Product Description

This reference illustrates the interaction and operation of transformer and system components and spans more than two decades of technological advancement to provide an updated perspective on the increasing demands and requirements of the modern transformer industry. Guiding engineers through everyday design challenges and difficulties such as stray loss estimation and control, prediction of winding hot spots, and calculation of various stress levels and performance figures, the book propagates the use of advanced computational tools for the optimization and quality enhancement of power system transformers and encompasses every key aspect of transformer function, design, and engineering.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #272866 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

Review
Authors personal research and their experience in industry and in education is the source for the numerous worked examples - very useful for didactic purposes. …More than 400 references are mentioned, spread in the 12 chapters. The book is written in an impressively deep analytical spirit.
-IEEE Power Electronics Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 2, Second Quarter, 2006

Authors' personal research and their experience in industry and in education is the source for the numerous worked examples - very useful for didactic purposes. …More than 400 references are mentioned, spread in the 12 chapters. The book is written in an impressively deep analytical spirit.
-IEEE Power Electronics Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 2, Second Quarter, 2006

…the timely publication of this book is quite a welcome delight. … the authors provide in depth coverage on both theory and practical application of modern computational techniques in transformer engineering. … this book is an easy-to-use reference source and is recommended for academic and research libraries.
- E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 12, Dec. 2004

…contains practical information used in the industry.
IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, August, 2005

…the timely publication of this book is quite a welcome delight. … the authors provide in depth coverage on both theory and practical application of modern computational techniques in transformer engineering. … this book is an easy-to-use reference source and is recommended for academic and research libraries.
- E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 12, Dec. 2004

…contains practical information used in the industry.
IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, August, 2005

Customer Reviews

OK for background
Books which give details on how transformers are actually built are few and far between. I have a suspicion that writers who are in a poition to provide details do not do so because they want to keep the knowledge 'secret'. This book, along with some others, gives some, but not enough practical details or examples on how to design a transformer. It also gfoes inrto academic details which are largely irrlevant as they are not covered in enough depth to be useful.

Yet there is very little complicated about 90% of the building of a trafo, and the 10% that is complicated is really only of interest to the manufacturer.

The book which gives most details about trafos is Feinberg ' Modern Power Transformer Practice' although it is badly laid out and suffers from some units being in metres, others in mm2 etc.

Transformer Engineering: Design & Practice [Power Engineering, 25] - Review
An exellent text for practicing transformer design engineers. The authors provide a thorough treatment utilizing practical & analytical methodology on many aspects of transformer design not covered adequately in many modern texts.