ENGINEERING CALCULATION BOOKS 4

[vanskat]

I'm a new and young electrical engineer at a bauxite refinery. What I find is that based on experience quite a few of the senior engineers have certain short cuts and rules of thumb when analysing situations. What I would like is some direction in terms of good books or other forms of proven documentation where I can find electrical engineering calculation procedures and info for the daily issues at a refinery/plant.

 

[drew]

I don't have any information but would be interested in anything you find out. I am in the same boat as you.

 

[TWong]

Ugly's Electrical References, 1999, George V. Hart is $14.00 sold at any electrical supply store such as Rexel Supply. If you don't find it, try the Brown Book Shop in Houston at 1-888-532-2300.

 

Look at Schuam's Outline Series. They are pretty complete. Go to any on-line bookstore and search on the keywords for subjects you are looking for. Also, there is a good website for power engineering in general:

http://www.rus.gov.

 

[BJC]

For someone just starting out I would recommend:
"The Amercian Electricans Handbook" A few calculations and a lot of practical insight.
" The IEEE Redbook"- good stuff on load estimation.
Go for all the free stuff you can get from vendors. The Cutler Hammers consultant guide is really a catalogue but the first 40 or 50 pages are a very good guide for building an electrical system.
Bulletin EHB-90 from Okonite " Engineering Data for Copper and Aluminum Conductor Electrical Cables" is a jewel of a booklet and free.
The "Gould Shawmut Book of Electrical Information" is free but if you had to pay $5.00 for it would be a steal.
There are more web sites than I can keep up with some are very good try this one

http://www.electrician.com/

and check out the calculators.

 

[bar01]

I have quite a collection of EE books including IEEE and American Electrican's handbook.

If you had to have one book - I would strongly suggest "Electrical Engineers Portable Handbook" by Bob Hickley. Not only is it truly portable - but it condenses most of the usefull information from NEC and IEEE into one one book. Handy tables give short cuts for choosing feeders and protection for motors and transformers, voltage drop, replicates NEC tables and codes, covers power, lighting, fire alarm, communications, even gives a complete list of symbols to use on drawings and diagrams.

You can order it at Amazon.com

 

[jbartos]

Suggestion: Visit

http://www.amazon.com

http://www.barnesandnoble.com

and inquire about some specialized literature for your industry, e.g.
Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Chemical
and Petrochemical Processes
David Mautner Himmelblau / Hardcover /
Elsevier Science / January 1978
which however appear to be aging
They may include what you are referring to in your posting, namely, that the senior engineers use some shortcuts. They may have shortcuts related to your industry which would not appear in more gereneral literature. The industry standards and handbooks appear to be good suggestions.

 

[setaslopes]

Hello

Try ABB Switchgear Manual, it covers a lot of basic ground, with examples and tables. It's really a good book to have arround.


ISBN 3464482367


Hope it helps.

Regards