000 01431 a2200217 4500
020 _a9783319514598
040 _cIITK
041 _aeng
082 _a621.3815
_bN59p
100 _aNiayesh, Kaveh
245 _aPower switching components
_btheory, applications and future trends
_cKaveh Niayesh and Magne Runde
260 _bSpringer
_c2017
_aSwitzerland
300 _ax, 249p
440 _aPower systems
505 _aThis book focuses on the theory and application of power switching components in power networks. More specifically, it discusses current interruption theory, applied stresses to switching components in power networks and appropriate methods to test their different functionalities. It reviews the basic working principles of current technologies and summarizes the upcoming technological advances within the field of power switching devices. Taking an educational approach to the subject, this book is useful for graduate courses on high voltage equipment and power device technology within the electric power engineering discipline. Furthermore, inclusion of numerous worked examples, exercises and easily digestible descriptions of complex physical phenomena in switching devices make this an invaluable self-learning resource for engineers.
650 _aCircuits and systems
650 _aSwitching circuits
650 _aElectronic circuits and devices
700 _aRunde, Magne
942 _cBK
999 _c558125
_d558125