Electrical Equipment Testing And Maintenance

The second edition of a bestseller, this definitive text covers all aspects of testing and maintenance of the equipment found in electrical power systems serving industrial, commercial, utility substations, and generating plants. It addresses practical aspects of routing testing and maintenance and presents both the methodologies and engineering basics needed to carry out these tasks. It is an essential reference for engineers and technicians responsible for the operation, maintenance, and testing of power system equipment. Comprehensive coverage includes dielectric theory, dissolved gas analysis, cable fault locating, ground resistance measurements, and power factor, dissipation factor, DC, breaker, and relay testing methods.

The second edition of a bestseller, this definitive text covers all aspects of testing and maintenance of the equipment found in electrical power systems serving industrial, commercial, utility substations, and generating plants. It addresses practical aspects of routing testing and maintenance and presents both the methodologies and engineering basics needed to carry out these tasks. It is an essential reference for engineers and technicians responsible for the operation, maintenance, and testing of power system equipment. Comprehensive coverage includes dielectric theory, dissolved gas analysis, cable fault locating, ground resistance measurements, and power factor, dissipation factor, DC, breaker, and relay testing methods.

Maximize your company’s energy output while ensuring the reliability and longevity of your industrial electrical equipment! Everything you need for selection, applications, operations, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting and maintenance for all capital equipment placed firmly in your grasp. Keeping your equipment running efficiently and smoothly could make the difference between profit and loss. Electrical Equipment Handbook: Troubleshooting and Maintenance provides you with the state-of–the-art information for achieving the highest performance from your transformers, motors, speed drives, generator, rectifiers, and inverters. With this book in hand you'll understand various diagnostic testing methods and inspection techniques as well as advance fault detection techniques critical components and common failure modes. This handbook will answer all your questions about industrial electrical equipment. In Electrical Equipment Handbook: Troubleshooting and Maintenance, you will: Learn about the various types of transformers, motors, variable speed drives, generators, rectifiers, inverters, and uninterrupted power systems. Understand diagnostic testing and inspection, advanced fault detection techniques, critical components, and common failure modes. Study selection criteria, commissioning requirements, predictive and preventive maintenance, reliability, testing and cost discover the maintenance required to minimize their operating cost and maximize their efficiency, reliability and longevity.

Gives guidance to those responsible for the inspection, testing and maintenance of electrical appliances. This text specifies the frequency and scope of inspections and testing in different environments. It is printed in colour and includes many drawings aimed at helping to identify common problems.

Examines this subject understanding in two sections. Section A - Theoretical Description - covers the basics of maintenance of electrical equipment, details of electrical safety, tools used during installation, maintenance and testing, earthing and underground cables. To reinforce theoretical instructions to the practical, instruction sheets are prepared and provided in Section B - Experiments.

CONTENTS : Principles and Planning of Maintenance * General Structure and Equipments for Electrical Machines Installation and Repairs * Heating and Ventilation of Electrical Equipments * Mechanical Features of Electric Motors * Study of Alternating and Direct Current * Direct Current Motors * Direct Current Generators * Alternating Current Motors * Alternating Current Generators * Starting & Speed Control of A.C. & D.C. Motors * Solid State Speed Control of Induction Motors * Solid State Speed Control of D.C. Motors * Possible Faults in A.C. Single phase, Induction & D.C. Motors, their causes and repairs * Conversion of A.C. into D.C. *Control Gears and Contactors * Switch Gears H Control of Industrial Motors * Control of Traction Motors * Remote Control Systems * Braking System and Control Equipments * Lubrication System * Transformer * House Installation Maintenance * Installation and Commissioning of Transmission and Distribution Lines * Underground Cables, Various Faults, their identification and location * Maintenance of Lifts and Cranes * Importance of Earthing, its testing and Maintenance * Measuring Instruments * Safety Measures * Batteries * Extracts from Indian Electricity Rules, 1956