Electric Power Distribution System Engineering Handbook

By: Drew, Mack

Modern electric distribution systems are no longer simple one-way networks. Today's engineers must manage load growth, distributed generation, battery storage, electric vehicles, automation, power quality, resilience, and aging infrastructure-all while maintaining safe and reliable service.Electric Power Distribution System Engineering Handbook provides a practical foundation for planning, designing, protecting, operating, and modernizing distribution networks.
Inside, you'll learn how to: Plan distribution capacity using load forecasting, diversity, contingency criteria, and spatial analysisDesign and size feeders, conductors, substations, transformers, and voltage-regulation equipmentUnderstand radial, loop, primary-selective, and network distribution configurationsEngineer overhead lines, underground cable systems, poles, duct banks, and URD layoutsPerform fault analysis, short-circuit calculations, grounding studies, and protection coordinationApply fuses, reclosers, sectionalizers, relays, capacitor banks, regulators, and load tap changersDiagnose harmonics, voltage sags, flicker, and other power-quality problemsIntegrate solar, battery storage, DERs, EV loads, microgrids, and smart-grid technologiesWork with SCADA, FLISR, AMI, distribution automation, and cybersecurity conceptsEvaluate SAIDI, SAIFI, CAIDI, outage management, maintenance strategies, and asset replacementOrganized into 26 chapters across six parts, this handbook connects traditional power-distribution fundamentals with the realities of the modern grid.Build the practical engineering knowledge needed to plan and operate safer, smarter, and more resilient distribution systems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJWJVC2F
• ISBN13: 9798174494879
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"