Index



A
abbreviations used, 449
a.c. drives comparison, 178-80
a.c. solenoid braking, 54
accelerating torque, 47, 210
acoustic enclosure, 580, see also diesel generators
actuator motors, 197-98
ageing, winding insulation, 258
agriculture motors, 195-96
air:
blast circuit breakers, 732-33, 749-53
break contactors, 355
circuit breakers, 732-33
conditioning plants, 445-49
cored reactors, 973-75
handling units, 446
leakage tests, bus systems, 1098
Al-Cr alloy steel resistors, 100
alarm schemes, 589-91
altitude:
bus systems, 1004-06
induction motors, 16
switchgear assemblies, 414
aluminium:
busbar properties, 1052-53
current ratings, bus sections, 1055-64
current ratings cables, 629-40
current-carrying capacity, 1054-61
grades, 1061
INDAL, 1001, 1062-63
properties, 1052-53, 1055-56
rectangular sections, 1059-60
standards, 1065


ambient temperatures:
bus systems, 1004-05
induction motors, 15-16
switchgear assemblies, 414
AMF panels, 589-90
ampere meter method, 959-60
annunciation schemes, 588-89
ANSI standard device function numbers, 443
arc:
arcing grounds, 762
assistance techniques, 737-38
coils, 767-68
formation, 732
furnaces and smelters, 138
plasma theory, 725
quenching, 735-36
re-ignition, 655
rotation, 738-39
suppression coils, 767-68
suppression reactors, 979
time constant definition, 655
armoured cables, 632, 635-37
HV, 632
LV, 629-30
three-core, 633-34
XLPE - see cables
arresters - see surge arresters
artificial neutral grounding, 770-71
assemblies, see switchgear assemblies
assessment, surge arresters, 710-17
atmospheric conditions, 414, 1006
auctioneering switching, 869
auto-mains failure schemes, 587, see also captive power generation
auto-synchronizing schemes, 607
automatic capacitor control panels, 865
automatic speed control, 110
automation, logic controllers, 608
automation power systems, 569, 912
auto reclosure schemes
see system voltage regulation
auto reclosing relays
see system voltage regulation
auto-transformer starting, 87-89
auxiliary controls, 389-90
auxiliary feed lines, 1069
axial forces, bearings, 251

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