Aging Power Delivery Infrastructures (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138072985)

Good aging infrastructure management consists of optimizing the choice of equipment and its refurbishment while also making compatible changes in all those operating and ownership policies, the whole combination aimed at optimizing the business results the power system owner desires. Both a reference and tutorial guide, this second edition of Aging Power Delivery Infrastructures provides updated coverage of aging power delivery systems, the problems they cause, and the technical and managerial approaches that power systems owners can take to manage them.

See What's New in the Second Edition:

• All chapters have been updated or are completely new
• Comprehensive discussions of all issues related to equipment aging
• Business impact analysis and models and engineering business studies of actual utility cases
• Strategy and policy issues and how to frame and customize them for specific situations

This book looks at the basics of equipment aging and its system and business impacts on utilities. It covers various maintenance, service and retrofit methods available to mitigate age-related deterioration of equipment. It also presents numerous configuration and automation upgrades at the system level that can deal with higher portions of aging equipment in the system and still provide good service at a reasonable cost.

Author: H. Lee Willis, Randall R. Schrieber
ISBN-10: 1138072982
ISBN-13: 9781138072985
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2017
Pages: 820
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.09lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.63d