Acknowledgements


the author gratefully acknowledges the following companies and individuals for providing him invaluable technical support.

Part I Electric motors, drives and energy saving

Chapter 1
R.K. Gupta, NGEF Ltd, New Delhi; J.R. Mahajan, Voltas Ltd, Mumbai; Anil Kamra, Crompton Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; B. Raman, BHEL, Bhopal; S.K. Sharma, GE Motors India Ltd, Faridabad; Anirudh Singh, S.M. Patil, BHEL, New Delhi; Rajnish Sharma, Satish Talwar, Siemens, New Delhi; A.K. Varshney, BHEL, Bhopal .
Chapter 2
Bal Gopal, Dynaspede Integrated Systems (P) Ltd, TamilNadu.
Chapter 3
R.K. Gupta, Bhartia Cutler Hammer Ltd, Faridabad.
Chapter 5
Y.H. Kajiji, AOYP Engineering Company, Mumbai; Ram Chandran, Bhartia Cutler Hammer Ltd, Faridabad; N.M. Shah, Pioneer Electrical Works, Mumbai; A.K. Varshney, BHEL, Bhopal.
Chapter 6
Sanjay Sinha, Hemant Agrawal, Vijay Arora, Munish Sharma and Ajay Kumar, Allen Bradley India Ltd, Sahibabad; Shasidhar Dhareshwar, ABB, New Delhi; Ashwani Kaul, Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd, New Delhi; Siddhartha Ghosh, Siemens Ltd, New Delhi; S.D. Nanda Kishore, Cegelec (India)/Areva/Alstom, Noida; Arun Gupta, EISA Lifts, New Delhi; Rajiv Manchanda, Usha (India) Ltd, Faridabad; Kapil Grover, Allen Bradley Ltd, New Delhi; Ashok Jain, Fluidomat Ltd, Dewas (MP); A.K. Advani, Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; L.V. Buran, A.K. Nagpal, Rajeev Agrawal, Sony Chacko, Bhartia Cutler Hammer; Anant Narain, A.K. Tikkoo, EIL, New Delhi.
Chapter 7
Y.I.P. Sehgal, International Pumps and Projects, Noida; S.U. Submersible Pumps, Noida; V.P. Sharma, EIL, New Delhi; Nitin Sen Jain, Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd, New Delhi; M/s Subhash Projects India Ltd; Sarvesh Kumar, Vestas RRB India Ltd, New Delhi; A.K. Varshney, BHEL, Bhopal.
Chapter 8
Pembril Fluidrives Ltd, Aurangabad; Ashok Jain, Fluidomat Ltd, Dewas; Eddy Current Controls (India) Ltd, Kerala; A.K. Advani, Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; V.K. Sharma, Prasun Chakraborty, Sunil K. Kaul and K. Sukhija, Fenner (India) Ltd, Hyderabad/New Delhi; S. Kumar and P.K. Das, Dunlop (India) Ltd, Kolkata/ New Delhi.
Chapter 9E
B. Raman, BHEL, Bhopal, India; A.K. Varshney, BHEL, Bhopal.
Chapter 10
Soman Dhar, Castrol India Ltd, New Delhi; Chandra Kumar, National Engineering Industries, Jaipur; B.B. Rao, SKF Bearings India Ltd, Mumbai; B. Raman, BHEL, Bhopal; Anil Kamra, Crompton Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; S.D. Nanda Kishore, Areva/Alstom.
Chapter 11
Y.D. Dosaj, Crompton Greaves Ltd, Ahmed Nagar; Y. Pal, Formerly with EIL (GG-1/13-A, Vikaspuri, New Delhi); A.K. Varshney, BHEL, Bhopal.
Chapter 12
P.B. Dabholkar and Indrajit Jadhav, ABB, Vadodara; Sanjiv Bahl, ABB, Delhi; Pankaj Sachdeva and Balamourougan, Alstom (India), Chennai; V. Mohan, Rajiv Tandon, Prem
Kumar and Chand Chadha, Larsen & Toubro, New Delhi; Kapil Grover, Allen Bradley, Sahibabad; S.P. Sharma, L & T, Mumbai; B. Raman, BHEL, Bhopal, T.K. Modak, Jyoti Ltd., New Delhi; Ashish Trivedi, Schneider Electric.
Part 2 Switchgear assemblies and captive (emergency) power generation
Chapter 13
M.R. Atter, ECS, Noida; S.P. Sharma, L&T, Mumbai; D.K. Duggal, NTPC, Noida; N.K. Agrawal and P.K. Garg, BHEL, Haridwar; Bhupinder Badiya, Siemens, New Delhi; Abid Hussain, Consultant, New Delhi; P.H. Kakade, Vinayak Corp., Mumbai; Shalini Bhateja, Sanjeev Sharma, Schneider Electric, New Delhi; Satpaul Goel, Mohit Atter, Atoz Power Systems, New Delhi.
APPENDIX
Dr V.K. Anand, Anand CIS India, New Delhi; Stat-field Systems (Coating) Pvt. Ltd; Mitsuba Electricals (P) Ltd, India; Sajal Srivastava, Berger Paints Ltd, New Delhi; Sajjathe Sulthan, SBA Enviro Systems, New Delhi; R.R. Bagri, Clear Water Ltd, New Delhi; P.H. Kakade, Vinayak Corp., Mumbai; Arvind Mathur, Jasper Engineers, New Delhi.
Chapter 14
Dr. Ashok Kumar Mathur, Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee; Dr H.K. Chand, formerly Professor of Geography, Bhagalpur University; S.P. Sharma, L&T, Mumbai; V.N. Nandakumar, CPRI, Bangalore; Arvind Mathur, Jasper Engineers, New Delhi.
Chapter 15
S. Raghavan, Indcoil Transformers (P) Ltd, Mumbai; P.U. Patwardhan, Prayog Electricals (P) Ltd, Mumbai; Dr Abraham Verghese, English Electric Co. now Alstom (India), Sharjah UAE, N.C. Bhatnagar, Power Grid Corporation, New Delhi; Puneet Banga, Schneider Electric, New Delhi.
Chapter 16
Kamal Singhania, Crompton Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; Ashawni Kaul, Sharad Agarwal, Kirloskar Electric, New Delhi; Chandralekha Bhaskar, Bhaskar Power Projects; I.D. Qureshi, Kiran Engineering Enterprises; Atul Khanna, AVK-SEGC & Controls (India) Ltd, New Delhi; N.K. Mittal, Abett Consultants, New Delhi; A.K. Tikkoo, EIL New Delhi; V.K. Chaudhary, B. Sridhar Rao, Hemant Sharma, Cable Corporation of India Ltd, New Delhi; O.P. Kwatra, Havell’s India Ltd, New Delhi.
Part 3 Voltage surges, over-voltages, circuit interrupters and grounding practices
Chapter 17
Ashwani Agrawal, ABB, New Delhi; T.K. Modak, Jyoti Ltd, New Delhi; Atul Shrivastava, P.V. Ekande, NTPC, New Delhi; Dr Ram Nath, BHEL, New Delhi; T.P.R. Sharma, Consultant, Mumbai; Rajender Mohan, Moeller HPL, New Delhi; Neeraj Garg, Schneider Electric, New Delhi.
Chapter 18
Anil Poddar, V.M. Belsare, Elpro International Ltd, Chinchwad Gaon, Pune; Station Surge Arresters and Thyrite Magne – Valve Station Lightning Arresters, IGE (India) Ltd; TransiNor As, Norway, through Vijay Khanna, New Delhi; N. V. Anantha Krishnan, W.S. Industries (India) Ltd, New Delhi; A. S. Kushwaha and Arvind M. Khurana, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, New Delhi; V.P. Singh, Elpro International Ltd, New Delhi; Ashwani Agrawal, ABB India Ltd, New Delhi; Dr S. Mukhopadhyay, A.K. Rajput, S.K. Ray Mohapatra, CEA, New Delhi; Dr Ram Nath, BHEL, New Delhi; T.P.R. Sharma, Consultant, Mumbai.
Chapter 19
V. Raghavan, BHEL, Bhopal; N. Biswas, Alstom, New Delhi; P.P. Sreekanth, Sanjay Bhambhani, Alstom, New Delhi; Manjeet Singh and Manoj Misra, ABB, New Delhi; Sandeep Mathur, Siemens India, New Delhi; Dr Ram Nath, BHEL, New Delhi; C.K. Bhagat, Voltas Switchgears; T.K. Modak, Jyoti Ltd., New Delhi; Dr H.S. Jain, BHEL, Hyderabad.
Chapter 20
Y.K. Sehgal, Power Grid Corporation of India, New Delhi.
Chapter 21
P. U. Patwardhan, Prayog Electricals (P) Ltd, Mumbai; Dr Abraham Verghese, Alstom (India), Sharjah, UAE; Dr Girish Chandra, KGMC, Lucknow; Sanjeev Sharma, Schneider Electric, New Delhi.
Chapter 22
V. P. Sharma, EIL, New Delhi; C.S. Kore, Vinai Rai, L&T, Mumbai.
Part 4 Power capacitors and reactive power controls
Chapter 23
M. R. Attar, ECS; P. S. Gokhle, Niranjan Gokhle, Syntron Controls, Mumbai; N. P. Singh, Sigma Control, New Delhi; Vijay Jain, Neutronics Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Mumbai; S.P. Sharma, L&T, Mumbai; Y. P. Likhyani, Crompton Greaves Ltd, New Delhi; M. K. Pandey, Kapsales Electricals (Khatau Junker), New Delhi; A.S. Kushwaha, Power Grid Corporation of India, New Delhi; P. K. Mittal, Indian Railways Telecommunication, New Delhi; V.N. Nandakumar, CPRI, Bangalore.
Chapter 24
S. P. Singh, CEA, New Delhi; Dr Subir Sen and Indu Shekhar Jha, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, New Delhi; Brajesh Malviya, ABB India Ltd, New Delhi; M. Hanif, Dr Ram Nath, P.K. Srivastava, D. Ravi, BHEL, New Delhi/Bangalore; Mata Prasad, Ex NTPC/ABB; Deepak Malhotra, Bhupinder Badiya, Siemens, New Delhi; Bhanu Bhusan, CERC, New Delhi; Ramesh Jha, Reliance Energy, Noida; Preeti Dhaundiyal, Flextronics Software Systems Ltd., Gurgaon.
Chapter 25
M. K. Pandey, Kapsales Electricals (Khatau Junker), New Delhi.
Chapter 26
M. K. Pandey, Kapsales Electricals (Khatau Junker), New Delhi
Chapter 27
P. T. Pandyan, Western High Voltage Equipment, Jaisinghpur, Maharashtra.
Part 5 Busbar systems
Chapter 28
Gautam Kumar, A.P. Singhal, Tricolite, New Delhi; Roger Housey, MGC Technology AG, Schweiz; Anil Saboo, Elektrolites, Jaipur; Puneet Banga, Schneider Electric, New Delhi; P.B. Bellary, Mumbai.
Chapter 29
Russy N. Master, L&T, Mumbai; J. K. Joneja, Sanjay Joneja, M/s J. K. Plastics, Noida; P.H. Kakade, M/s Vinayak Corporation, Mumbai.
Chapter 30
Regie Paul, Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd (Indalco), Cochin, Kerala; Mahesh Khandelia, Om Prakash, Electro Copper and Alloy Mfg. Co., Kolkata.
Chapter 31
B. S. R. Patnaik, Best & Crompton Engineering Ltd, Chennai; D. K. Chaturvedi, NTPC Ltd, Noida; V. K. Mehta, BHEL, Jhansi; R. N. Khanna, Controls and Switchgears Ltd, New Delhi.
Standards
ANSI - American National Standards Institute – USA
BS - British Standards – UK
IEC - International Electro Technical Commission – Switzerland
IEEE - the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – USA
IS - Indian Standards – India
ISO - International Standards Organisation – Switzerland
NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers’ Association – USA

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