Electric Power Transmission Principles And Calculations Including A Revision Of Overhead Electric Power Transmission

Author : Alfred Still
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330361832
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Electric Power Transmission written by Alfred Still and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Electric Power Transmission: Principles and Calculations, Including a Revision of Overhead Electric Power Transmission When this book was published originally under the title "Overhead Electric Power Transmission," its suitability for use as a College text had not been seriously considered. It has, however, been used by a large number of technical schools and colleges, and while the restricted scope of the book may limit its suitability as a text for college students, the changes and additions which will be found in this new edition should, in the authors opinion, enhance its value as a college text without detracting from its usefulness in the field of practical engineering. The principal addition - which has necessitated an alteration in the title - is an entire chapter treating of Underground Conductors. This has been written with the kind assistance of Mr. C.J. Beaver who has not only furnished most of the data relating to underground cables, but has also read and criticised the matter presented in Chapter VII. A portion of the material which was originally contained in the Appendix has been incorporated in the text; but much of the first edition has been entirely omitted, either because its inclusion is no longer necessary owing to the rapid strides that have been made of late years in the general knowledge of electrical power transmission, or because it has been replaced by new material believed to be of more value to the student or practical engineer. The chapter describing the Thury system of transmission by continuous currents has been retained with only slight changes and additions. It has not been deemed expedient to omit this entirely because, although few American engineers have taken the trouble to familiarize themselves with this system of transmission, there are conditions under which it has certain indisputable advantages which European engineers have not been slow to recognize. The costs, both of material and labor, which are given in Chapter III, are not representative of market conditions on or about the date of publication of this book. Their principal use is to give an idea of the relative costs of different parts of a transmission system. They are based on trade conditions prevailing during the two or three years immediately preceding the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.