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| Title: | Electric Power
: Generation, Transmission & Efficiency |
| Author: | Clément M Lefebvre (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600219799 : 9781600219795 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Weight: | .69 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - March 2008 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING |
This book presents new and important research on electric power and its generation, transmission and efficiency. The world is becoming increasingly electrified. For the foreseeable future, coal will continue to be the dominant fuel used for electric power production. The low cost and abundance of coal is one of the primary reasons for this. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of electricity to consumers, is the bulk transfer of electrical power. Typically, power transmission is between the power plant and a substation near a populated area. Electricity distribution is the delivery from the substation to the consumers. Due to the large amount of power involved, transmission normally takes place at high voltage (110 kV or above). Electricity is usually transmitted over long distance through overhead power transmission lines. Underground power transmission is used only in densely populated areas due to its high cost of installation and maintenance, and because the high reactive power gain produces large charging currents and difficulties in voltage management. A power transmission system is sometimes referred to colloquially as a "grid"; however, for reasons of economy, the network is rarely a true grid. Redundant paths and lines are provided so that power can be routed from any power plant to any load centre, through a variety of routes, based on the economics of the transmission path and the cost of power. Much analysis is done by transmission companies to determine the maximum reliable capacity of each line, which, due to system stability considerations, may be less than the physical or thermal limit of the line. Deregulation of electricity companies in many countries has led to renewed interest in reliable economic design of transmission networks.
Preface. SHORT COMMENTARY: Power Quality Studies Based on Advanced Signal Processing Technique and Artificial Intelligence. RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES: Characterization and Planning of Distributed Multi-Generation Plants; Genetic Algorithm Applications to the Solution of Electric Power System Problems; Prediction of Performance and Pollutant Emission from Pulverized Coal Utility Boilers; Study of Electrogasdynamic Power Conversion; New Trends on Load Modelling and Forecasting: Models and Techniques; Application of FTIR to Analysis Chemical Structure of Soot Aerosol Emitted from Lump-Coal Pyrolysis in Fixed Bed. Index
