2009

Lightning Protection

Vernon Cooray, Uppsala University (Editor)

Lightning is a natural phenomenon that has always fascinated humans. It is also a destructive force, and the science of protecting humans and their belongings on earth is called lightning protection. This book provides a thorough background in almost every aspect of lightning protection.

This book is suitable for engineers and scientists as well as for use as a text book on lightning protection at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Contents: Benjamin Franklin and lightning rods. Lightning parameters

of engineering interest. Rocket-triggered lightning and new insights into lightning protection gained from triggered-lightning experiments. Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structures. Protection against lightning surges. External lightning protection system. Internal lightning protection system. Risk analysis. Low-frequency grounding resistance and lightning protection. High-frequency grounding. Soil ionization. Lightning protection of low-voltage networks. Lightning protection of medium voltage lines. Lightning protection of wind turbines. Lightning protection of telecommunication towers. Lightning protection of satellite launch pads. Lightning protection of structures with risk of fire and explosion. Lightning and trees. Lightning warning systems. Lightning-caused injuries in humans. Lightning standards. High-voltage and high-current testing. Return stroke models for engineering applications. Index.

New in Paperback

Mar 2009

Advances in High Voltage

Engineering

Manu Haddad, University of Cardiff and Doug Warne, REMaCS (Editors)

This book focuses on developments in experimental methods, theory, modelling and HV technology through the past decade. The unique blend of reputable contributors and comprehensive subject coverage makes this book an ideal reference source for engineers and researchers in the field for many years to come.

Contents: Introduction. Mechanisms of air breakdown. SF6 insulation

systems and their monitoring. Lightning phenomena and protection systems. Partial discharges and their measurement. ZnO surge arresters. Insulators for outdoor applications. Overvoltages and insulation coordination on transmission networks. Earthing. Circuit breakers and interruption. Polymer insulated power cable. Numerical analysis of electrical fields in high voltage equipment. Optical measurements and monitoring in high voltage environments. Pulsed power – principles and applications. Index.

New

Jun 2009

The Control Techniques

Drives and Controls Handbook

2nd Edition

Bill Drury

This book contains a great deal of practical information for drives and industrial engineers who use motors and drives. It is a comprehensive guide to the technology underlying drives and motors. It contains sufficient theory to give both user and student an insight into the design of these components and thereby the constraints and opportunities that exist. It has been radically revised and expanded from the previous edition to contain much new information.

Contents: Part A: Drive types and core technology. Industrial motors.

Drive converter circuit topologies. Power semiconductor devices. Torque, speed and position control. Position and speed feedback. Motion control. Voltage source inverter: four-quadrant operation. Switched reluctance and stepper motor drives. Part B: The Drive in its environment. The AC supply. Interaction between drives and motors. Physical environment. Thermal management. Drive system power management: common DC bus topologies. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Protection. Mechanical vibration, critical speed and torsional dynamics. Installation and maintenance of standard motors and drives. Part C: Practical Applications. Application and drive characteristics. Duty cycles. Interfaces, communications and PC tools. Typical drive functions. Common techniques. Industrial application examples. Part D: Appendices. Symbols and formulae. Conversion tables. World industrial electricity supplies (<1 kV). Bibliography. Index.

IHardback 768pp I2009 £80

£

IISBN 978-1-84919-038-1 IOrder book PBPO040Z IEISBN 978-0-86341-984-3

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This book covers major components of a high-voltage system and the different insulating materials applied in equipment, identifying measurable properties suitable for condition assessment, and also analyses insulation fault scenarios that may occur in power

equipment. The facilities for carrying out tests on insulation structures at high and low voltages are described. Advances in digital techniques for detection and partial discharges are discussed, with methods for service condition monitoring. The utilisation of new sensors, the solution of online problems with noise rejection and adaptations of artificial intelligence techniques for incipient fault diagnosis are featured. Suitable for power system engineers associated with high-voltage equipment, students in electrical power engineering, short courses in insulation condition assessment and postgraduates.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Insulating materials utilized in

power-system equipment. Introduction to electrical insulation design concepts. Insulation defects in power-system equipment: Part 1. Insulation defects in power-system equipment: Part 2. Basic methods for insulation assessment. Established methods for insulation testing of specific equipment. Sensors for insulation condition monitoring. Online insulation condition monitoring techniques. Artificial-intelligence techniques for incipient fault diagnosis and condition assessment. Appendices. Index.

Condition Assessment of

High Voltage Insulation in

Power System Equipment

Peter Taver, Li Ran, Jim Penman and Howard Sedding

Fully revised and expanded edition to incorporate the important changes that have taken place in the energy industry. Includes new and important information about failure mechanisms, reliability, instrumentation, signal processing and the management of rotating machine assets.

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Nomenclature. Introduction to

condition monitoring. Construction, operation and failure modes of electrical machines. Reliability of machines and typical failure rates. Instrumentation requirements. Signal processing requirements. Temperature monitoring. Chemical monitoring. Vibration monitoring. Electrical techniques: current, flux and power monitoring. Electrical techniques: discharge monitoring. Application of artificial intelligence techniques. Condition-based maintenance and asset management. Appendix. Index.

Condition Monitoring of

Rotating Electrical Machines

Janet Wood

Nuclear Power explains in detail how nuclear power works, its

costs, benefits as part of the electricity supply system and examines its record. This book covers the debate: Is nuclear power expensive, dangerous and inflexible? Or is it an opportunity to invest in a long-term large-scale electricity source that will help win the battle against climate change?

Contents: The history of nuclear fission. Reactor designs. Nuclear

safety and three major accidents. Operating experience. Fuelling the reactor. Privatising the UK nuclear industry. A new nuclear

programme for the UK? New reactor designs. Future reactor designs. The development of fusion. Glossary. Further reading. Index.

Nuclear Power

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Brian Wareing

Wood Pole Overhead Lines provides comprehensive coverage of

medium-voltage wood pole overhead lines. It includes guidance on the planning and mechanical design of overhead lines, as well as details of statutory requirements and the latest UK and European standards affecting UK design of wood pole networks. Sag/tension calculations are explained, and details of the latest work on safe design tension limits to avoid conductor fatigue from vibration are included. The basic characteristics of bare and covered conductors are discussed as well as upgrading possibilities, condition assessment and the latest work on ‘health indices’ for overhead lines. Other topics include wood pole decay and mitigation methods, maintenance schedules, live-line working and basic lightning protection.

Contents: The need for overhead lines. Statutory requirements.

Surveying and profiling. Traditional and probabilistic design standards. Overhead line design. Mechanical design of poles, cross-arms and foundations. Weather loads, conductor sags and tensions. Conductor characteristics and selection. Bare, isulated and covered conductors. Line construction. Inspection techniques. Specific line inspection regimes. Condition assessment and health indices. Failure modes in overhead lines. Wood pole decay mechanisms and remedial treatments. Line and component susceptibility to weather effects. Live line working in the UK. Lightning and lightning protection. The future. Glossary. Index.

Wood Pole Overhead Lines

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Stan Stewart

Switchgear is required to isolate faulty equipment, divide large networks into sections for repair purposes and reconfigure networks in order to restore power supplies and control other equipment. This book covers general principles and topics such as interruption techniques, fault level calculations, switching transients and electrical insulation. Solutions to practical problems associated with distribution switchgear are also included, making it an esssential text for power engineering students and practising engineers.

Contents: Basics and general principles. Interruption techniques.

Fault level calculations. Symmetrical and asymmetrical fault currents. Electromagnetic forces and contact design. Switching transients. Insulation. Operating mechanisms. Primary switchgear. Cable connected secondary switchgear. Overhead conductor connected secondary switchgear. High-voltage fuse-links. Switchgear type tests. Product conformity, quality control and service problem resolution. Cost of ownership. The future. Further Reading. National, international and customer specifications. Index.

Distribution Switchgear

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Juan Gers and Edward Holmes

A properly co-ordinated protection system is vital to ensure that an electricity distribution network can operate within preset requirements for safety for individual items of equipment, staff and public, and the network overall. Suitable and reliable equipment should be installed on all circuits and electrical equipment, and, to do this, protective relays are used to initiate the isolation of faulted sections of a network in order to maintain supplies elsewhere on the system. This then leads to an improved electricity service with better continuity and quality of supply. Written by two practising electrical engineers, this second edition of the bestselling Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks (1998) offers both practical and theoretical coverage of the technologies, from the classical electromechanical relays to the new numerical types that protect equipment on networks and in electrical plant.

Contents: Introduction. Calculation of short-circuit currents.

Classification and function of relays. Current and voltage transformers. Overcurrent protection. Fuses, reclosers and sectionalisers. Directional overcurrent relays. Differential protection. Distance protection. Protection of industrial systems. Industrial plant load shedding. Protection schemes and substation design diagrams. Processing alarms. Installation, testing and maintenance of protection systems. Bibliography. Appendix: solution to exercises. Index.

Protection of Electricity

Distribution Networks

2nd Edition

Jürgen Schlabbach

The calculation of short-circuit currents is a central task for power system engineers, as they are essential parameters for the design of electrical equipment and installations, the operation of power systems and the analysis of outages and faults. Short-Circuit Currents gives an overview of the components within power systems with respect to the parameters needed for short-circuit current calculation. Detailed calculation procedures and typical data of equipment are provided in a separate chapter for easy reference, and worked examples are included throughout.

Contents: List of figures. List of tables. Foreword. Introduction.

Theoretical background. Calculation of impedance of electrical equipment. Calculation of short-circuit current in a.c. three-phase HV-systems. Influence of neutral earthing on single-phase short-circuit currents. Calculation of short-short-circuit currents in low-voltage systems. Double earth-fault and short-circuit currents through earth. Factors for the calculation of short-circuit currents. Calculation of circuit currents in DC auxiliary installations. Effects of short-circuit currents. Limitations of short-short-circuit currents. Special problems related to short-circuit currents. Data of equipment. Symbols, superscripts and subscripts. References. Index.

Short-Circuit Currents

Arthur Wright and Gordon Newbery

This substantially revised, third edition of Wright and Newbery’s classic guide to the world of electric fuses remains the most comprehensive reference work on the subject. New topics covered include further analysis of pre-arcing and arcing behaviour; retrofitting of expulsion fuses with automatic sectionalising links; developments in chip fuses and automotive fuses; application information on benefits of fuses; IGBT protection; arc flash and power quality. There are also updated national and international standards, and a glossary of terms. The broad treatment of fuses means that the book is intended not solely for those engaged in fuse development, design and production, but also for those responsible for planning and protection of electrical circuits and networks including electrical engineers along with specifiers, purchasing officers and technicians.

Contents: Introduction. Pre-arcing behaviour of cartridge fuselinks.

Arcing behaviour of cartridge fuselinks. Construction and types of low-voltage fuses. Constructions and types of high-voltage fuses. Constructions of miniature, plug and other small fuses. Application of fuses. International and national standards. Manufacture, quality assurance and inspection. References. Glossary. Index.

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Vernon Cooray, Uppsala University (Editor)

This unique book provides the reader with a thorough background in almost every aspect of lightning and its impact on electrical and electronic equipment, and is of value to anyone designing, installing or commissioning equipment that needs to be secured against lightning strikes, as well as being a sound introduction for research students working in the field.

Contents: Charge structure and geographical variation of

thunderclouds. Thunderstorm electrification mechanisms.

Mechanism of electrical discharges. The mechanism of the lightning flash. Computation of electromagnetic fields from lightning discharge. Mathematical modelling of return strokes. The effects of propagation on electric radiation fields. Interaction of electromagnetic fields generated by lightning with electrical networks. Lightning and EMC. Principles of protection of structures against lightning. Electrical aspects of lightning strike to humans. Index.

The Lightning Flash

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Jos Arrillaga and Neville Watson, both of University of Canterbury

Electromagnetic Transients Simulation (EMTS) has become a universal tool for the analysis of power system electromagnetic transients in the range of nanoseconds to seconds. This book provides a thorough review of EMTS, with many simple examples included to clarify difficult concepts.

Contents: Preface. Definitions, objectives and background. Analysis

of continuous and discrete systems. State variable analysis. Numerical integrator substitution. The root-matching method. Transmission lines and cables. Transformers and rotating plant. Control and protection. Power electronic systems. Frequency dependent network equivalents. Steady state applications. Mixed time-frame simulation. Transients simulation in real time. Appendices.

Power Systems Electromagnetic

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Hisham Khatib

This fully revised and updated edition of Economic Evaluation of

Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry takes a broad introductory

approach, covering market and environmental issues, financial analysis and evaluation and clean environmental technologies and costs. New topics include electricity trading and risk management, evolving electricity utilities and new and future generation technologies in a carbon-constrained world.

Contents: Global electrical power planning, investments and projects.

Considerations in project evaluation. Time value of money (discounting). Choice of the discount rate. Financial evaluation of projects. Considerations in project evaluation. Economic evaluation of projects. Environmental considerations and cost estimation in project evaluation. Electricity generation in a carbon constrained world. Economics of reliability of the power supply. Electricity trading. Evolvement of the electricity sector-utility for the future. Project analysis: evaluation of risk and uncertainty. Risk management - in electricity markets. Appendices. Index.

Economic Evaluation of Projects

in the Electricity Supply Industry

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Erkki Lakervi and Edward Holmes

As well as dealing with the planning and design of modern distribution systems, as opposed to more general aspects of transmission and generation, this second edition of Electricity

Distribution Network Design updates its treatment of computer-based

planning and reliability. It also covers the implications of international standards, network information systems and distribution automation.

Contents: The supply system. Planning distribution networks.

Technical considerations. Reliability. Economic principles. Equipment. System protection. HV networks and substations. MV networks. Distribution substations and LV networks. Load data. Special loads. Network voltage performance. Computer-based planning. Co-operation in network planning and design. Index.

Electricity Distribution

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Ken Parker, Naval Research Laboratory

The electrostatic precipitator remains one of the most cost-effective means of controlling the emission of particulates from most industrial processes. In this title, the author identifies the physical and engineering basis for the development of electrical equipment for electrostatic precipitators and thoroughly explores the technological factors that optimise the efficiency of the precipitator and hence minimise emissions, as well as future developments in the electrical field. This book will be of interest to both users and suppliers of electrostatic precipitators as well as advanced students on environmental-based courses.

Contents: Preface. The range and application of electrostatic

precipitators. Fundamental operation of an electrostatic precipitator. Factors impinging on design and performance. Mechanical features impacting on electrical operation. Development of electrical energisation equipment. Modern mains frequency energisation and control. Alternative mains frequency energisation systems. High frequency energisation systems. The impact of electrical resistivity on precipitator performance and operating conditions. ‘On-line’ monitoring, fault finding and identification. Index.

Electrical Operation of

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Hugh Ryan, Mclaren Consulting (Editor)

This book aims to give an appreciation of present-day high-voltage transmission and distribution systems. All the key components of HV power systems are covered from insulation systems, overhead lines, cables and bushings to switchgear and transformers. Electric power and HV transmission and distribution systems including HVDC and power electronic systems are also considered. The book gives details of design and testing techniques and of testing and measuring equipment. It provides an overview of transmission and distribution systems, technical, commercial and environmental considerations. Recent developments in testing and measuring technology are reviewed and the uses of fibre-based condition-monitoring strategies and life-management of electrical equipment are described.

Contents: Electric power transmission and HV distribution systems.

HVDC and power electronic systems. Insulation systems. Transmission systems. Overhead lines. High voltage cables. High voltage bushings. Substation design. Intelligent monitoring systems. Life management of electrical equipment. Switchgear fundamentals. Transmission switchgear design, development and service.

Distribution switchgear design, development and service. Application of high power testing and measurement technology. Design of high voltage power transformers. Transformer user requirements, specifications and testing. Fundamental aspects of air breakdown. Basic measuring and testing techniques. Digital measurements: implications for new international standards and procedures. High voltage laboratory techniques.

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978-0-85296-941-0 PBPO0290 - High Voltage Direct Current Arrillaga HB 1998 £75 Transmission

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Distributed Generation

N Jenkins, G Strbac and J Ekanayake

An update to Embedded Generation published in 1998. Interest in Distributed Generation is very strong and is a topic that will be of interest for many years. This book is intended to be used as a course text book for a module that deals with Distributed Generation within a Renewable Energy course.

Contents: Introduction. Distributed Generation plant. DG generators

and their system interconnection. Faults and Protection. Integration of DG in system planning. Commercial and regulatory framework for integration of DG in system operation and development. Future network architectures and DG. Tutorial chapters: Tutorial on ac electrical systems. Tutorial on electrical machines. Tutorial on power electronics. Tutorial on power systems.

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Propulsion Systems for

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2nd Edition

John Miller, Maxwell Technologies

Worldwide the automotive industry is challenged to make dramatic improvements in vehicle fuel economy, some already legislated and in some cases by new regulations. In Europe there are CO2 emissions penalties prorated by the degree at which vehicles miss mandated CO2 levels. In the US, vehicle fuel economy targets first set by the US Congress in 2007 for 20% fuel economy improvement by 2020 are now being accelerated by the Obama administration to an overall passenger car plus light truck mandate of 35.5mpg by 2016. Taking effect in 2012 the new rules set more aggressive fuel economy measures that will require making significant gains in engine and driveline efficiency, better performance cabin climate control and the introduction of electric hybridization. This 2nd Edition of Propulsion

Systems for Hybrid Vehicles addresses the electrification innovations

that will be required ranging from low end brake energy recuperators, idle-stop systems, mild hybrids on to strong hybrids of the power split architecture in both single mode and two mode and introducing new topics in plug-in hybrid and battery electrics. Important topics of the 1st Edition are retained and expanded and some materials that have become dated are dropped from this edition.

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Scenarios for a Future

Electricity Supply

Cost-optimised variations on supplying

Europe and its neighbours with electricity

from renewable energies

Gregor Czisch

This book pursues the fundamental idea of using renewable energies in a rational economic way to come to a climate friendly electricity supply: As the most cost efficient solution an electricity network for the whole of Europe and parts of the neighbouring continents Africa and Asia is found. The sources of renewable and partly decentralised electricity generation could be connected in a comprehensive power supply, to meet the electricity needs of the whole region.

Gregor Czisch examines which options will lend themselves in the future, from both a technical and an economic viewpoint, to meeting European electricity requirements. He shows that extremely promising and affordable options exists in the use of renewable energy in all its diversity in a system facilitating international cooperation.

In this book Czisch examines different scenarios for a CO2-neutral electricity system under different political, technological and economic conditions for Europe and its closer surroundings. The aim was to find in each variation the economically optimal solution, whereby the supply area embraces approximately 1.1 billion inhabitants and an electricity consumption of rougly 4000 Terawatthours per annum (TWh/a).

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Solar Photovoltaics

Anne Labouret and Michel Villoz

This professional manual on photovoltaic energy gives designers, installers and managers the tools and methods for the effective writing of technical reports; and calculating, installing and maintaining the necessary components (solar panels, batteries, charge controllers, conductors etc.) with the aim of designing and putting in place photovoltaic installations adapted to specific needs, conserving energy and taking into account both the opportunities and limits of this new energy.

It gives a detailed account of the physical phenomena (conversion and storage of solar energy) as well as the available technology and the technology currently in development.

This third edition includes a number of updates on the economical and technical aspects of this energy, as well as exploring the possibilities of connecting it to a network of photovoltaic systems.

Contents: Introduction. Photovoltaic energy, why? how?. Solar Energy.

Converting light into electricity. The features of a photovoltaic system. Annex 1: Physical measurements and units. Annex 2: Solar data. Annex 3: System Control. Checklist. Bibliography. Useful addresses. Index.

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Carbon Capture and Storage

Mark Venables

Despite the drive to develop renewable sources of energy fossil fuels will continue to play a significant role in meeting energy demand worldwide, and chief among these is coal. But with climate change concerns coming to the fore the emissions from burning coal cannot be acceptable. The answer is geosequestration, or as it is more commonly known Carbon Capture and Storage. This book looks at capturing carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere, compressing it, transporting it to a suitable site, and injecting it into deep geological formations where it will be trapped for thousands or millions of years.

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Energy

Christian Ngo

This book is aimed at students and professionals as well as anyone interested in having a global vision and perspective on energy. Over the past two centuries, the use of coal and later oil and gas has allowed an unprecedented increase in the standard of living. Over the past fifty years, the dominance of nuclear energy has given us access to an even more powerful source of energy. More recently there has been a revival in interest for renewable energy sources, which have for a long time dominated the history of humanity.

This new edition has been fully updated, describing energy sources from the past, from today and for the future as well as focussing on their usages by looking at all the different issues (technological, economic, environmental etc.). Each source of energy is presented with its advantages and disadvantages.

This book gives advice on how to use energy more efficiently in order to become less dependent upon fossil fuels, which are slowly being depleted and becoming more and more expensive. The inclusion of many tables and figures allows the reader to compare data on energy (e.g. on energy reserves, consumption, production etc.).

Contents: Basic concepts. Fossil fuels. Renewable energy. Nuclear

energy. Use and storage. Energy and the environment. Future prospects. Bibliography. Index.

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Janet Wood

In future, the UK’s energy supplies, for both heat and power, will come from much more diverse sources. In many cases, this will mean local energy projects serving a local community or even a single house. What technologies are available? Where and at what scale can they be used? How can they work effectively with our existing energy networks? This book explores these power and heat sources, explains the characteristics of each and examines how they can be used.

Contents: Introduction. Embedded generation plant. System studies.

Generators. Power quality. Protection of embedded generation. Reliability concepts and assessment. Economics of embedded generation. Concluding remarks. Index.

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Microgrids and Active

Distribution Networks

S Chowdhury, SP Chowdhury and P Crossley

A companion to Embedded Generation by Nick Jenkins and his colleagues, this book is a timely publication for an evolving industry. Renewable energy, ancillary services and deregulation of the power industry are changing electricity delivery networks. Microgrids, smartgrids and active distribution networks require a sound understanding of the basic concepts, generation technologies, impacts, operation, control and management, economic viability and market participation involved in grid integration.

Contents: Distributed generation and Microgrid concept. Distributed

energy resources. Impacts of Microgrid. Microgrid and active distribution network management system. Protection issues for Microgrids. Power electronic interfaces. SCADA and active distribution networks. Impact of DG integration on power quality and reliability. Microgrid economics. Market participation of Microgrids. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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Cogeneration

A user’s guide

David Flin

If there are two phrases we have come to know very well, they are “environmental awareness” and “credit crunch”. The world is looking for ways to decrease the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere, without incurring major costs in doing so. By increasing efficiencies up to about 90% using well established and mature technologies, cogeneration represents the best option for short-term reductions in CO2 emission levels.

The ability to maximise revenue streams by taking advantage of price fluctuations in the cost of energy supply, and ensuring the ability to supply power regardless of what is happening on the grid is a powerful incentive to the use of cogeneration. The collapses of the grid networks in America and Italy in 2004 were a stark reminder of what can happen if there is over-reliance on the grid network. Cogeneration makes sense economically, environmentally and operationally.

Contents: What is cogeneration? Why use cogeneration? Who can use

cogeneration? Can we use cogeneration? How do we implement cogeneration? Legal and institutional framework. Future developments. Case studies. Index.

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Brendan Fox, Damien Flynn, both of Queen’s University Belfast, Leslie Bryans, Northern Ireland Electricity, Nick Jenkins, University of Strathclyde, Mark O’Malley, Rick Watson, both of University College Dublin and David Milborrow andOlimpo Anaya-Lara of the University of Strathclyde

The rapid growth of wind power and the implications of this on future power system planning, operation and control has become an even greater challenge in today’s liberalised electricity market conditions. This essential book examines the main problems of wind power integration and guides the reader through a number of the most recent solutions based on current research and operational experience of wind power integration.

Contents: Introduction. Power system fundamentals. Wind power

technology. Network integration of wind power. Operation of power systems. Wind power forecasting. Wind power and electricity markets. Appendix. References. Index.

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Connection and system operational aspects

Nick Jenkins of Cardiff University, Ron Allan, Peter Crossley, Daniel Kirschen andGoran Strbac, all of Manchester University

Demand for on-site and alternative power generation is growing, fuelled by government and public pressure to increase generation from renewable sources and energy efficient plant, and by the potential economic benefits resulting from privatisation and deregulation of the supply sector. This book is a practical, course-derived guide that covers all aspects of embedded (or dispersed) generation, from prime-mover characteristics to network reliability and economics. It is essential reading for practising engineers planning, designing or specifying embedded generation solutions.

Contents: Introduction. Embedded generation plant. System studies.

Generators. Power quality. Protection of embedded generators. Reliability concepts and assessment. Economics of embedded generation. Concluding remarks.

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