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Numerous tables and diagrams are provided, along with all the formulae you could need. The emphasis throughout the book is on providing the practical tools needed to solve mathematical problems quickly in engineering contexts. John Bird's presentation of this core material puts all the answers at your fingertips. The contents of this book have been carefully matched to the latest Further and Higher Education syllabuses so that it can also be used as a revision guide or a quick-access source of underpinning knowledge. Students on competence-based courses such as NVQs will find this approach particularly refreshing and practical. This book and its companion title Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book provide the underpinning knowledge for the whole range of engineering communities catered for by the Newnes Pocket Book series. These related titles include: Newnes Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book (Roger Timings) Newnes Electrical Pocket Book (E.A. Reeves) Newnes Electronic Engineer's Pocket Book (Joe Carr & Keith Brindley) Newnes Radio and RF Engineer's Pocket Book (Joe Carr & John Davies) Newnes Telecommunications Engineer's Pocket Book (Steve Winder)The contents of this book have been carefully mathced to the latest Further and Higher Education syllabuses so that it can also be used as a revision guide or a quick-access reference source of underpinning knowledge. Students on competence-based courses such as NVQs will find this approach particularly refreshing and practical.  (less)

'flexible' operation under changing system conditions. This book presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject by discussing the operating principles, mathematical models, control design and issues that affect the applications. The concepts are explained often with illustrative examples and case studies. In particular, the book presents an in-depth coverage of: Applications of SVC, TCSC, GCSC, SPST, STATCOM, SSSC, UPFC, IPFC and IPC for voltage/power control in transmission systems. Application of DSTATCOM, DVR and UPQC for improving power quality in distribution systems. Design of Power Oscillation Damping (POD) controllers. Discrete control of FACTS for improving transient stability. Mitigation of SSR using series FACTS Controllers. Issues affecting control design such as electromagnetic and harmonic interactions. The book can serve as a text or reference for a course on FACTS Controllers. It will also benefit researchers and practicing engineers who wish to understand and apply FACTS technology. Contents: Introduction AC Transmission Line and Reactive Power Compensation Static Var Compensator Thyristor and GTO Controlled Series Capacitor Static Phase Shifting Transformer Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) Static Synchronous Series Compensator Unified Power Flow Controller and other Multi-Converter Devices Interphase Power Controller and other FACTS Devices Power Oscillation Damping Improvement of Transient Stability Power Quality and Introduction to Custom Power Devices Load Compensation and Distribution STATCOM Dynamic Voltage Restorer and Unified Power Quality Conditioner Modelling of Synchronous Generator Pulse Width Modulation for Voltage Source  (less)

he had forged a special relationship. Mrs. Llewelyn Davies'' death from cancer came within a few years after the death of her husband. Barrie was named as co-guardian of the boys and unofficially adopted them. The character''s name comes from two sources: Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the boys, and Pan, the mischievous Greek god of the woodlands. It has also been suggested that the inspiration for the character was Barrie''s elder brother David, whose death in a skating accident at the age of thirteen deeply affected their mother. According to Andrew Birkin, author of J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys, the death was ''a catastrophe beyond belief, and one from which she never fully recovered... If Margaret Ogilvy [Barrie''s mother as the heroine of his 1896 novel of that title] drew a measure of comfort from the notion that David, in dying a boy, would remain a boy for ever, Barrie drew inspiration.''. Peter Pan first appeared in print in a 1902 book called The Little White Bird, a fictionalised version of Barrie''s relationship with the Llewelyn Davies children, and was then used in a very successful stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn''t Grow Up, which premiered in London on December 27, 1904. In 1906, the portion of The Little White Bird which featured Peter Pan was published as the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Barrie then adapted the play into the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy (most often now published simply as Peter Pan). The original draft of the play was entitled simply Anon: A Play (''Anon'' being a name Barrie used in reference to himself). Barrie''s working titles for it  (less)