Introduction to electricity
By: Robert T. Paynter, B.J. Toby Boydell
Contributors: Boydell, B. J. Toby
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1284
ISBN-13: 9780135040874
Subjects: Electrical engineering
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: S.1. Electrical Shock Hazard; title: S.2. Ground Faults, Grounding, and Bonding; title: S.3. Lockout/Tagout; title: S.4. Electrical Fire Hazards; title: S.5. Personal Protection Equipment; title: S.6. Hazardous Locations; title: S.7. Common-Sense Rules for Working Safely; title: Getting Started; title: 1.1. Electrical Careers; title: 1.2. Electronics Careers; title: 1.3. Components and Symbols; title: 1.4. Test Equipment; title: 1.5. Engineering Notation; title: Basic Electrical Concepts; title: 2.1. Matter, Elements, and Atoms; title: 2.2. Electrical Charge; title: 2.3. Current; title: 2.4. Voltage; title: 2.5. Resistance; title: 2.6. Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors; title: Basic Electric Components and Meters; title: 3.1. Conductors and Insulators; title: 3.2. Resistors; title: 3.3. Potentiometers and Rheostats; title: 3.4. Batteries; title: 3.5. DC Power Sources; title: 3.6. Switches and Circuit Protectors; title: 3.7. Analog and Digital Multimeters; title: 3.8. Measuring Voltage, Resistance, and Current; title: Ohm's Law and Power; title: 4.1. Ohm's Law; title: 4.2. Power and Efficiency; title: 4.3. Basic Circuit Calculations; title: 4.4. Basic Circuit Faults and Symptoms; title: Series Circuits; title: 5.1. Series Circuit Characteristics; title: 5.2. Voltage Dividers; title: 5.3. Practical Series Circuits; title: 5.4. Series Circuit Fault Symptoms and Troubleshooting; title: 5.5. Earth Ground Versus Chassis Ground; title: Parallel Circuits; title: 6.1. Parallel Circuit Characteristics; title: 6.2. Current Dividers; title: 6.3. Practical Parallel Circuits; title: 6.4. Parallel Circuit Fault Symptoms and Troubleshooting; title: Series-Parallel Circuits; title: 7.1. Introduction to Series-Parallel Circuits; title: 7.2. Analyzing Series-Parallel Circuits; title: 7.3. Circuit Loading; title: 7.4. The Wheatstone Bridge; title: 7.5. Fault Symptoms and Troubleshooting; title: Introduction to Residential Circuits: A Practical Series-Parallel Application; title: 8.1. The Service Entrance and Service Drop; title: 8.2. Switches and Receptacles; title: 8.3. Residential AC Circuits; title: Source and Load Analysis; title: 9.1. Voltage and Current Sources; title: 9.2. Thevenin's Theorem; title: 9.3. Maximum Power Transfer; title: 9.4. Norton's Theorem; title: 9.5. Superposition; title: Magnetism; title: 10.1. Magnetism: An Overview; title: 10.2. Magnetic Characteristics; title: 10.3. Electromagnetism; title: 10.4. Electromagnetic Relays: An Application of Electromagnetic Principles; title: 10.5. Related Topics; title: Inductance and Inductors; title: 11.1. Introduction to Inductance; title: 11.2. Mutual Inductance; title: 11.3. Inductors in DC Circuits; title: 11.4. Types of Inductors; title: Capacitance And Capacitors; title: 12.1. Capacitance and Capacitors: An Overview; title: 12.2. Series and Parallel Capacitors; title: 12.3. Capacitors in DC Circuits; title: 12.4. Capacitor Types; title: Alternating Current (AC); title: 13.1. Alternating Current (AC): Overview and Time Measurements; title: 13.2. Waveform Magnitude; title: 13.3. Sine Waves: Phase and Instantaneous Values; title: 13.4. Rectangular Waves; title: Series Resistive-Inductive (RL) Circuits; title: 14.1. The Phase Relationship Between Inductor Current and Voltage; title: 14.2. Inductive Reactance (XL); title: 14.3. Inductor Power; title: 14.4. Series RL Circuits; title: 14.5. Power Characteristics and Calculations; title: Parallel Resistive-Inductive (RL) Circuits; title: 15.1. Parallel RL Circuit Currents; title: 15.2. Parallel RL Circuit Impedance; title: 15.3. Parallel Circuit Analysis; title: Series Resistive-Capacitive (RC) Circuits; title: 16.1. Alternating Voltage and Current Characteristics; title: 16.2. Capacitive Reactance (XC); title: 16.3. Series RC Circuits; title: 16.4. Power Characteristics and Calculations; title: Parallel Resistive-Capacitive (RC) Circuits; title: 17.1. Parallel RC Circuit Currents; title: 17.2. Parallel RC Circuit Impedance; title: 17.3. Parallel Circuit Analysis; title: RLC Circuits; title: 18.1. Series LC Circuits; title: 18.2. Parallel LC Circuits; title: 18.3. Resonance; title: 18.4. Series and Parallel RLC Circuits; title: 18.5. Power Factor Correction; title: Frequency Response and Filters; title: 19.1. Introduction to Frequency Response; title: 19.2. RC and RL Low-Pass Filters; title: 19.3. RC and RL High-Pass Filters; title: 19.4. Bandpass and Notch Filters; title: Three-Phase Power; title: 20.1. Three-Phase Power; title: 20.2. Inductive Wye (Y) Circuits; title: 20.3. Inductive Delta (&Delta;) Circuits; title: 20.4. Wye-Delta and Delta-Wye Circuits; title: 20.5. Power and Power Factor; title: Introduction to Transformers; title: 21.1. Transformer Operation: An Overview; title: 21.2. Transformer Voltage, Current, and Power; title: 21.3. Transformer Winding Configurations; title: 21.4. Factors Affecting Transformer Performance; title: 21.5. Related Topics; title: Three-Phase Transformers; title: 22.1. Three-Phase Transformer Configurations; title: 22.2. Transformer Power Calculations; title: 22.3. Related Topics; title: DC Machines: Generators and Motors; title: 23.1. Generators and Alternators: An Overview; title: 23.2. DC Generator Elements and Construction; title: 23.3. Series Generators; title: 23.4. Parallel Generators; title: 23.5. Compound Generators; title: 23.6. More on DC Generators; title: 23.7. DC Motors: Basic Concepts; title: 23.8. Series DC Motors; title: 23.9. Shunt DC Motors; title: 23.10. Compound DC Motors; title: 23.11. DC Motor Control Circuits; title: AC Machines: Alternators and Motors; title: 24.1. Alternators: An Overview; title: 24.2. Three-Phase Alternator Elements and Construction; title: 24.3. Three-Phase Alternator Connections and Loading; title: 24.4. AC Motors: An Overview; title: 24.5. Induction Motors; title: 24.6. Three-Phase Synchronous Motors; title: AC Power Transmission and Distribution; title: 25.1. Power Transmission and Distribution: An Overview; title: 25.2. Generating Electrical Power; title: 25.3. Transmission Lines and Substations; title: 25.4. Distribution Grids; title: Green Power; title: 26.1. Large-scale Power Generation; title: 26.2. Distributed Generation; title: 26.3. A Smarter, Greener Grid; title: 26.4. Green Buildings; title: 26.5. Green Lighting; title: Introduction to Copper Cabling; title: 27.1. Introduction to Telecommunications; title: 27.2. Twisted-Pair Cables; title: 27.3. Modular Jacks and Plugs; title: 27.4. Termination Blocks; title: 27.5. Coaxial Cables; title: Introduction to Fiber Optic Cabling; title: 28.1. Light Concepts; title: 28.2. Introduction to Fiber Optic Cables; title: 28.3. Fiber Optic Connectors and Splices; title: 28.4. Light Sources and Detectors; title: Appendix A. Working with Units of Measure; title: Appendix B. Working with Wire Tables; title: Appendix C. Glossary; title: Appendix D. Answers to Odd-Numbered Practice Problems.