Electric power distribution reliability

Brown, Richard E.

As the first of its kind, this timely reference consolidates all pertinent topics related to power distribution reliability into one comprehensive volume-emphasizing a balance of theory, practical knowledge, and real-world applications.Reveals the pressing issues involved in creating and analyzing reliability models -highlighting the most effective techniques to achieve maximum performance at lowest cost.Electric Power Distribution Reliabilitydiscusses service interruptions caused by equipment malfunction, animals, trees, severe weather, natural disasters, and human errorevaluates strategies to improve reliability and quantifies their impact by incorporating them into component and system modelsuncovers common misconceptions about system optimizationanalyzes safe equipment selection, management, and maintenance practicesidentifies potential barriers encountered when implementing reliability optimization initiativesWith over 300 tables, figures, and equations, Electric Power Distribution Reliability is an invaluable reference for electrical and electronics, industrial, transmission, distribution, power, and energy engineers and technicians, and graduate-level students in these disciplines.