Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications

by J. Lewis Blackburn, Thomas J. Domin

Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439888116

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Book Description

Technological advances and structural changes within the electric utility industry mandate that protection engineers develop a solid understanding of the related new technologies as well as of power system operations and economics in order to function proficiently.

Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions by the late J. Lewis Blackburn, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Fourth Edition retains the fundamentals of protection relays and power system protection while incorporating new developments in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, this Fourth Edition focuses on technological changes in the design of protective systems, the practical concerns of power system protection encountered by users, and the techniques for protecting typical facilities used in modern power systems.

Book Reviews

"This is the definitive book on the subject. Mr. Blackburn has been a force in the subject for many years and has kept this book current through its multiple editions. He provides a real-life perspective on the problems that real working engineers face in their day to day activities."- Books-On-Line

Customer Reviews

I actually bought this for my husband. He's looking to change engineering jobs into system reliability. We took a three week vacation and I downloaded this book into my kindle for him. It was the FIRST time he used my kindle and loved the way he could read this book without carrying 4 lbs of book. He read it during our vacation and will be interviewing for this job very soon. The book has helped him become more confident and will mention buying the book in order to get a jump on training for the new job. I'm sure he'll also tell them he took it along with him on vacation. It couldn't hurt!

The definitive book on the subject. It is intended for the profdssional who is in charge of protecting the electric power system. In the new third edition, the book increases its discussion of protection of additional types of equipment including generator (intertie, generator, excitation systems), capacitor bank protection, underfrequency and undervoltage load shedding, special protection schemes, DC tripping scheme designs, fault location and event reports. It is also upgraded to cover the latest technologies in microprocessor applicaions, including digital based devices and designs.

This is the definitive book on the subject. Mr. Blackburn has been a force in the subject for many years and has keep this book current throughs its multiple editions. He provides a real-life perspective on the problems that real working engineers face in their day to day activities

As a veteran substation automation and SCADA engineer, I was looking for something to deepen my knowledge of protective relaying schemes. This book is an excellent source of basic relaying information. It provides insights into all the major types of protection schemes, but I did find it a little weak when it comes to in-depth explanations. Its coverage of the new generation of microprocessor-based relays is pretty much a 30,000 ft overview of them, which is too bad, since they are the main form of relaying being deployed at present. Considering that it was published in its latest revision quite recently, I was diappointed by the lack of microprocessor-based relaying and the vast capabilities this new technology provides.