
Switching Equipment
Editors: Ito, Hiroki (Ed.)
- Everything you need to know about switches in a high-voltage system
- The cumulative knowledge of numerous experts in the CIGRE Study Committee A3 in one place
- Insights into the fundamental switching behaviour in energy systems for practitioners and for the electrical industry
- The basics of DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, residual current limiting devices and future technologies
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- About this book
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This CIGRE Green Book provides the entire know-how about switches in a high voltage system. The switching equipment includes circuit breakers, vacuum interrupters, disconnecting switches, and earthing switches used in AC & DC transmission and distribution systems. The Green book describes different switching equipments and their roles in the power systems. It explains the fundamental switching behaviors in power systems targeted for practitioners and students and joining electrical industries. The Green book also covers fundamental specific subjects including DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, fault current limiting devices and future technologies.
Like all Green books, this book covers the cumulative understanding of numerous experts in the CIGRE study committee. It offers the approved and outstanding practical knowledge of CIGRE Study committee A3 and was collected by Dr. Hiroki Ito.
- About the authors
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CIGRE Study Committee A3 facilitates and promotes the progress of engineering and the international exchange of information and knowledge in the field of high voltage equipment. Its goal is to add value to this information and knowledge by means of synthesizing state-of-the-art practices and developing recommendations.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Switching Equipment
- Editors
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- Hiroki Ito
- Series Title
- CIGRE Green Books
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eReference ISBN
- 978-3-319-72538-3
- Print + eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-72539-0
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-319-72537-6
- Series ISSN
- 2367-2625
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XL, 584
- Number of Illustrations
- 108 b/w illustrations, 378 illustrations in colour
- Topics