ABSTRACT

The use of electric power substations in generation, transmission, and distribution remains one of the most challenging and exciting areas of electric power engineering. Recent technological developments have had a tremendous impact on all aspects of substation design and operation. With 80% of its chapters completely revised and two brand-new chapters on energy storage and Smart Grids, Electric Power Substations Engineering, Third Edition provides an extensive updated overview of substations, serving as a reference and guide for both industry and academia. Contributors have written each chapter with detailed design information for electric power engineering professionals and other engineering professionals (e.g., mechanical, civil) who want an overview or specific information on this challenging and important area.

This book:

  • Emphasizes the practical application of the technology
  • Includes extensive use of graphics and photographs to visually convey the book’s concepts
  • Provides applicable IEEE industry standards in each chapter
  • Is written by industry experts who have an average of 25 to 30 years of industry experience
  • Presents a new chapter addressing the key role of the substation in Smart Grids

Editor John McDonald and this very impressive group of contributors cover all aspects of substations, from the initial concept through design, automation, and operation. The book’s chapters—which delve into physical and cyber-security, commissioning, and energy storage—are written as tutorials and provide references for further reading and study.

As with the other volumes in the Electric Power Engineering Handbook series, this book supplies a high level of detail and, more importantly, a tutorial style of writing and use of photographs and graphics to help the reader understand the material. Several chapter authors are members of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Substations Committee and are the actual experts who are developing the standards that govern all aspects of substations. As a result, this book contains the most recent technological developments in industry practice and standards.

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A volume in the Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition.

Other volumes in the set:

chapter 1|8 pages

How a Substation Happens

ByJim Burke, Anne-Marie Sahazizian

chapter 2|19 pages

Gas-Insulated Substations

ByPhil Bolin

chapter 3|7 pages

Air-Insulated Substations: Bus/Switching Configurations

ByMichael J. Bio

chapter 4|26 pages

High-Voltage Switching Equipment

ByDavid L. Harris, David Childress

chapter 5|41 pages

High-Voltage Power Electronic Substations

ByDietmar Retzmann, Asok Mukherjee

chapter 6|29 pages

Interface between Automation and the Substation

ByJames W. Evans

chapter 7|22 pages

Substation Integration and Automation

ByEric MacDonald

chapter 8|15 pages

Oil Containment *

ByThomas Meisner

chapter 9|14 pages

Community Considerations *

ByJames H. Sosinski

chapter 10|5 pages

Animal Deterrents/Security

ByMike Stine

chapter 11|23 pages

Substation Grounding

ByRichard P. Keil

chapter 12|21 pages

Direct Lightning Stroke Shielding of Substations *

ByRobert S. Nowell

chapter 13|16 pages

Seismic Considerations

ByEric Fujisaki

chapter 14|25 pages

Substation Fire Protection

ByDon Delcourt

chapter 15|34 pages

Substation Communications

ByDaniel E. Nordell

chapter 16|20 pages

Physical Security of Substations

ByJohn Oglevie, W. Bruce Dietzman, Cale Smith

chapter 17|29 pages

Cyber Security of Substation Control and Diagnostic Systems

ByDaniel Thanos

chapter 18|43 pages

Gas-Insulated Transmission Line

ByHermann Koch

chapter 19|38 pages

Substation Asset Management

ByH. Lee Willis, Richard E. Brown

chapter 20|11 pages

Station Commissioning and Project Closeout

ByJim Burke, Rick Clarke

chapter 21|21 pages

Energy Storage

ByRalph Masiello

chapter 22|30 pages

Role of Substations in Smart Grids

ByStuart Borlase, Marco C. Janssen, Michael Pesin, Bartosz Wojszczyk