Electrical Power Systems Quality, Third Edition

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO POWER QUALITY--UPDATED AND EXPANDEDElectrical Power Systems Quality, Third Edition, is a complete, accessible, and up-to-date guide to identifying and preventing the causes of power quality problems. The information is presented without heavy-duty equations, making it practical and easily readable for utility engineers, industrial engineers, technicians, and equipment designers. This in-depth resource addresses the essentials of power quality and tested methods to improve compatibility among the power system, customer equipment, and processes.Coverage includes: Standard terms and definitions for power quality phenomenaProtecting against voltage sags and interruptionsHarmonic phenomena and dealing with harmonic distortionTransient overvoltagesLong-duration voltage variationsBenchmarking power qualityInternational Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standardsMaintaining power quality in distributed generation systemsCommon wiring and grounding problems, along with solutionsSite surveys and power quality monitoring