Electricity Distribution Network Design [Paperback]

Distribution networks represent a huge capital investment. To make sensible decisions about their investments, electricity utilities need to form clear-cut design policies and adopt the most accurate systemdesign procedures.

Customers' expectations of the reliability of supply continue to rise, market pressures on the design engineer are growing stronger, and the increasing use of computers has changed the entire approach to distribution system design. Technical innovations have presented the design engineer with the means to improve system efficiency.

Electricity Distribution Network Designwas the first book to be entirely devoted to the planning and design of modern distribution systems, as apposed to the more general aspects of transmission and generation. This second edition has updated its treatment of computer-based planning and reliability. It also covers the implications of international standards, network information systems and distribution automation. With comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographies at the end of each chapter, the book will be useful both for students and for practising engineers involved in distribution network design.

This second edition deals with the planning and design of modern distribution systems, as opposed to more general aspects of transmission and generation and updates its treatment of computer-based planning and reliability. It also covers the implications of international standards, network information systems and distribution automation.

• Chapter 1: The supply system
• Chapter 2: Planning distribution networks
• Chapter 3: Technical considerations
• Chapter 4: Reliability
• Chapter 5: Economic principles
• Chapter 6: Equipment
• Chapter 7: System protection
• Chapter 8: HV networks and substations
• Chapter 9: Medium-voltage networks
• Chapter 10: Distribution substations and LV networks
• Chapter 11: Load data
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