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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology
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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

by Ahmad Hemami
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
22h 58m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

12Electric Power Transmission and Distribution

OBJECTIVES: After studying this chapter, you will be able to

  • Define and use terms used in the electric power industry
  • Explain what a substation is
  • Describe why it is necessary to transmit electricity at an elevated voltage
  • Describe the difference between transmission and distribution
  • Calculate the resistance of a length of wire
  • Explain why transmission line conductors have inductance and capacitance
  • Determine inductance and capacitance of transmission lines
  • Describe what transposition in transmission line is and how it is done
  • Select conductors carrying a given electric current under given conditions
  • Explain why it is necessary to ground electric equipment
  • Describe different ways that equipment ...
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ISBN: 9781482261783