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Electrical Engineering

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Electricity is the most flexible form of energy accessible to humans. It can be transported over long distances, and transformed into almost any other kind of energy like heat, radiation or kinetic energy. Electrical engineering is very closely coupled especially to mechanical engineering but also to many other fields of engineering.

This chapter will give an overview of the theoretical fundamentals of electric phenomenon and some practical electric processes and application. It should be understood as a basic source of information about the most important issues in electrical engineering. For further reading the references will give a deeper insight into the mentioned scientific fields. The reader will get information about the fundamentals of electrical engineering in Sect. 17.1. Here the physical phenomenon of electric currents and voltages are explained. The electrical aspects of the main electrical machines transformer, generators and motors are explained in the Sects. 17.2, 17.3 and 17.5.

Power electronics have become a very important issue in transformation of different forms of electricity and in control of machinery. The reader will be informed about the basic working principles of this scientific field in Sect. 17.4.

This chapter places a emphasis on the section Electric Power Transmission and Distribution (17.6). In this section the fundamentals of electricity transport, distributed generation (especially from renewable sources) and the energy system protection are given.

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Abbreviations

DC:

direct current

DFIG:

double-fed induction generator

DIN:

Deutsches Institut für Normung

EMC:

electromagnetic compatibility

FFT:

fast Fourier transform

HVDC:

high-voltage direct-current

IGBT:

insulated gate bipolar transistor

IP:

intermediate pressure

ISO:

International Standards Organization

MOSFET:

metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor

PEMFC:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell

PV:

pressure valve

TRIAC:

triode alternating current switch

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Grénoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Université Joseph Fourier, Saint Martin dʼHères, 38402, Grenoble, France

    Seddik Bacha Prof.

  2. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, 340 Whittemore Hall, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Jaime De La Ree Ph.D.

  3. Electric Power Networks and Renewable Energy Sources, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Chris Oliver Heyde Dipl.-Ing.

  4. Institute for Power Electronics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Andreas Lindemann Dr.

  5. Electricity System Development, Energinet.dk, Tonne Kjærsvej 65, 7000, Fredericia, Denmark

    Antje G. Orths Ph.D.

  6. Electric Power Networks and Renewable Energy Sources, Otto-von-Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Zbigniew A. Styczynski Ph.D.

  7. Institute of Power Engineering, ul. Mory 8, 01-330, Warsaw, Poland

    Jacek G. Wankowicz Dr.

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Correspondence to Seddik Bacha Prof. , Jaime De La Ree Ph.D. , Chris Oliver Heyde Dipl.-Ing. , Andreas Lindemann Dr. , Antje G. Orths Ph.D. or Zbigniew A. Styczynski Ph.D. .

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany, Universitätsplatz 2

    Karl-Heinrich Grote Professor Dr.-Ing.

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (CALTEC), 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA, 1200 East California Boulevard

    Erik K. Antonsson Professor

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Bacha, S. et al. (2009). Electrical Engineering. In: Grote, KH., Antonsson, E. (eds) Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30738-9_17

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