Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition (Power Engineering (Willis))

Technological advances and structural changes within the electric utility industry mandate that protection engineers develop a solid understanding of the related new technologies as well as of power system operations and economics in order to function proficiently. Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions by the late J. Lewis Blackburn, Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition retains the fundamentals of protection relays and power system protection while incorporating new developments in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, this third edition focuses on technological changes in the design of protective systems, the practical concerns of power system protection encountered by users, and the techniques for protecting typical facilities used in modern power systems.

New to the Third Edition

Expanded coverage of the requirements for generator intertie protection, generator protection, and generator excitation systems

The latest technologies in microprocessor applications, including digital-based devices and designs

Protection issues, such as capacitor bank protection, underfrequency and undervoltage load shedding, special protection schemes, DC tripping scheme designs, fault location, and event reports

Building on the excellence of the preceding editions, this book will continue to serve as a basic reference for newcomers to the area as well as for experienced engineers. By sharing his first-hand experience with protection practices, the author offers valuable realistic insight into this field.

Customer Reviews:

Good Learning or Reference Book

By M. Bristol "Transmission Systems Engineer" - September 16, 2008

As a veteran substation automation and SCADA engineer, I was looking for something to deepen my knowledge of protective relaying schemes. This book is an excellent source of basic relaying information. It provides insights into all the major types of protection schemes, but I did find it a little weak when it comes to in-depth explanations. Its coverage of the new generation of microprocessor-based relays is pretty much a 30,000 ft overview of them, which is too bad, since they are the main form of relaying being deployed at present. Considering that it was published in its latest revision quite recently, I was diappointed by the lack of microprocessor-based relaying and the vast capabilities this new technology provides.

Older edition has errors!

By STEVE EVANS - March 11, 2009

The older version of this book has errors. I wrote the publisher and they are sending me a new, corrected version. Easiest way to tell is go to page 14, the Undervoltage Device is an ANSI 27 not 26. There are many more, though, including errors in formulas.

The publisher is GREAT to work with and were happy to give me the corrected book. They also have an errata sheet.

Overall, this has been the bible of the protective relaying industry for years since it was first published. A truely great book. But when it was updated from second ed. to third ed., it was totally re-keypunched and several errors resulted.

Last comment, the pictures are kinda grainy and need to be replaced.

Don't buy this edition

By G. Hernandez - February 3, 2009

Terrible! full of mistakes. The original book is wonderful, but this edition is awful. I have been working relay protection for 19 years and purchased this text as a reference and as an aid in training the new technicians and was very dissapointed with this purchase. Buy the original or downloaad the Mason book.

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