Protective Relaying (Power Engineering, 5) (Hardcover)

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Praise for the previous edition:
…well written, technical, and includes bibliographies at the end of each chapter. To further illustrate the concepts that have been discussed, there are problems at the end of the text that have been developed over many years of actual experience. In addition to being a good reference book for technical libraries, engineers, and technicians, it is a very useful handbook for users, manufacturers and installers.
---Electrical/Electronics Engineer
…demonstrates succinctly how to safeguard electric systems...useful for electrical protection engineers, power systems manufacturers and computer engineers.
---Electrical Review

Product Description

Presenting the fundamental theories and applications of relays used for the protection of electric power systems, this eagerly anticipated Second Edition of a widely used resource has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field. Maintaining the features that sent the previous edition into 10 printings, Protective Relaying, Second Edition covers large and small utility systems as well as industrial and commercial systems provides a completely new treatment of generator protection in compliance with the most recent governmental rules and regulations supplies expanded information on symmetrical components delineates individual protection practices for all equipment components furnishes an overview of power system grounding, including system ferroresonance and safety grounding basics analyzes power system performance during abnormal conditions describes the relationship of input source performance to protection and more! Widely adopted by colleges and universities throughout the country;from Arizona State University and the University of Alaska to the Georgia Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, the Second Edition offers outstanding textbook features such as application summaries a wealth of practical examples with detailed calculations and analyses problem sets keyed to each chapter Containing nearly 300 drawings, photographs, and tables, Protective Relaying, Second Edition is an indispensable reference for electrical and electronics, power, high-voltage, insulation, electrical-power, transmission and distribution, and industrial engineers; and power system researchers and technicians; and the text of choice for students and professionals enrolled in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, continuing-education programs, and professional seminars in these disciplines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 2 edition (October 17, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824799186
• ISBN-13: 978-0824799182
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #926,774 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding book, November 6, 2000

By	P. Wung "Engineering is my vocation, volleyba... (Tipp City, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In order to appreciate this book, one must understand the history behind power system protective relaying. As the previous reviewers have mentioned, the two classic bibles in protective relaying is the Westinghouse Protective Relaying book and the Westinghouse T & D book. Lewis Blackburn put the former book together while he worked at Westinghouse and he had a hand in the second book as well. My father attended the Westinghouse training courses in the 1950's and his instructor was Lew Blackburn. Over time, Mr. Blackburn became a family friend and I grew up listening to them talk about the electric power industry and learned about the subject at the feet of the master. Even though I went into motors instead of relaying, I still enjoyed reading this book.

After Mr. Blackburn retired from Westinghouse, he became a consultant and proceeded to put the material in this book together. It was a labor of love, for a lot of people have said that the practice of protective relying is like black magic because there are many correct ways to protect a system, they all have problems but it is up to the practitioner to determine the best solution for a given situation. Mr. Blackburn poured his years of experience and expertise into this book. He tried to do this in a systematic manner in order to reduce the amount of ambiguity usually associated with the black arts. I believe he has succeeded.

I would agree with the others that the second edition was a letdown from the first, but then again, most first editions are more informative because authors wrote "their" book with the first edition, the following editions are ususally to answer the critics and publishers.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Second edition has less detailed examples than the first, August 14, 1999

By A Customer

In working through the examples, I found that Blackburn decided to remove the details for the solutions of the example problems and just state that intermediate steps are "easily calculated." The answers are still given, but this caused me a problem when I was working the examples and didn't get the answer he presented. I had to refer back to the first edition to catch my error.

I would recommend keeping the first edition if you have it, and purchasing this one since he updates the chapter on generator protection (according to the 2nd ed preface).

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my "go to" book on most protection issues., May 18, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Chattanooga, TN, USA) - See all my reviews

Being in System Protection for the past 6 years I have collected quite a nice library of books related to my field of protective relaying. I have used Blackburn's book until the pages are dog eared. It is generally the first book I grab off the shelf to start reviewing a protection topic or to refresh my memory. Blackburn did an excellent job with straight forward practical examples and applications...as you might expect from one of the masters in the field. This book along with the old Westinghouse Applied Protective Relaying book (relaying Bible) and the ABB T&D book (formerly Westinghouse book) cover the majority of topics a protection enginerd needs.