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Alstom Grid 1-1
Chapter 1
Introduction
Since 1966, the Network Protection and Automation Guide
(formerly the Protective Relays Application Guide) has been
the definitive reference textbook for protection engineers and
technicians. For 2011, Alstom has capitalised on its pool of
experts at the St Leonards Centre of Excellence in Stafford UK
to launch a new edition.
New chapters treat topics such as system integrity protection
and remedial action schemes, phasor measurements and wide
area schemes. The digital substation, including IEC 61850,
Ethernet station bus, GOOSE, process bus, and precision time
synchronising is also detailed. Advancements in protection
and control application engineering have assisted the authors
in exploring and integrating the new techniques and
philosophies in this edition, whilst retaining vendor-
independence – as we continue to deliver the genuine,
impartial, reference textbook.
This book is a précis of the Application and Protection of Power
Systems (APPS) training course, an intensive programme,
which Alstom (and its predecessor companies at Stafford) has
been running for over 50 years. This course, by the ingenuity
and dedication of the trainers, is vibrant and evolving. As
APPS progresses, the Network Protection and Automation
Guide advances too, whilst never losing sight of the key basic
principles and concepts. Beginners and experts alike will each
feel satisfied in their search for relaying, measurement,
communication and control knowledge.
In the list opposite, we name a mix of new authors for this
edition, and key historical figures at Stafford who have
contributed significantly to the advancement of APPS and
NPAG, and hence the quality and integrity of our book. We
sincerely hope that this book assists your navigation through a
challenging and rewarding career in electrical power
engineering. Protection and control has long been termed an
art, rather than a precise science - this book offers a mix of
both.
We acknowledge and thank Alstom colleagues in the wider
Alstom Grid and Alstom Power organisations for photographs
used within this book.
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Michael Bamber
Michael Bergstrom
Andrew Darby
Susan Darby
Graham Elliott
Peter Harding
Graeme Lloyd
Alan Marshall
Allen Millard
Andrew Myatt
Philip Newman
Anthony Perks
Steve Pickering
Stephen Potts
Simon Richards
Jack Royle
Peter Rush
Brendan Smith
Mark Stockton
Paul Wilkinson
Alan Wixon
John Wright
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