Elements of Power Systems

Pradip Kumar Sadhu holds bachelor, post-graduate, and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India. Dr. Sadhu has 18 years of experience in teaching and industry. Currently, he is a professor and head of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, where he has guided a large number of doctoral candidates and M.Tech students. He holds four patents, has been published in several national and international journals and conference proceedings, and is principal investigator of a number of government-funded projects.Soumya Das holds a B.Tech from the West Bengal University of Technology and an ME from Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. He is also an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India, where he has guided a large number of B.Tech and M.Tech students. Previously, he was an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Bengal Institute of Technology and Management, Santiniketan, India.

"... Seeing the content, it is evident that this book will be a very good contribution that covers many aspects of power systems and components. ... I strongly believe that this book will be interesting for students and professionals in electrical power engineering. -Dr. Dipl.-Ing. M. Popov, TU Delft "... provides an important resource for engineers, instructors, applied researchers and students in the field of power engineering (PE). ... this well-written book offers broad coverage of important issues, operating concepts and control techniques commonly addressed in most textbooks regarding power systems." -Dr. Chao-Tsung Ma, Dept. EE, CEECS, National United University, Taiwan.

• Introductory. Per-Unit Systems. Load Characteristics. Tariffs. Mechanical Design of Overhead Line. Overhead Line Insulators. Corona. Transmission Line Parameters. Performance of Transmission Lines. Underground Cables. Distribution System. Fault Analysis. Circuit Breakers. Different Types of Relays. Protection of Alternator and Transformers. Travelling Wave. Earthing. Substation. Power System Stability. Load Flows.