Fundamentals of Electric Power Engineering - From Electromagnetics to Power Systems

This book serves as a tool for any engineer who wants to learn about circuits, electrical machines and drives, power electronics, and power systems basics
 
From time to time, engineers find they need to brush up on certain fundamentals within electrical engineering. This clear and concise book is the ideal learning tool for them to quickly learn the basics or develop an understanding of newer topics.
 
Fundamentals of Electric Power Engineering: From Electromagnetics to Power Systems helps nonelectrical engineers amass power system information quickly by imparting tools and trade tricks for remembering basic concepts and grasping new developments. Created to provide more in-depth knowledge of fundamentals--rather than a broad range of applications only--this comprehensive and up-to-date book:
* Covers topics such as circuits, electrical machines and drives, power electronics, and power system basics as well as new generation technologies
* Allows nonelectrical engineers to build their electrical knowledge quickly
* Includes exercises with worked solutions to assist readers in grasping concepts found in the book
* Contains "in-depth" side bars throughout which pique the reader's curiosity
 
Fundamentals of Electric Power Engineering is an ideal refresher course for those involved in this interdisciplinary branch.
 

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List of contents

PREFACE xv
 
ABOUT THE AUTHORS xix
 
PART I PRELIMINARY MATERIAL 1
 
1 Introduction 3
 
1.1 The Scope of Electrical Engineering, 3
 
1.2 This Book's Scope and Organization, 7
 
1.3 International Standards and Their Usage in This Book, 8
 
1.3.1 International Standardization Bodies, 8
 
1.3.2 The International System of Units (SI), 9
 
1.3.3 Graphic Symbols for Circuit Drawings, 11
 
1.3.4 Names, Symbols, and Units, 13
 
1.3.5 Other Conventions, 15
 
1.4 Specific Conventions and Symbols in This Book, 15
 
1.4.1 Boxes Around Text, 16
 
1.4.2 Grayed Boxes, 16
 
1.4.3 Terminology, 17
 
1.4.4 Acronyms, 17
 
1.4.5 Reference Designations, 18
 
2 The Fundamental Laws of Electromagnetism 19
 
2.1 Vector Fields, 20
 
2.2 Definition of E and B; Lorentz's Force Law, 22
 
2.3 Gauss's Law, 25
 
2.4 Ampère's Law and Charge Conservation, 26
 
2.4.1 Magnetic Field and Matter, 31
 
2.5 Faraday's Law, 32
 
2.6 Gauss's Law for Magnetism, 35
 
2.7 Constitutive Equations of Matter, 36
 
2.7.1 General Considerations, 36
 
2.7.2 Continuous Charge Flow Across Conductors, 36
 
2.8 Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves, 38
 
2.9 Historical Notes, 40
 
2.9.1 Short Biography of Faraday, 40
 
2.9.2 Short Biography of Gauss, 40
 
2.9.3 Short Biography of Maxwell, 41
 
2.9.4 Short Biography of Ampère, 41
 
2.9.5 Short Biography of Lorentz, 41
 
PART II ELECTRIC CIRCUIT CONCEPT AND ANALYSIS 43
 
3 Circuits as Modelling Tools 45
 
3.1 Introduction, 46
 
3.2 Definitions, 48
 
3.3 Charge Conservation and Kirchhoff's Current Law, 50
 
3.3.1 The Charge Conservation Law, 50
 
3.3.2 Charge Conservation and Circuits, 51
 
3.3.3 The Electric Current, 53
 
3.3.4 Formulations of Kirchhoff's Current Law, 55
 
3.4 Circuit Potentials and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law, 60
 
3.4.1 The Electric Field Inside Conductors, 60
 
3.4.2 Formulations of Kirchhoff's Voltage Law, 64
 
3.5 Solution of a Circuit, 65
 
3.5.1 Determining Linearly Independent Kirchhoff Equations (Loop-Cuts Method), 66
 
3.5.2 Constitutive Equations, 68
 
3.5.3 Number of Variables and Equations, 70
 
3.6 The Substitution Principle, 73
 
3.7 Kirchhoff's Laws in Comparison with Electromagnetism Laws, 75
 
3.8 Power in Circuits, 76
 
3.8.1 Tellegen's Theorem and Energy Conservation Law in Circuits, 78
 
3.9 Historical Notes, 80
 
3.9.1 Short Biography of Kirchhoff, 80
 
3.9.2 Short Biography of Tellegen, 80
 
4 Techniques for Solving DC Circuits 83
 
4.1 Introduction, 84
 
4.2 Modelling Circuital Systems with Constant Quantities as Circuits, 84
 
4.2.1 The Basic Rule, 84
 
4.2.2 Resistors: Ohm's Law, 87
 
4.2.3 Ideal and "Real" Voltage and Current Sources, 89
 
4.3 Solving Techniques, 91
 
4.3.1 Basic Usage of Combined Kirchhoff-Constitutive Equations, 92
 
4.3.2 Nodal Analysis, 95
 
4.3.3 Mesh Analysis, 98
 
4.3.4 Series and Parallel Resistors; Star/Delta Conversion, 99
 
4.3.5 Voltage and Current Division, 103
 
4.3.6 Linearity and Superposition, 105
 
4.3.7 Thévenin's Theorem, 107
 
4.4 Power and Energy and Joule's Law, 112
 
4.5 More Examples, 114
 
4.6 Resistive Circuits Operating with Variable Quantities, 120
 
4.7 Historical Notes, 121
 
4.7.1 Short Biography of Ohm, 121<

About the author

MASSIMO CERAOLO received his MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pisa, with honors, in 1985. He has been Full Professor of Electric Power Systems since 2002. He has taught Networks, Components and Electric Systems at the University of Pisa, where he currently teaches Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. He has authored over one hundred scientific papers in several fields of electrical engineering.
DAVIDE POLI received his MSc degree, with honors, and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pisa, in 1997 and in 2001. He has been Assistant Professor of Electric Power Systems since 2001. Currently, he teaches Power Quality and Power System Reliability at the University of Pisa. He has authored eighty scientific papers in the field of power systems.

Summary

At the basis of many sectors of engineering, electrical engineering deals with electricity phenomena involved in the transfer of energy and power.

Product details

• Authors: Ceraolo, M Ceraolo, Massim Ceraolo, Massimo Ceraolo, Massimo Poli Ceraolo, Ceraolo Massimo, Poli, Davide Poli, Poli Davide
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2014
• EAN: 9781118679692
• ISBN: 978-1-118-67969-2
• No. of pages: 552
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Energietechnik, Energie, Leistungselektronik, ENERGY, Power electronics, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Power Technology & Power Engineering