Electrical Calculations and Guidelines for Generating Station and Industrial Plants

"This is really a practical, hands-on book for the working engineer."
—Phillip Wheeler, former Southern California Edison supervising electrical apparatus engineer and regional IEEE PES/IAS leader
A very helpful tool for solving circuit protection problems, Electrical Calculations and Guidelines for Generating Stations and Industrial Plants presents and simplifies the theory and 132 calculations that electrical engineers typically need to understand in order to support operations, maintenance, and betterment projects for generating stations and other large industrial facilities. The book begins with a cursory review or refresher of basic electrical theory. It then provides additional insights into electrical theory and sets the conventions that will be utilized throughout the remainder of the book.

Tom Baker is currently a consulting engineer for Sumatron in support of large generating stations. He has performed protection reviews on over 30,000 megawatts of nuclear, coal, oil, and gas generating units; consequently, is well aware of protection oversights that can impact the productivity of large generating stations and covers them in the book. He has developed and presented 29 four-day hotel and on-site comprehensive electrical power engineering seminars for utility protection engineers, nuclear generating stations, municipal utilities, cooperatives, investor owned power producers, and engineering companies. The 4-day seminars are approved by IEEE for educational credit. He holds two patents and developed the "EE Helper Power Engineering" software program.

Previously he worked for Southern California Edison (SCE) for 36 years and had progressive responsibility as a protective relay technician, metering engineer, protection engineer, distribution engineer, apparatus engineer and for the last 15 years with SCE he was the chief electrical engineer for 12 large fossil fuelled generating stations.

Mr. Baker completed a master’s degree in electrical power engineering and management.

The Basics
Three-Phase HistoryThree-Phase System AdvantagesTheoryMagnetismVoltage and CurrentResistanceInductanceCapacitanceCircuitsTime ConstantsReactanceSeries ImpedanceParallel ImpedanceTransformersElectrical SystemsGenerating Station Electrical ConfigurationsThree-Phase BasicsPower Transformer ConnectionsInstrument Transformer Connections
Electrical Studies
ConversionsTransformer Tap OptimizationConductor ParametersStudy AccuracyVoltage StudiesPower Transfer CalculationsTwo-Generator SystemOhmic Short Circuit CalculationsThe Per-Unit SystemPer-Unit Short Circuit Calculations
Auxiliary System Protection
Switchgear Overcurrent CoordinationOvercurrent SchematicCurrent Transformer (CT) Safety GroundMotor OvercurrentMotor Control Center (MCC) Source OvercurrentBus Tie OvercurrentTransformer Secondary Side OvercurrentTransformer Primary Side OvercurrentResidual Ground ProtectionHigh Impedance GroundingTransformer High-Speed ProtectionBus Transfer Schemes
Generator Protection
Generator Relay DataHigh Voltage Switchyard ConfigurationsHigh Voltage Switchyard Protection ConcernsGenerator/Turbine Abnormal Operation Withstand TimesGenerator Protective Functions and Settings
Electrical Apparatus Calculations
BusesCableSwitchgear Circuit BreakersGeneratorsMeteringMotorsTransformers
Electrical Operating Guidelines
Operation of Large GeneratorsOperation of Large Power TransformersOperation of Large Electric MotorsOperation of Auxiliary System Switchgear
Electrical Maintenance Guidelines
Generator Electrical MaintenanceTransformer Electrical MaintenanceMotor Electrical MaintenanceSwitchgear Circuit Breaker MaintenanceInsulation Testing of Electrical ApparatusBus and Motor Control Center (MCC) MaintenanceProtective Relay TestingBattery Inspection and MaintenancePersonnel Safety GroundsGenerator Voltage Regulators and Power System Stabilizers (PSSs)