Overview
- Includes fundamental descriptions of stresses applied to the switching device in different operational modes
- Describes testing methods to evaluate the capability of switching components to cope with associated stresses
- Facilitates learning by including numerous worked examples, exercises, and easily digestible descriptions of complex physical phenomena in switching devices
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Power Systems (POWSYS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Power switching devices
- Disconnecting power switches
- Transient recovery voltage
- HVDC current
- Power device technology
- Short circuit current
- Testing of circuit breakers
- Power networks
- Applied stresses to switching components
- Circuit breaker
- Switching arc
- Power current interruption
- High voltage equipment
- Power device technology textbook
- Power transmission and distribution networks
- Gas circuit breakers
- Oil circuit breakers
About this book
Taking an educational approach to the subject, this book is useful for graduate courses on high voltage equipment and power device technology within the electric power engineering discipline. Furthermore, inclusion of numerous worked examples, exercises and easily digestible descriptions of complex physical phenomena in switching devices make this an invaluable self-learning resource for engineers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Magne Runde received the M.Sc. degree in physics and the Dr. ing. degree in electric power engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, in 1984 and 1987, respectively. He has been with SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim since 1988, presently as a Chief Scientist. From 1996 to 2013, he was an Adjunct Professor of High Voltage Technology at NTNU. In this period, he taught a graduate course in High Voltage Equipment and supervised around 25 M.Sc and Ph.D students. In addition to current interruption and switching technology, his fields of interests include electrical contacts, power cables, diagnostic testing of power apparatus, and power applications of superconductors. Professor Runde has been the convener, secretary and member of several CIGRÉ working groups and authored / co-authored more than 45 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and more than 55 conference publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Power Switching Components
Book Subtitle: Theory, Applications and Future Trends
Authors: Kaveh Niayesh, Magne Runde
Series Title: Power Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51460-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51459-8Published: 23 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84656-9Published: 04 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51460-4Published: 15 March 2017
Series ISSN: 1612-1287
Series E-ISSN: 1860-4676
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 249
Number of Illustrations: 119 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
Topics: Circuits and Systems, Electronic Circuits and Devices, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Energy, general
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