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Cable Systems for High and Extra-High Voltage: Development, Manufacture,

Testing, Installation and Operation of Cables and their Accessories

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DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2001.954593 · Source: IEEE Xplore

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thoroughly, making this book useful to
anyone who needs to learn about these
processes. The chapters all contain nu-
merous references to the recent litera-
ture, but the certain chapters by
authors from Japanese industrial labo-
ratories cite the Japanese patent litera-
ture and other technical literature in
Japanese. While understandable, those
citations may be less accessible to read-
ers in other countries.
—K.F. Schoch, Jr.
Electronic Packaging
Materials and Their
Properties
M.G. Pecht, R. Agarwal, P. McCluskey, T.
Dishongh, S. Javadpour, and R. Mahajan
CRC Press
2000 Corporate Blvd. NW
Boca Raton, FL 33431
www.crcpress.com
ISBN# 0-8493-9625-5
114 pp. - $74.95
The topic of electronic packaging
materials encompasses a wide range of
subjects, starting with semiconductors
themselves to attachment materials
and substrates, and to interconnects
and packages to printed wiring boards
and coatings to connectors and cables.
This thin volume provides a surpris-
ingly complete survey of all of these
topics and a few more. The first chap-
ter provides an introduction to the
technical issues and properties of ma-
terials that are important for these ap-
plications, including electrical,
thermal, mechanical, and chemical
properties. From there, the book dis-
cusses materials in order from the
semiconductors out to the outer pack-
ing and cables. Each chapter has nu-
merous tables of properties of the
materials typically encountered in each
application, along with a discussion of
the major issues in each area.
The book provides good, general in-
formation that can be a useful intro-
duction to a given topic. Thus, the text
would be helpful for someone starting
out in the field and for current practi-
tioners who need to have a quick refer-
ence to material properties for given
applications. What makes the book es-
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pecially useful is that the full range of
topics in electronic packaging materi-
als is covered, and the properties dis-
cussed in each section and listed in the
tables are the key properties required
in narrowing a search for materials to
particular classes of materials. More-
over, since the book is small, it’s easier
to find the information.
—K. F. Schoch, Jr.
Cable Systems for High and
Extra-High Voltage:
Development, Manufacture,
Testing, Installation and
Operation of Cables and
their Accessories
E. Peschke and R. von Olshausen
Publicis MCD Verlag
Available from:
John Wiley & Sons
605 3rd Ave 4th Floor
New York, NY 10158
Phone: +1 800 225 5945
http://www.wiley.com
ISBN 3-89578-118-5
296 pp. - $94.95 (Hardcover), 1999
First published by Siemens in Ger-
man in 1998, this book is a clear, com-
prehensive, and very readable text
covering a wide range of high- and ex-
tra-high-voltage cables, cable systems,
and applications.
The text covers in detail cross-linked
polyethylene-insulated cables for up to
525 kV as a replacement for oil/paper
insulated cables, as well as underground
cables using high-temperature super-
conductors and gas insulated lines. In
addition, other types of high-voltage
cables, oil/paper and gas pressurized are
also discussed. There is a great deal of
practical and fundamental information
presented in addition to the already
mentioned topics, including general
properties, design, materials, manufac-
turing technology and quality assur-
ance. Furthermore, new cable designs
on the market, bulk power cables, ac-
cessories, testing, standards, and appli-
cations are discussed.
Specific topics covered that might be
of particular interest to our readers are
dielectric strength of cables, partial
discharges, breakdown, field grading,
superconducting cables, and cable test-
ing. The section on dielectric strength
and breakdown has a good but short
theoretical description of defects that
can occur in various types of insulation
and their effects on cable life. Unfortu-
nately, no actual engineering data on
real cables is presented. Field grading
covers metal sheaths, conductors, and
semiconductive layers incorporated
into the cable insulation interfaces.
There is a description of space charge
buildup effects in various types of di-
electrics. The testing section contains a
summary of the major partial discharge
(PD) techniques used on various cable
systems. Of particular interest is the
differential field operating PD detec-
tion scheme using Rogowski coils for
detecting PDs from cable joints. Other
novel diagnostic techniques included
using fiber optic cables embedded into
the sheath of the high-voltage cable for
temperature monitoring. Even though
this book describes voltages indige-
nous to Germany and all the specifica-
tions and standards are only directed
towards IEC standards, the rest of the
text is an excellent, up-to-date refer-
ence book for cable engineers and power
engineers from any country. This text is
intended for technical people working
for cable and power companies and
could be used in the classroom for a
course in cable engineering.
Physics of Pulsed
Breakdown in Gases
Y.D. Korolev and G.A. Mesyats
URO-Press
Moscow, Russia
Order from:
Swallow Research
39 Linden Lane
Shirley, NY 11967
Phone: +1 631 399 7875
Fax: +1 707 667 0630
http://www.swallowresearch.com
ISBN 5-7691-0779-0
274 pp. - $69.99 (Hardcover), 1998
For our readers interested in gas dis-
charge physics, this book covers
up-to-date experiments and theory of
pulse breakdown in gases. The tradi-
tional processes for gas breakdown are
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