Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable Energy Generation Power Equipment ─ Aging and Life Extension Techniques

This new edition explores methods for detecting signs of equipment aging, as well as techniques for protection of electrical apparatus against potential damage. Electrical and mechanical engineers, in addition to maintenance personnel, will greatly benefit from this material. Among all areas presented in the book, in distribution and transmission equipment, as well as in generating renewable energy field, properly maintained lubrication is one of the major areas responsible for extended useful life of electrical apparatus. The newest edition allows the reader to consider various forms and causes of possible lubrication failures, learn what techniques and materials are available on a global scale to extend the life of the equipment, and the importance of using the correct product for a specific part of the equipment. This revision covers the review and analysis of aging issues for transmission and distribution equipment, and the content has been extended to include the field of renewable energy generation power equipment.

Bella Helmer Chudnovsky earned her PhD in applied physics at Rostov State University (RSU) in Russia. For the first 25 years of her career, she worked as a successful scientist for the Institute of Physics at RSU and at the University of Cincinnati.

For the past 12 years, she has worked as an R&D engineer for Schneider Electric-Square D Company, where her principal areas of activities were aimed at resolving multiple aging problems of power distribution equipment. In this field, she has published 40 papers in both national and international technical journals and conferences proceedings on topics that are summed up in the book, Electrical Power Transmission and Distribution Apparatus: Aging and Life Extension Techniques, which published in December 2012.