Power System Analysis and Design (Pws Series in Engineering) [Hardcover]

J. Duncan Glover (Author), Mulukutla S. Sarma (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534939600 | ISBN-13: 978-0534939601 | Publication Date: January 1994 | Edition: 2nd

Glover's writing style and approach to power systems concepts satisfies the needs of specialists and nonspecialists alike. Glover combines clear text explanations and realistic examples and exercises with an innovative software component. The accompanying software and user's guide allow students to analyze and test their designs for power systems, and also provide vital initial experience with using analysis software; a skill necessary for working with the complex, professional level power system analysis programs they will be using as practicing engineers.

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About the Author

A PhD from MIT, J. Duncan Glover is President and Principal Engineer at Failure Electrical, LLC. Prior to forming Failure Electrical, LLC, Dr. Glover was a Principal Engineer at Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, a tenured Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Northeastern University, and held several engineering positions with companies that include the International Engineering Company, Commonwealth Associates, Inc., and American Electric Power Service Corporation. Dr. Glover specializes in issues pertaining to electrical engineering, particularly as they relate to failure analysis of electrical systems, subsystems, and components, including causes of electrical fires. His expertise covers electric power systems, generation, transmission, distribution, power system planning, extra high voltage design, power system dynamics assessment, and computer-aided design. Dr. Glover is experienced in analyzing such elements as control systems, power electronics, motor drives, inverters, rectifiers, rotating electric machinery, switchgear, and transformers, as well as residential and commercial appliances.

Mulukutla S. Sarma is the author of numerous technical articles published in leading journals, including the first studies of methods for computer-aided analysis of three-dimensional nonlinear electromagnetic field problems as applied to the design of electrical machinery. Sarma is a Life-Fellow of IEEE(USA), a Fellow of IEE(UK) and IEE(INDIA), and a reviewer of several IEEE Transactions, a member of the IEEE Rotating Machinery Committee, and a member of several other professional societies. Dr. Sarma is a Professional Engineer of the State of Massachusetts. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 583 pages
• Publisher: Pws Pub Co; 2nd edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534939600
• ISBN-13: 978-0534939601
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great textbook for someone unfamiliar to Power Systems, October 26, 2008

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D. Pruessner (Galveston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power System Analysis and Design (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)

I'm an Electrical Engineering graduate. But my school's program was geared to the semiconductor and circuit design market in Dallas. I never had a Power Systems class. So when I got a job working on the power distribution at a major chemical manufacturer (in Houston), I had to play catch-up. A co-op working in that department suggested this book, as it was used in one of her classes.

This textbook does a good job of covering many topics that are needed in "every day" engineering. Most chapters begin with a case-study that is relevant to developments in politics and design. For example, one chapter begins with a case study of different transmission tower designs: pros, cons, applicability.

This book did not, however, get into the physics of the systems. I had to look to other texts for in-depth analysis of symmetrical components, rotating equipment, relaying, etc.

In conclusion: this is a really good book as an introduction to many relevant topics in electrical power engineering.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but Flawed, September 13, 2010

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G. Ballard "Gumby Rocks" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power System Analysis and Design (Pws Series in Engineering) (Hardcover)

I bought this book because its text kept coming up on searches from homework assignments, and the nomenclature was consistent with what my professor was using in class, while his recommended textbook was not. Apparently, he had used this book before, and in that regard it proved invaluable, but I could see why he switched to another text. Every chapter has bits of many topics, but you don't get the whole thing in any one. That might have some logic if you were just reading cover to cover, but when trying to look up any topic, it means sorting through 20 or more entries with only a little bit of information in each place. At least it gave me a way to look up the variable names used in that that professor's lectures, but beyond that, this wasn't a useful reference.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice software with book, June 21, 2010

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This review is from: Power System Analysis and Design (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)

The PowerWorld students software is pretty neat. Good user interface and handles large enough portions of a grid to get good feel for system behaviour - active and reactive power. Fun overloading grid and causing blackouts. Book material OK and links in to software well.