Electrical Calculations and Guidelines for Generating Station and Industrial Plants

Tom Baker is currently a consulting engineer for Sumatron in support of large generating stations. He has performed protection reviews on over 30,000 megawatts of nuclear, coal, oil, and gas generating units; consequently, is well aware of protection oversights that can impact the productivity of large generating stations and covers them in the book. He has developed and presented 29 four-day hotel and on-site comprehensive electrical power engineering seminars for utility protection engineers, nuclear generating stations, municipal utilities, cooperatives, investor owned power producers, and engineering companies. The 4-day seminars are approved by IEEE for educational credit. He holds two patents and developed the "EE Helper Power Engineering" software program. Previously he worked for Southern California Edison (SCE) for 36 years and had progressive responsibility as a protective relay technician, metering engineer, protection engineer, distribution engineer, apparatus engineer and for the last 15 years with SCE he was the chief electrical engineer for 12 large fossil fuelled generating stations. Mr. Baker completed a master’s degree in electrical power engineering and management.

The Basics


Three-Phase History
Three-Phase System Advantages
Theory
Magnetism
Voltage and Current
Resistance
Inductance
Capacitance
Circuits
Time Constants
Reactance
Series Impedance
Parallel Impedance
Transformers
Electrical Systems
Generating Station Electrical Configurations
Three-Phase Basics
Power Transformer Connections
Instrument Transformer Connections


Electrical Studies


Conversions
Transformer Tap Optimization
Conductor Parameters
Study Accuracy
Voltage Studies
Power Transfer Calculations
Two-Generator System
Ohmic Short Circuit Calculations
The Per-Unit System
Per-Unit Short Circuit Calculations


Auxiliary System Protection


Switchgear Overcurrent Coordination
Overcurrent Schematic
Current Transformer (CT) Safety Ground
Motor Overcurrent
Motor Control Center (MCC) Source Overcurrent
Bus Tie Overcurrent
Transformer Secondary Side Overcurrent
Transformer Primary Side Overcurrent
Residual Ground Protection
High Impedance Grounding
Transformer High-Speed Protection
Bus Transfer Schemes


Generator Protection


Generator Relay Data
High Voltage Switchyard Configurations
High Voltage Switchyard Protection Concerns
Generator/Turbine Abnormal Operation Withstand Times
Generator Protective Functions and Settings


Electrical Apparatus Calculations


Buses
Cable
Switchgear Circuit Breakers
Generators
Metering
Motors
Transformers


Electrical Operating Guidelines


Operation of Large Generators
Operation of Large Power Transformers
Operation of Large Electric Motors
Operation of Auxiliary System Switchgear


Electrical Maintenance Guidelines


Generator Electrical Maintenance
Transformer Electrical Maintenance
Motor Electrical Maintenance
Switchgear Circuit Breaker Maintenance
Insulation Testing of Electrical Apparatus
Bus and Motor Control Center (MCC) Maintenance
Protective Relay Testing
Battery Inspection and Maintenance
Personnel Safety Grounds
Generator Voltage Regulators and Power System Stabilizers (PSSs)