Handbook of Electric Power Calculations

by H. Wayne Beaty

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071362983

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Book Description

Now with live equations on the bundled CD-ROM, this problem-solving package makes it easier than ever to find and use the right calculation. The most powerful calculations tool available to electrical engineers, the Handbook delivers step-by-step directions and examples for the entire range of electric power problem-solving, in print and in a searchable, interactive CD format. Written by industry experts and edited by McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook of Electrical Engineering editor H. Wayne Beaty, this popular guide is the only answer you need for trouble-free electric power calculations.

NEW IN THIS EDITION

• CD-ROM with most-used calculations and formulas live
• Up-to-date system design calculations
• Deregulatory operating changes
• Current National Electrical Code® standards
• Advances in transformers and motors
• Problem-solving techniques and examples in network analysis, instrumentation, all types of motors and generators, transmission lines, power system control, load flow, stability, cogeneration, batteries, economic methods, specialties, and more

About the Author

H. Wayne Beaty is the former managing editor of Electric Light and Power and editor of McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook of Electrical Engineering, Thirteenth Edition.

Customer Reviews

I am a PhD candidate in Power Engineering and I found this book the most trusted handbook in Power electrical engineering; however you should have some experience or knowledge about power system to understand the examples.

This book provided the best examples from practical design point of view. Although some improvements can be made by adding more detailed stuff for GROUNDING, LIGHTING & SHORT CIRCUIT CHAPTERS. It provided me some basic concepts for selecting transformer's protection devices and other valuable information for about motors too.

Calculations for network analysis, instrumentation, dc machines, transformers, 3 phase induction motors, single phase induction motors, synchronous machines, transmission lines, electric-power networks, load-flow studies, power-system control, short-circuit computations, system grounding, power-system protection, power-system stability, cogeneration, batteries, economic methods, and lighting design are covered in separate chapters. The information is available, it's just not easy to find. Small type makes reading difficult for anything other than short periods.

I haven't found any errors in formulae or explanations. The organization is logical and, except for the spacing, easy to follow.

Each section has it's own table of contents. The Index is large and appears to encompass most of the important topics in the book.

I'm using it to prepare for and take my Professional Engineering Exam and it looks like it will be an excellent reference.... this is the book I'd buy to have a handbook close at hand for quick, look ups.