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Power System Analysis and Design (Pws Series in Engineering)

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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.

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.

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.

This book was usefull for my introduction course to electric prower engineering, for this porpuse is the best book you can find. But Don't expect it to be very profound.

Although this book is translated into Chinese, I like to read this book. Because I'm a collage student, this book is necessary for me. I study electronic, and this book is my best choice. Such as transformer, transmission line, power flow...ect, it's full and great to people who want to study the more power system. It's not hard to understand.