Good Books on Power Engineering

[ekc08]

Hello All,

I am a relatively new engineer working for a power company, and I am looking for a good practical book on power distribution engineering. I have a text book on power systems, but it is VERY old, and mostly focuses on transmission and generation, and I work in distribution. Therefore, I find this book to be pretty useless to me in my job. I try to learn as much as I can from others at work, but I mostly don't even know what to ask. I am looking for something that is easy to understand and practical. If you have any suggestions, please send them my way. Thanks in advance!

 

[alehman]

Stevenson, "Power System Analysis" is a good basic text that's easy to follow.

See also faq238-1287

 

[umrpwr]

The two best books on electric power distribution engineering that I own and would recommend are both published by CRC Press.

The first book is the Electric Power Distribution Handbook by T. A. Short. The book is very comprehensive and packed with hard to find information. It is a great reference and kind of like the old Westinghouse "Green" Distribution engineering book. The link to a description

http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_ca...d=&parent_id=&sku=1791&isbn=9780849317910&pc=

Another recently published book that I would also recommend is Electric Power Distribution System Engineering, Second Edition by Turan Gonen. This book is in the second edition after being out of print for many years. It is also very good, but more of a textbook.

http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_ca...p?sku=6200X&isbn=9781420062007&parent_id=&pc=

CRC Press also has several other good books on distribution engineering which are written on more specific aspects of distribution engineering including reliability, automation and analysis.

 

[Marmite]

I'd recommend Transmission & Distribution Electrical Engineering by Bayliss & Hardy. ISBN 0750666730. It covers all aspects of power distribution.
Regards
Marmite

 

[jghrist]

The Cooper Power Electrical Distribution System Protection manual is good for protection issues, at least for North American distribution systems.

http://www.cooperpower.com/library/

 

[waross]

Thank davidbeach for this Faq.
What are good references for a Power Engineer? faq238-1287

Bill
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Jimmy Carter

 

[ErockTheResistor]

umrpwr,
Gonen was my professor. He's a good guy. I'm glad to see you recommending his book. I thought it was just for his classes.