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  title info:
    title: Electrical power distribution
  name:
    name part: Pabla, Amarjit Singh
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McGraw-Hill Companies
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York, N.Y
    publisher: McGraw-Hill Education LLC.
    date issued: c2011
    date issued: 2011
    edition: 6th ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xix, 1088 pages) : illustrations, figs., tables.
  table of contents: A. Dedication -- B. Preface to the sixth edition -- C. Preface to the first edition -- D. Author's profile -- 1. Power system -- General concept -- Distribution of power -- Quality of supply -- System study -- Benchmarking -- Electricity reforms -- Future distribution systems -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 2. Electricity forecasting -- Power loads -- Connected load -- Load forecasting -- Definitions of some basic concepts in statistics -- Regression analysis -- Correlation theory -- Analysis of time series -- Factors in power system loading -- Unloading the system -- Forecast of system peak -- Strategic forecasting -- Spatial load forecasting -- Technological forecasting -- Scenario planning -- Sources of error: regulating the model -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 3. System planning -- Planning process -- Planning criteria and standards -- System development -- Distributed generation -- Distribution system economics and finance -- Mapping -- Enterprise resource planning (erp) -- Modelling -- System calculations -- Introductory methods -- Network elements -- Load flow -- Automated planning -- Fault studies -- Effect of abnormal loads -- Line circuits -- Urban distribution -- Outsourcing -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 4. Design and operation -- Engineering design -- Operation criteria and standards -- Sub-transmission -- Sub-station and feeder -- Low voltage?three-phase or single-phase -- Practices -- Location of sectionalizer -- Voltage control -- Harmonics -- Load variations -- Impact loading of transformer -- Ferroresonance -- System losses -- Energy management -- Model distribution system -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 5. Distribution automation -- Distribution automation (da) -- Project planning -- Definitions -- Communication -- Sensors -- Supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) -- Consumer information service (cis) -- Geographical information system (gis) -- Automatic meter reading (amr) -- Automation systems -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 6. Optimizati…
  table of contents: 11. Earthing -- Earthing system -- Earth and safety -- Nature of an earth electrode system -- Earth conductor sizes -- Design of earthing electrodes -- System earthing -- Earthing practices -- Earth fault protection of feeders under feeble fault current conditions -- Earthing system maintenance -- Earth testing -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 12. Overhead lines -- Choice of the system -- Cables -- Overhead lines -- Design of overhead power lines -- Overhead line construction -- Vibrations -- Line accessories -- Installation of distribution transformer -- Compact lines -- Aerial bunched cables (abc) system -- Service line -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 13. Underground cables -- Circuit design: key to reliability -- Determination of cable rating -- Stress grading -- Thermo-mechanical effects in cable systems -- Cable materials -- Cable jointing -- Installation of cables -- Principal causes of cable failure -- Selection of cables -- System fault location -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 14. System overvoltages -- Causes of overvoltages -- Lightning -- Protective devices -- Failure of lightning arresters -- Detection of arrester failures in the field -- Allowable maximum distance of separation -- Travelling waves -- Protection schemes -- Pole-mounted distribution transformers -- Cable junction -- Lightning arresters: earthing -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 15. Rural supply -- Rural system -- Reliability -- Faults and protection -- Improvement of existing distribution systems -- Single wire earth return system -- Fault locating -- Auto-reclosers -- Determination of rating of induction motor (cage type) -- Constructional practices -- Future orientation of rural system -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 16. Power capacitors -- Reactive power -- Series and shunt capacitors -- System harmonics -- Ht shunt capacitors' installation requirements -- Size of capacitors for power factor improvement -- Lt capacitors -- Construction features -- Failures -- Problems -- Bibliography -- 17. I…
  note: by Amarjit Singh Pabla.
  note: Also issued in online version.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  subject:
    topic: Electric power distribution
  subject:
    topic: Electric power
  classification: TK3001 2011
  classification: 621.319
  identifier: 9780070144552
  identifier: 0070144559
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  record info:
    record creation date: 141219
    record change date: 20241008175843.7
    record identifier: in00005503958