Unrivalled in its scope, covering systems, substations, cabling, switchgear, power systems protection, overhead lines, project management, planning, regulations, and more. A reference handbook written by engineers for engineers 2. The resulting book is an essential read, and a hard-working reference for all engineers, technicians, managers and planners involved in electricity utilities, and related areas such as generation, and industrial electricity usage. The third edition include a new chapter on power quality, a thoroughly updated section on earthing and bonding, coverage of the integration embedded generation and renewables in modern power systems, and has been fully updated in line with the latest IEC and European standards. The unique scope of this book embraces power systems, substations, cabling, switchgear, power systems protection, overhead lines, project management, planning, regulations, and more.
Colin Bayliss and Brian Hardy have produced a unique and comprehensive handbook aimed squarely at the engineers and planners involved in all aspects of getting electricity from the power plant to the user via the power grid. Most books on transmission and distribution electrical engineering are student texts that focus on theory, brief overviews, or specialised monographs. * Problems included at the end of each chapter, with a complete set of answers given at the back of the book * New edition expanded with increased coverage of IEC 1131-3, industrial control scenarios and communications - an important aspect of PLC use * Thoroughly practical introduction to PLC use and application - not device specific, ensuring relevance to a wide range of courses Complete answers are provided in the back of the book. * Identify methods used for fault diagnosis, testing and debugging programsįully matched to the requirements of BTEC Higher Nationals, students are able to check their learning and understanding as they work through the text using the Problems section at the end of each chapter. * Identify safety issues with PLC systems * Develop programs using internal relays, timers, counters, shift registers, sequencers and data handling * Develop functional block, instruction list, structured text and sequential function chart programs * Develop ladder programs for the logic functions AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOT and XOR * Describe communication links involved with control systems * Explain the processing of inputs and outputs of PLCs * Describe and identify the characteristics of commonly used input and output devices * Identify the main design characteristics and internal architecture of PLCs Having read this book, readers will be able to:
The coverage of commonly used PLCs has been increased, including the ever popular Allen Bradley PLCs, making this book an essential source of information both for professionals wishing to update their knowledge, as well as students who require a straight forward introduction to this area of control engineering. Ethernet an extremely popular system), and safety in particular proprietary emergency stop relays (now appearing in practically every PLC based system). The new edition brings the book fully up to date with the current developments in PLCs, describing new and important applications such as PLC use in communications (e.g. Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling text has been expanded with increased coverage of industrial systems and PLCs and more consideration has been given to IEC 1131-3 and all the programming methods in the standard. In this straightforward, easy-to-read guide, Bill Bolton has kept the jargon to a minimum, considered all the programming methods in the standard IEC 1131-3 - in particular ladder programming, and presented the subject in a way that is not device specific to ensure maximum applicability to courses in electronics and control systems. This is the introduction to PLCs for which baffled students, technicians and managers have been waiting.