In Electrical Systems, Mo Qayoumi, Ph.D., P.E., covers both technical and management aspects of the topic. The text includes cost-saving measures such as cogeneration, upgrades, and peak shaving...choosing the best wiring and cabling for power and communications...protecting critical operations with standby power and UPS...minimizing harmonic distortion and "dirty power"...maintenance...and how to take advantage of "retail power wheeling."

256 pp., Illustration