Condition monitoring of engineering plant has increased in importance as
engineering processes are automated and manpower is reduced. However,
electrical machinery receives attention only at infrequent intervals
when plant is shut down and the application of protective relays to
machines has also reduced operator surveillance.
A first edition of Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines,
written by Tavner and Penman, was published in 1987. The economics of
industry have now changed, as a result of the privatisation and
deregulation of the energy industry, placing emphasis on the importance
of reliable operation of plant, throughout the whole life cycle,
regardless of first cost. The availability of advanced electronics and
software in powerful instrumentation, computers, and digital signal
processors (DSP) has simplified our ability to instrument and analyse
machinery. As a result condition monitoring is now being applied to a
wider range of systems, from fault-tolerant drives of a few hundred
watts in the aerospace industry, to machinery of a few hundred megawatts
in major capital plant.
In this new book the original authors have been joined by Ran, an expert
in power electronics and control, and Sedding, an expert in the
monitoring of electrical insulation systems. Together the authors have
revised and expanded the earlier book, merging their own experience with
that of machine analysts to bring it up to date. The book is aimed at
professional engineers in the energy, process engineering and
manufacturing industries, plus research workers and students.
