ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides a wealth of practical experience in a readable tone, and illustrates the importance of power systems, which is sometimes overlooked in practice. A power system is very much like a culture, varying from one type of industry to another in the same manner as traditions vary from one ethnic group to another. Each industry tries to maintain its own traditional practices which were evolved just after World War II. Those practices were influenced by economic constraints, process needs, technology available at that time, and fast growth. The power system is treated as a service only and not considered as an essential element to maintain product quality and continuity of operations. The book presents the salient engineering features and design procedures, including power system studies, grounding, instrument transformers, medium-voltage meters, and many more topics.
