Electrical Power Cable Engineering, Second Edition remains the foremost reference on universally used low- and medium-voltage electrical power cables, cataloging technical characteristics and assuring success for cable manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance. While segments on electrical cable insulation and field assessment have been revamped to reflect industry transformations, new chapters tackle distinctive topics like the location of underground system faults and the thermal resistivity of concrete, proving that this expanded edition lays the soundest foundation for engineering decisions.

Power engineering is the oldest and most traditional of the various areas within electrical engineering, yet no other facet of modern technology is undergoing a more dramatic revolution in both technology and industry structure. Among the most important electrical technologies for the 21st century is power cable engineering. Insulated cable has become a staple of modern power engineering and operations, where underground power transmission keeps facilities out of sight and largely protected from external damage. Increasingly, the use of insulated cable rather than air-insulated overhead conductor is the only acceptable way for electric utilities to move power in both heavily congested urban cores and environmentally or esthetically important areas. And increasingly, the maintenance, care, and condition assessment of older cable, cable that has been in service for twenty or thirty years, is a particular concern to modern utilities. That, among other topics, is part of the expanded focus of Electric Power Cable Engineering, Second Edition.