Measuring the Electric Grid
Mysteries Explained
$163.79
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2026
Summary
Everything we know about the power system, whether for control, or planning, or billing, is the result of a measurement, so the measurements ought to be good. The authors of Measuring the Grid: Mysteries Explained pull no punches in showing how bad today’s measurements are, and how to make them better.
Misunderstandings about important power system quantities, especially reactive power, apparent power, and phasors, are pervasive. The first four chapters provi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781394310081 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1394310080 |
| Author: | Harold Kirkham, Jan-Philipp Kitzig, David Laverty, Artis Riepnieks, Dani Strickland, Rod White |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | Wiley-IEEE Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Series: | IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems |
About The Author
Harold Kirkham
Harold Kirkham worked as a Research Engineer with the Advanced Power and Energy Systems Group at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is an internationally recognized expert and teacher on measurement in power systems.
Jan-Philipp Kitzig is a Research and Development Metrology Engineer with EA Elektro Automatik in Viersen, Germany.
David Laverty is a Reader in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast.
Artis Riepnieks is an Electrical Research Engineer in Systems Engineering at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Dani Strickland is a Senior Lecturer, Reader, and Professor at Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
Rod White is an Independent Researcher, formerly a Distinguished Scientist at the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand.
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