Audel electrical trades pocket manual /
Answers at your fingertipsThis hands-on guide will help you trouble-shoot and solve electrical problems in industrial and commercial settings. You'll find plain-English explanations for a wide range of electrical equipment and systems, from transformers and switchgears to alarm and wiring syste...
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Introduction; Disclaimer; 1: The Laws that Control and Explain Electricity; POWER FACTOR; THREE-PHASE POWER; CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES; 2: Power Generation and Distribution within Commercial and Industrial Facilities; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS; TOTAL LOADS SERVED; TYPES OF ONSITE POWER GENERATION; 3: Power, Control, and Lighting Transformer; ELECTRICAL POWER; INSULATION MATERIAL TEMPERATURE RISE; GROUNDING; TERMINAL CONNECTION MARKINGS; THREE-PHASE, OIL-COOLED POWER TRANSFORMERS; THREE-PHASE DRY-TYPE TRANSFORMERS.
- DRY-TYPE SINGLE-PHASE CONTROL CIRCUIT TRANSFORMERS4: Electrical Switchgear; MOTOR CONTROL CENTER; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF SWITCHGEAR; LOW-VOLTAGE POWER DISTRIBUTION; BUS BAR AND CIRCUIT BREAKER ARRANGEMENTS; OPTIONAL PROTECTIVE DEVICES; METAL-CLAD SWITCHGEAR; CONTINUOUS CURRENT RATINGS; ARC-RESISTANT SWITCHGEAR; 5: Electrical Circuit Protective Devices; MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS; MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKERS; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS; INSULATED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS; LOW-VOLTAGE POWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS; SUPPLEMENTAL PROTECTORS; MOTOR CIRCUIT PROTECTORS; OIL CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
- GAS INSULATED CIRCUIT BREAKERSFUSES; CIRCUIT BREAKER MAINTENANCE; COORDINATION BETWEEN PROTECTIVE DEVICES; 6: Personnel Protective Devices; INTRODUCTION; GROUND FAULT PROTECTION OF EQUIPMENT; HISTORY AND NOMENCLATURE OF GFCIS IN THE UNITED STATES; TROUBLESHOOTING GFCIs; TIME AND CURRENT LEVELS PROTECTED BY CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS; 7: Three-Phase Motors; ELECTRIC MOTOR PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION; RATED FULL LOAD SPEED; SERVICE FACTOR; RATED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; STATOR WINDING INSULATION CLASSES; TYPES OF TORQUE PRODUCED BY A MOTOR.
- 8: Controlling and Protecting Three-Phase MotorsCOMPONENTS OF A MOTOR STARTER; MOTOR STARTER SIZES; METHODS OF STARTING THREE-PHASE INDUCTION MOTORS; FULL VOLTAGE, ACROSS THE LINE MOTOR STARTERS; HOW A MOTOR STARTER OPERATES; THREE-WIRE CONTROL CIRCUIT CONTROLLING A THREE-PHASE MOTOR STARTER; SIZING OF OVERLOAD HEATER ELEMENTS; 9: Variable Frequency Drives; FOUR-QUADRANT OPERATION; TORQUE; PARTS OF A DRIVE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SIX-STEP METHOD OF DRIVE CONTROL; PROGRAMMING DRIVES; 10: Programmable Logic Controllers; BLACK BOX CONCEPT; PLC SIZES; PLC CONSTRUCTION.
- TYPES OF INPUTS AND OUTPUTSTIMERS; COUNTERS; BENEFITS OF USING PLCs; I/Os AND MEMORY ADDRESSES; 11: Electrical Services; METERING EQUIPMENT; GROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; BONDING VERSUS GROUNDING; FAULT CURRENT PATH, CONDUITS, AND LOCKNUTS; LOW AND HIGH IMPEDANCE GROUNDED SYSTEMS; UNGROUNDED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; SECOND GROUND FAULT; SEPARATION OF THE GROUNDED SYSTEM CONDUCTOR (NEUTRAL) AND THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR; WHAT CONDUCTORS MUST BE GROUNDED; SEPARATELY DERIVED SYSTEMS; STANDARD VOLTAGES; 12: Electrical Light Fixtures; APPLICATIONS FOR LIGHT FIXTURES.
