Practical Books - Electrical Engineering
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Troubleshooting, Maintenance & Protection of AC Electrical Motors & DrivesIt is estimated that electrical drives and other rotating equipment consume about 50% of the total electrical energy consumed in the world today. |
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Practical Arc Flash Protection for Electrical Safety Engineers and TechniciansAlthough arc hazards have existed since man began using electricity, increasing deaths, injuries, and property loss from arcing faults have led to increased study into the causes, effects, and methods of protection. |
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Safe Operation & Maintenance of Circuit Breakers and SwitchgearSwitchgear plays an important role in electricity distribution and its performance significantly affects the overall performance of the system. |
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Critical Power Supply Options and Planning of High Availability SuppliesOur dependence on electricity is growing and even a few seconds or minutes of power disruption has become unthinkable. |
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Practical Distribution & Substation Automation (incl. Communications) for Electrical Power SystemsThis manual is designed to familiarize you with all aspects of distribution and substation automation. |
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Practical Earthing of Utility and Industrial Distribution Systems for Engineers & TechniciansAny engineer dealing with power supply networks needs to understand the basic principles of grounding system design and its role in ensuring safety of equipment and personnel. |
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Practical Earthing/ Grounding, Bonding, Lightning & Surge ProtectionFew topics generate as much controversy and argument as that of Earthing and the associated topics of surge protection, shielding and lightning protection of electrical and electronic systems. |
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Electrical Drawings and SchematicsTo all engineers with diverse backgrounds and expertise, a drawing should convey precise and identical information. This calls for standardized methodologies, conventions and approach in preparing drawings. |
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Practical Troubleshooting of Electrical Equipment & Control CircuitsThis manual focuses on the main issues of troubleshooting electrical equipment and control circuits of today to enable you to walk onto your plant or facility to troubleshoot and fix problems as quickly as possible. |
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Practical Electrical Safety Techniques for IndustryPractical Electrical Safety Techniques for Industry will help you identify the hazards in operating and carrying out maintenance work in different parts of electrical substations and other installations including batteries used in emergency power supply systems. |
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Practical Electrical Substation Safety for Engineers and TechniciansElectrical safety is not just a technical issue. Accidents can only be prevented if appropriate safety procedures are evolved and enforced. |
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Practical Electrical Wiring Standards - IEE BS7671 - 2008 EditionThis manual is designed to provide up to date information on the current edition of BS7671:2008, Requirements for Electrical Installations. |
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Practical Electrical Wiring Standards - AS/NZ 3000:2007This book aims to familiarize the reader with the requirements laid down in the standard AS/NZS 3000, commonly known as Australia-New Zealand Wiring Rules. |
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Practical Electrical Wiring Standards - National Rules for Electrical Installations - ET 101:2006This book provides up-to-date information and training on the current edition of National Rules ET 101: 2006. |
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Emergency Power Supplies: Electrical Distribution Design, Installation and CommissioningWhile it is impossible to guarantee 100% availability of power at all points in any system, vulnerable sections can be provided with alternative emergency power supply, thereby avoiding the problems of power interruption. |
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Practical Energy Efficiency, Design, Engineering and AuditingReducing the energy costs at your facility must surely be of the most effective and achievable strategies for lowering operating costs. |
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Practical High Voltage Safety Operating Procedures for Engineers & TechniciansThe book High Voltage Safety Operating Procedures covers the basic procedures in working safely on high voltage systems. |
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Practical HV Cable Jointing and Terminations for Engineers and TechniciansThe range of voltage and capacity of power transmitted through cables is showing a steady increase over the years. Environmental concerns, aesthetic issues, lack of transmission corridors and difficulty in routing overhead lines in crowded human habitats are some of the reasons for the explosive growth of cable technology well into the extra high voltage range. |
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Lightning, Surge Protection and Earthing of Electrical & Electronic Systems in Industrial NetworksFew topics generate as much controversy and argument as that of Lightning and Surge Protection of electrical and electronic systems. |
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Practical Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Battery Power SuppliesThis manual provides you and your personnel with the knowledge and information required to perform their duties competently and safely in working with lead acid batteries. This manual encompasses basic battery theory, types of batteries, installation, testing and maintenance. |
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Practical Medium & High Voltage: Testing of Electrical Equipment for Engineers and TechniciansTesting is an essential activity in any engineer’s career. Whatever your role in industry - electrical designer, purchase engineer, manufacturer, installation contractor or maintenance engineer, a solid knowledge of tests to be carried out on a given piece of electrical equipment and interpretation of results obtained is a necessity. This manual is designed to familiarize you with various aspects of testing general electrical equipment and high voltage testing in particular. |
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Medium Voltage AC Motors for the Power Industry: Principles, Installation, Maintenance and TroubleshootingIt is estimated that electrical drives and other rotating equipment consume about 50% of the total electrical energy of the world’s consumption. |
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Practical Motor Protection, Control and Maintenance TechnologiesThis book gives you a thorough understanding of electrical motor protection, control and maintenance and teaches you the tools to maintain and troubleshoot electrical motors. |
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Practical Operation and Maintenance of Diesel Power Generating Plants for Engineers & TechniciansDiesel generating plants have an important role in power plants as well as industry and commercial installations to meet continuous and emergency standby power requirements. |
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Power Cables: Operation, Maintenance, Location and Fault DetectionFaults in underground cabling may cause loss of supply to customers and loss of revenue for suppliers. |
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Practical Power DistributionA practical book in Power Distribution, focusing on medium voltage (1 kV– 36 kV)power considerations, switchgear, power cables, transformers, power factor correction, grounding, earthing, lightning protection and network studies. |
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Practical Power Quality: Problems & SolutionsThis unique book provides you with information necessary to analyse, monitor and troubleshoot power quality and EMI/RFI related problems commonly encountered in commercial and industrial environments. |
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Practical Power Systems Harmonics, Earthing & Power Quality - Problems and SolutionsThe manual starts with the definition of power quality, the various indicators of power quality and the problems that are commonly encountered. |
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Practical Power Systems Protection for Engineers & TechniciansThis manual has been designed to give plant operators, electricians, field technicians and engineers a better appreciation of the role played by Power System Protection systems. |
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Practical Power Transformers: Operation, Maintenance & TestingThis book provides knowledge on both the theory and operation of Power Transformers. |
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Standby Power and Energy EfficiencyEnsuring a reliable power supply for your installation is probably one of your key tasks as an engineer, technician or manager. |
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Switchgear and Distribution SystemsThis book covers topics such as DC supply equipment for electrical switchgear; protection and protective relays, selecting switchgear and circuit breakers and planning a distribution system. |
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Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems & BatteriesThis manual is designed for you if you want to obtain a basic understanding of the application, installation, operation and troubleshooting of UPS systems and batteries. |
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Practical Variable Speed Drives for Instrumentation and Control SystemsAbout the book This book gives you a fundamental understanding of the installation, operation and troubleshooting of variable speed drives. |
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Wind & Solar Power - Renewable Energy TechnologiesThis book will outline the step by step process of designing, installing and commissioning photovoltaic and wind powered systems. |




































