Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A. Dedication -- B. Preface -- C. Acknowledgements -- A. Part 1: standards and procedures -- 1. Project procedures -- General -- Feasibility study -- Conceptual design report (cdr) or design features report (dfr) -- Detailed design -- Tender process -- Changes to contract document and construction issue -- Shop or vendor drawing review -- Contract instruction or site instruction -- Construction supervision and construction queries -- Factory testing -- Site testing and commissioning -- As-built documentation -- 2. Regulations and standards -- General -- Local electrical regulations -- Local building regulations -- Local fire regulations -- Insurance company requirements -- Local power company requirements -- Local dangerous goods requirements -- Local council requirements -- Client or user standards -- National and international standards -- Compliance procedure -- Conclusion -- 3. Power company network -- General -- Generation -- Transmission -- Primary distribution -- Secondary distribution system -- Supply method and voltage to customer -- Privatization and de-regulation of the power industry -- 4. Coordination with local power company -- General -- Supply availability and reliability -- Cost of supply -- Power on date -- Supply voltage -- Supply option, source and route -- Demarcation -- Revenue meter location -- Tariffs -- Easements -- Three-phase and single-phase fault levels at the point of high-voltage supply -- Protection settings of the relays/hv fuse characteristics within the power company's equipment -- In-house generation -- Largest motor size -- Limitation on harmonics -- Legal limits of voltage and frequency variations -- Security measures -- Facilities required by the local power company -- 5. Load estimates -- General -- Types -- Timing -- Load data -- Record -- Initial maximum demand estimation -- Detailed load estimate -- Load type -- Motors -- Normal and standby equipment -- Future load provision -- Diversity factor -- Maximum demand estimation for distribution board -- Maximum demand calculations for apartment or free standing house -- Maximum demand estimation for motor control centre (switchboard) -- Maximum demand estimation for low-voltage switchboard (also called as power centre) -- Equipment not connected to switchboard -- Maximum demand calculations for high-voltage switchboard -- Maximum demand calculations for bus bars or power transformer in switchyard -- Maximum demand whole system -- Maximum demand estimation for emergency lighting source or generator -- 6. Revenue and check metering -- General -- Basic construction -- Selection criteria -- Type of customer -- Type of supply -- Accuracy class of meters -- Manual vs remote meter reading -- Revenue meter location -- Revenue metering arrangement -- Revenue meter reading -- Billing period -- Revenue meter calibration -- Ripple control -- Tariffs -- Commercial and industrial tariff -- Commercial and industrial customers with generating plant -- 7. Capital cost estimate -- General -- Elements of cost estimation -- Cost estimation -- Cost estimate for a house -- Cost estimate for apartment -- Cost estimate for high-rise residential building -- Cost estimate for a single commercial unit -- Cost estimate for commercial building electrical system -- Cost estimate for industrial system.

B. Part 2: selection of network -- 8. Basic principles -- General -- Design criteria -- Local isolation of equipment -- Isolation of incoming power supply -- Interlock between two incoming supplies -- Remote earth switch interlock -- Transformer winding or oil temperature relay connection -- Earth leakage protection -- Special installations -- Design of lighting and small power distribution system -- Incoming power supply arrangement -- High-rise buildings -- Choice of internal supply voltage -- Modifications to existing system -- Design documents -- 9. Residential system networks -- General -- Incoming power supply free standing house -- Incoming power supply to an apartment building -- Incoming power supply to a complex containing more than one building -- Distribution system for apartment building and complex -- Revenue metering for apartment building and complex -- Power requirement for house and apartment -- Power requirement for common areas or services within apartment buildings and complex -- Luminaires for house or apartment -- Luminaires for common areas in apartment building and complex -- Control system -- Standby power -- Cable installation in a complex -- Cable installation within an apartment building -- Internal distribution within an apartment/house -- Outdoor distribution -- 10. Commercial system networks -- General -- Power requirement -- Ups and emergency lighting -- Revenue and check metering -- Warehouse building -- Cinemas -- Entertainment/conference centre -- Hotel -- Restaurant -- Communication facility/it centre -- Educational buildings -- Workshop -- Office building -- A shopping centre building -- Shop/departmental store/super market -- Marina -- Airport -- Ports -- 11. Industrial system networks -- General -- Design process -- Industries with load less than or equal to 1000 kva -- Industries with load above 1 mva and multiple buildings/outdoor plants -- 12. Overhead power distribution -- Township power distribution system -- Internal power distribution in an industrial plant -- Power supply to a remote location -- Selection of voltage -- Components -- Skin and proximity effect -- Corona -- Interference with communication circuits -- Route -- Conductor configurations -- Phase-to-phase and phase-to-earth clearance -- Other clearances -- Locations of poles -- Sag and stringing tension calculations -- Effect of ice and wind -- Stringing charts -- Types of insulators -- Road and pipe line crossings -- Other considerations -- Voltage regulation -- Construction -- Joints -- Ac vs dc transmission -- 13. Pole-mounted substation -- Configurations -- Clearances -- Poles and cross arms -- Gang operated disconnect (god) -- Drop out fuse (dof) -- Lightning arresters -- Conductor -- Earthing -- 14. Outdoor high-voltage switchyard -- Switchyard equipment -- Busbar schemes -- Types of circuits -- Clearances -- Conductors -- Protection -- Interlocks -- Structures -- Trenches -- Roads -- Tracks -- Fence -- Lighting -- Other services within switchyard -- Control -- Earthing -- Lightning protection -- Substation building -- Auxiliary supplies.

C. Part 3: space planning and installation -- 15. Space planning, storage and installation -- General -- Space planning -- Criteria for space planning -- High-voltage switchboard -- Transformer -- Wall mounted low-voltage switchboards -- Free standing low-voltage switchboards -- Example of calculating the length of a switchboard containing the following modules -- Ups -- Diesel generator system -- Motors -- Drives -- Free standing control panel -- Batteries and charger -- Luminaires -- Cable routes -- Risers -- Platforms -- Storage and protection of equipment -- Quality and workmanship -- Installation -- Transformer -- Hv and lv motors -- Bus duct (hv/lv) -- Switchboard, distribution board, mcc and control panel -- Local control stations (lcs) for motors -- Capacitors -- Battery, charger and ups -- Health and safety -- 16. Rooms and areas containing electrical equipment -- General -- Doors -- Walls -- Floor -- Ventilation -- Fire protection -- Emergency evacuation system -- Lighting -- Phone -- Socket outlets -- Drainage -- Water -- Waterproofing -- Security and access control -- Acoustics (noise) -- Seismic restraint -- Labels and signs -- Other items -- 17. Installation in hazardous areas -- General -- Area classification -- Examples of hazardous areas -- Selection and type of equipment -- Other type of protection for equipment in hazardous areas -- Type of wiring -- Trenches -- Special construction equipment -- 18. Installation in wet areas -- General -- Bathtub and showers -- Sinks (fig. 18.2) -- Fountains (figs. 18.3 and 18.4) -- Sauna (fig. 18.5) -- Swimming pools and spa pools -- General wash down areas and wet areas -- Cleaner's outlets -- General purpose outlets in public areas in commercial buildings -- 19. Cable installation and support systems -- General -- Cable delivery -- Cable pulling -- Pulling tensions -- Bending radius -- General precautions -- Installation practice -- Tunnel -- Trench -- Directly buried -- Upvc ducts -- Cable pull pit -- Concrete or steel pipe -- Conduits -- Raised floor or platform -- Cable support systems -- General installation and fixing -- Forces on clamps due to short circuit -- 20. Cable terminations and joints -- General -- Glands -- Control cables -- Lv power cables -- Hv cables -- Cable joints.

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