Index



R
radar interferometry, 573
see current measurement
radial forces, bearings, 250
rated continuous current capacity, 1094
rating:
cables, 624-25
capacitors, 944-47
conductors, 1049-65
current-carrying conductors, 1049-65
derating factors
belts, 241-46
busbars, 1004-25
cables, 623-25
motors, 9-17, 162-63
switchgear assemblies, 423
static drives, 151-52, 169.
duty, 104
induction motors, 63-82
short-time motors, 77
slip-ring induction motors, 104
switching devices, 944-45
ratings, switchgear assemblies, 395-40, 416-20, 423-24
re-acceleration of motors, 206-07
re-strikes of arcs, 657
reactance:
bus systems, 1098
measurement, 1098
reactive banks, 908-12
reactive control:
line length effect, 898
load angles, 898-906
power factors, 899-900
power transfer optimization, 896-906
communication, see
communication
dynamic stability, 906-08
SCADA system, 912-22
serial data transmission, 922-27
transient stability, 906-07
symmetrical lines, 902
reactive power management, 887-93
mid-point compensation, 895
objectives, 788-89
power transfer, 890-93
series inductance, 858
transmission lines, 889-93
uncompensated transmission lines, 889-93
reactors, 971-80
I-f characteristics, 973-76
air cored, 973-74
application, 976-78
arc suppression, 979
connections, 977
coreless, 973-76
couplers, 979
current limiting, 976-79
damping, 979
design criterion, 973-76
gapped iron core type, 975-76






grounding transformers, 979
magnetic characteristics, 973
neutral grounding, 979
saturated types, 975-76, 1018-20
selection, 973
series, 976-79
shunt, 976
smoothing, 980
standards, 980
types, 973-76
receiving-end voltage, 903-06
reclosing relays, 907-8
recommended torque fasteners, 1043
recording earthquakes, 510-12
rectangular busbars, 1062-64
rectifiers:
circuit configuration semi-conductor devices, 145-47
comparison transistors and thyristors, 146
converter circuits, 145
high current rectifiers, 138
electrolysis process, 138
thyristors rectifier circuits, 148-49
unit configurations, 148-49
reduced voltage starting, 86-93
reflections, surge arresters, 691-97
regenerative schemes, 155-56
relays:
bi-metallic thermal, 327-29
comparison various types of relays, 442
electromagnetic, 338-39
equipment protection schemes, 438-41
fast-responding, 674
heavy duty, 328
LV motors,
high impedance circulating current protection, 553-61
high impedance differential protection, 553-61
microprocessor-based, 340-41, 871-72
over-current settings, 329
over-current type, 327-28, 330
protection, 335-43, 779-80
single-device motor protection, 338-43
solid-state, 339-41
thermal over-current type, 327-28, 330
relubrication of bearings, 272-75
remote drive and telemetry software, 141
remedies from harmonics, over-voltages and voltage surges, 163
required response spectrum (RRS), 514, 523-24
residual current circuit breakers see ground leakage...
residual voltage transformers (RVTs), 534-38
resin-rich coils, 259, 303
resistance:
bus systems measurement, 1098
discharge devices, 948-50
electrical machines measurement, 293-94, 1098
human body, 810-11




insulation tests, 261
measurement, 293-94, 1098
resistance temperature detectors (RTD), 296, 346-48
resistive shunts, 569
see current measurement
resistivity of soil, 802-03, 811
resonance:
effects, 647-48, 699, 764-767
harmonic generation, 840
surge arresters, 699
response spectrum of earthquakes, 512-13
restrike voltage, 655-57, 831
retrofitting
with EE belt drives, 241
with EE motors, 33
with EE motors and static drives, 181, 203-04
with hydraulic couplings, 231-32
with SF6 breakers, 757
with vacuum breakers, 757
rigid couplings, 223
ring frame motors, 187-88
rising mains bus systems, 988
rod grounding, 799-801
rolling mills, 139
Rogowski coil current transducers, 571
Rogowski principle, 572, see current measurement
RoHS (restrictions on hazardous substances), xii, 31, 485
rotating arc technology, 738-40
rotating machines:
protection, 665-66
surge protection, 666, 668-74
switching surges, 666, 668-74, see also electric machines; electric motors; HV& LV motors; slip-ring induction motors; squirrel cage induction motors
rotors:
designs, 43-46
double squirrel cage motors, 44-46
heat, 322-23, 326
locked rotor protection, 335-36
pulley drives, 252-53
resistance wound motors, 98-110
slip-ring induction motors, 97-101
stator rubbing, 279
tests, 304-06
round conductor grounding, 800-01
routine tests:
bus systems, 1093-94, 1098
capacitors, 964-65
current transformers, 568
electrical machines, 291
metal enclosed bus systems, 1093-94, 1098
metal enclosed switchgear assemblies, 485, 501
voltage transformers, 566-67
rules of thumb, 367-75
RVTs, see residual voltage transformers

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