Extra high voltage AC transmission engineering

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Begamudre, Rakosh Das (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Kent [England] : New Academic Science Limited, 2013.
EditionFourth edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781781830444
1781830444
9781523118830
1523118830
9781906574741
190657474X
Physical Description1 online resource (531 pages) : illustrations, tables

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to EHV AC Transmission
  • 1.1 Role of EHV AC Transmission
  • 1.2 Brief Description of Energy Sources and Their Development
  • 1.3 Description of Subject Matter of This Book
  • Chapter 2 Transmission Line Trends and Preliminaries
  • 2.1 Standard Transmission Voltages
  • 2.2 Average Values of Line Parameters
  • 2.3 Power-Handling Capacity and Line Loss
  • 2.4 Examples of Giant Power Pools and Number of Lines
  • 2.5 Costs of Transmission Lines and Equipment
  • 2.6 Mechanical Considerations in Line Performance
  • Chapter 3 Calculation of Line and Ground Parameters
  • 3.1 Resistance of Conductors
  • 3.2 Temperature rise of Conductors and Current-Carrying Capacity
  • 3.3 Properties of Bundled Conductors
  • 3.4 Inductance of E.H.V. Line Configurations
  • 3.5 Line Capacitance Calculation
  • 3.6 Sequence Inductances and Capacitances
  • 3.7 Line Parameters for Modes of Propagation
  • 3.8 Resistance and Inductance of Ground Return
  • Chapter 4 Voltage Gradients of Conductors
  • 4.1 Electrostatics
  • 4.2 Field of Sphere Gap
  • 4.3 Field of Line Charges and Their Properties
  • 4.4 Charge-Potential Relations for Multi-Conductor Lines
  • 4.5 Surface Voltage Gradient on Conductors
  • 4.6 Examples of Conductors and Maximum Gradients on Actual Lines
  • 4.7 Gradient Factors and Their Use
  • 4.8 Distribution of Voltage Gradient on Sub-Conductors of Bundle
  • 4.9 Design of Cylindrical Cages for Corona Experiments
  • Appendix to Chapter 4 Voltage Gradients on the Conductors in the Presence of Ground Wires on Towers
  • Chapter 5 Corona Effects-I: Power Loss and Audible Noise
  • 5.1 I2R Loss and Corona Loss
  • 5.2 Corona-Loss Formulae
  • 5.3 Charge-Voltage (q-v) Diagram and Corona Loss
  • 5.4 Attenuation of Travelling Waves due to Corona Loss.
  • 5.5 Audible Noise: Generation and Characteristics
  • 5.6 Limits for Audible Noise
  • 5.7 An Measurement and Meters
  • 5.8 Formulae for Audible Noise and use in Design
  • 5.9 Relation Between Single-Phase and 3-Phase AN Levels
  • 5.10 Day-Night Equivalent Noise Level
  • 5.11 Some Examples of AN Levels from EHV Lines
  • Chapter 6 Corona Effects-II: Radio Interference
  • 6.1 Corona Pulses: Their Generation and Properties
  • 6.2 Properties of Pulse Trains and Filter Response
  • 6.3 Limits for Radio Interference Fields
  • 6.4 Frequency Spectrum of the RI Field of Line
  • 6.5 Lateral Profile of RI and Modes of Propagation
  • 6.6 The Cigre Formula
  • 6.7 The RI Excitation Function
  • 6.8 Measurement of RI, RIV, and Excitation Function
  • 6.9 Measurement of Excitation Function
  • 6.10 Design of Filter
  • 6.11 Television Interference (TVI)
  • Chapter 7 Electrostatic and Magnetic Fields of EHV Lines
  • 7.1 Electric Shock and Threshold Currents
  • 7.2 Capacitance of Long Object
  • 7.3 Calculation of Electrostatic Field of AC Lines
  • 7.4 Effect of High E.S. Field on Human Animals and Plants
  • 7.5 Meters and Measurement of Electrostatic Fields
  • 7.6 Electrostatic Induction on Unenergized Circuit of D/C Line
  • 7.7 Induced Voltage in Insulated Ground Wires
  • 7.8 Magnetic Field Effects
  • 7.9 Magnetic Field of 3-Phase Lines
  • 7.10 Magnetic Field of A 6-Phase Line
  • 7.11 Effect of Power-Frequency Magnetic Fields on Human Health
  • Chapter 8 Theory of Travelling Waves and Standing Waves
  • 8.1 Travelling Waves and Standing Waves at Power Frequency
  • 8.2 Differential Equations and Solutions for General Case
  • 8.3 Standing Waves and Natural Frequencies
  • 8.4 Open-Ended Line: Double-Exponential Response
  • 8.5 Open-Ended Line: Response to Sinusoidal Excitation
  • 8.6 Line Energization with Trapped-Charge Voltage.
  • 8.7 Corona Loss and Effective Shunt Conductance
  • 8.8 The Method of Fourier Transforms
  • 8.9 Reflection and Refraction of Travelling Waves
  • 8.10 Transient Response of Systems with Series and Shunt Lumped Parameters and Distributed Lines
  • 8.11 Principles of Travelling-Wave Protection of E.H.V. Lines
  • Chapter 9 Lightning and Lightning Protection
  • 9.1 Lightning Strokes to Lines
  • 9.2 Lightning-Stroke Mechanism
  • 9.3 General Principles of the Lightning Protection Problem
  • 9.4 Tower-Footing Resistance
  • 9.5 Insulator Flashover and Withstand Voltages
  • 9.6 Probability of Occurrence of Lightning Stroke Currents
  • 9.7 Lightning Arresters and Protective Characteristics
  • 9.8 Dynamic Voltage Rise and Arrester Rating
  • 9.9 Operating Characteristics of Lightning Arresters
  • 9.10 Insulation Coordination Based on Lightning
  • Chapter 10 Overvoltages in EHV Systems Caused by Switching Operations
  • 10.1 Origin of Overvoltages and Their Types
  • 10.2 Short-Circuit Current and the Circuit Breaker
  • 10.3 Recovery Voltage and the Circuit Breaker
  • 10.4 Overvoltages Caused by Interruption of Low Inductive Current
  • 10.5 Interruption of Capacitive Currents
  • 10.6 Ferro-Resonance Overvoltages
  • 10.7 Calculation of Switching Surges-Single Phase Equivalents
  • 10.8 Distributed-Parameter Line Energized By Source
  • 10.9 Generalized Equations for Single-Phase Representation
  • 10.10 Generalized Equations for Three-Phase Systems
  • 10.11 Inverse Fourier Transform for the General Case
  • 10.12 Reduction of Switching Surges on EHV Systems
  • 10.13 Experimental and Calculated Results of Switching-Surge Studies
  • Chapter 11 Insulation Characteristics of Long Air Gaps
  • 11.1 Types of Electrode Geometries used in EHV Systems
  • 11.2 Breakdown Characteristics of Long Air Gaps
  • 11.3 Breakdown Mechanisms of Short and Long Air Gaps.
  • 11.4 Breakdown Models of Long Gaps with Non-Uniform Fields
  • 11.5 Positive Switching-Surge Flashover-Saturation Problem
  • 11.6 CFO and withstand Voltages of Long Air Gaps-Statistical Procedure
  • 11.7 CFO Voltage of Long Air Gaps-Paris's Theory
  • Chapter 12 Power-Frequency Voltage Control and Overvoltages
  • 12.1 Problems at Power Frequency
  • 12.2 Generalized Constants
  • 12.3 No-Load Voltage Conditions and Charging Current
  • 12.4 The Power Circle Diagram and Its Use
  • 12.5 Voltage Control Using Synchronous Condensers
  • 12.6 Cascade Connection of Components-Shunt and Series Compensation
  • 12.7 Sub-Synchronous Resonance in Series-Capacitor Compensated Lines
  • 12.8 Static Reactive Compensating Systems (Static Var)
  • 12.9 High Phase Order Transmission
  • Chapter 13 EHV Testing and Laboratory Equipment
  • 13.1 Standard Specifications
  • 13.2 Standard Waveshapes for Testing
  • 13.3 Properties of Double-Exponential Waveshapes
  • 13.4 Procedures for Calculating a,b,E
  • 13.5 Waveshaping Circuits: Principles and Theory
  • 13.6 Impulse Generators with Inductance
  • 13.7 Generation of Switching Surges for Transformer Testing
  • 13.8 Impulse Voltage Generators: Practical Circuits
  • 13.9 Energy of Impulse Generators
  • 13.10 Generation of Impulse Currents
  • 13.11 Generation of High Alternating Test Voltage
  • 13.12 Generation of High Direct Voltages
  • 13.13 Measurement of High Voltages
  • 13.14 General Layout of E.H.V. Laboratories
  • Chapter 14 Design of EHV Lines Based upon Steady State Limits and Transient Overvoltages
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 Design Factors Under Steady State
  • 14.3 Design Examples: Steady-State Limits
  • 14.4 Design Example-I(400 kV, 200 km, 1000 MW)
  • 14.5 Design Example-II:400 kV, 400 km, 1000 MW with shunt Compensation.
  • 14.6 Design Example-III:400 kv, 800 km, 500 MW/Circuit, 50% Series-Capacitor Compensation, and Shunt Reactors at both Ends
  • 14.7 Design Example-IV 750 kV, 500 km, 2000 MW (with only shunt-Reactors)
  • 14.8. Line Insulation Design Based Upon Transient Overvoltage
  • Chapter 15 Extra High Voltage Cable Transmission
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Electrical Characteristics of E.H.V. Cables
  • 15.3 Properties of Cable-Insulation Materials
  • 15.4 Breakdown and withstand Electrical Stresses in Solid Insulation-Statistical Procedure
  • 15.5 Design Basis of Cable Insulation
  • 15.6 Further Examples of Cable Designs
  • 15.7 Tests on Cable Characteristics
  • 15.8 Surge Performance of Cable Systems
  • 15.9 Gas Insulated E.H.V. Lines
  • Bibliography
  • Answers to Problems
  • Index.