Power System Protection And Switchgear

1. Introduction
2. Relay Construction and Operating Principles
3. Current and Voltage Transformers
4. Symmetrical Fault Analysis
5. Symmetrical Components
6. Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis
7. Power System Grounding (Earthing)
8. Overcurrent Protection
9. Distance Protection
10. Pilot Relaying Schemes
11. Travelling Wave Based Protection
12. Differential Protection
13. Rotating Machines Protection
14. Transformer and Buszone Protection
15. Numerical Protection
16. Microprocessor-Based Numerical Protective Relays
17. Artificial Intelligence Based Numerical Protection
18. Circuit Breakers
19. Fuses
20. Protection Against Overvoltages
21. Modern Trends in Power System Protection
22. WAMS Based Protection of Power Network
23. Protection of Transmission and Distribution Systems in Presence of Renewables


Appendix A: 8086 Assembly Language Programming 
Appendix B: Orthogonal and Orthonormal Functions
Appendix C: Gray-code to Binary Conversion
Appendix D: Kronecker (or Direct) Product of Matrices

Overview

The third edition of Power System Protection and Switchgear have been thoroughly revised keeping
in view the requirement of students in Electrical Engineering of Indian and foreign universities and latest developments in this area while maintaining the trademark style of simplicity in presentation.
The present edition of the book will be very useful to both the undergraduate and postgraduate students of electrical engineering, research scholars, students preparing for professional examinations and practicing engineers engaged in system protection work.


Key Features

• Chapter 4 divided into four chapters i.e. Chapter 4: Symmetrical Fault Analysis, Chapter 5: Symmetrical Components, Chapter 6: Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis and Chapter 7: Power System Grounding 
• Keeping in view the tremendous technological advancement in power system protection, three new chapters have been included namely Chapter 11: Travel¬ling Wave Based Protection, Chapter 22: WAMS Based Protection of Power Network and Chapter 23: Protection of Transmission and Distribution Systems in Presence of Renewables 
• Definitions of latest new terms given in Chapter 1. 
• Coordination of overcurrent relays in interconnected power system included in Chapter 8, protection of motors in Chapter 13; miniature circuit breakers, moulded case circuit breakers and residual current circuit breakers in Chapter 18 and protection of series compensated transmission line in Chapter 21
• Every chapter has been provided with Multiple Choice Questions