Essentials of Distributed Generation Systems
National Fire Protection
Association, Gregory W. Massey, OCS
Now owners, engineers, and electricians can
quickly come up to speed on the five most prominent distributed
generation technologies with Essentials of Distributed
Generation Systems.
Whether you're
looking for an introduction to the topic or an overview of the
selection, design, and installation of these systems, this practical
guide is your source for complete and up-to-date information on the
most common alternative energy technologies.
The first title in the highly anticipated
Essentials of Electricity series provides electricians
with what they need to know for solar photovoltaic, wind turbine,
fuel cell, microturbine, and engine-generator system technologies.
Using concise explanations with detailed and
clear illustrations, this book will prepare you to select the most
appropriate type of distributed generation by examining the
strengths and weaknesses of each system and summarizing each
system's components, operations, and limitations, while discussing
common factors that affect each of these alternative technologies.
This multi-faceted resource has been
strategically arranged to provide fast access to information on each
of the individual systems as well as a comprehensive look at how
on-site generation technologies work as a whole.
Benefits of
distributed generation systems include:
- Reducing electric utility bills
- Improving the reliability of electric
power
- Improving the payback of required
generation systems
- Making power marketable to sell to
utilities
- Generating environmentally-friendly
power
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Contents:
Foreword
Chapter 1 Overview of Distributed Generation
Chapter 2 Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems
Chapter 3 Wind Power Systems
Chapter 4 Fuel Cells
Chapter 5 Microturbines
Chapter 6 Engine-Generators
Chapter 7 Interconnected Generation Systems
Chapter 8 Utility-Interactive Power Inverters
Chapter 9 Sizing Generation Systems
Chapter 10 Sizing Conductors
Chapter 11 Disconnecting Means
Chapter 12 Overcurrent Protection
Chapter 13 Grounding and Bonding
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About the Author(s):
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has been a
worldwide leader in providing fire, building, electrical, and life
safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international
nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden for fire
and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating
scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research,
training, and education.
Developer of the National Electrical Code®, and 300 other codes
and standards through a full, open-consensus process, NFPA also
produces educational curricula, including the Risk Watch®
community-based injury prevention curriculum and the Learn Not to
Burn® fire safety curriculum. NFPA headquarters is in Quincy,
Massachusetts.
Gregory W. Massey, OCS
Greg Massey is lead author for NEIS Standards on Busways and on
Dry-Type Transformers.
Softcover, 204 pages
Copyright 2010
2008 NEC
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