Fundamentals of Electrical Power Engineering

This textbook covers subjects related to single-phase alternating current, three-phase alternating current, electrical switchgear and transformers. It presents the necessary concepts for understanding the physical processes that appear in the most remarkable electric power machines. From Ohm's Law to Faraday's Law among others, the chapters provide an outlook of the basics of electrical engineering for the development of practical applications. Throughout the book, figures and diagrams are used to help the reader understand the concepts and the path of energy during the operation of electrical machines. Addressing to a first-year course in an electrical engineering curriculum, its main strength lies in connecting complex concepts to practical applications, giving students a deep foundation to understand and analyze real-world electrical systems with confidence.

Guides readers to the analysis of electrical machines operation Covers concepts for understanding the physical processes that appear in electric power machines Includes questions, solved problems and visuals

Autorentext

Carlos Cuviella Suarez has over 25 years' experience working as Engineer in various capacities. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Industrial Technologies at the National University of Distance Education, whilst also working as an internal consultant for the technological department of ROCA. He has published several papers on energy efficiency, sanitary-ware factories and alternative energy systems. Dr. Colmenar-Santos is a senior lecturer in the field of Electrical Engineering at the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Control Engineering at the National Distance Education University. He is the author of more than 60 papers published on top peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in more than 100 national and international conferences related to renewable energies and multimedia systems applied to teaching. He has worked for AECI-ICI as a high qualified consultant at the INTECNA project (Nicaragua) and been part of the Spanish section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), working in a number of projects related to renewable energies. Dr. David Borge-Diez has a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering and master's degrees in Industrial Technology Research, Industrial Engineer and Bachelor in Industrial Engineer. His work in teaching and as a researcher is focused on the field of energy, with special emphasis on the use of unconventional energy sources and energy efficiency. For more than 8 years, he has worked in different private companies nationally and internationally developing research projects and engineering work, whilst he has made this activity compatible with teaching and research in different universities and organizations.

Inhalt

Electrical engineering: contextualization and applicability.- Electrotechnics.- Capacitance and Inductance: Behavior in DC Circuits.- Behavior of Passive Elements in AC Circuits.