SKM, ETAP, & EDSA Power System Analysis Tutorials

It was a great introduction into power system analysis applications.

This publication is, in fact, a survey of the different major power system analysis packages. The author mislabeled this publication as a tutorial.

Its a brief tutorial for the three software. It was ok but its not exactly very friendly to use when I followed the examples.

I found this book useful, short and sweet.I down loaded the SKM sample program before I purchased the book and learn how to use it before I got this book. I wish I had bought the book first. The book is easy to read and I would have save me some time if I had read it first. It does have different examples that are not furnished with the program. I found them useful to test the program from these other examples.The book starts with a small review of hand methods of calculating these values for Load flow and Short circuits.The next chapters jumps into using the different Programs listed in the title. Everything is covered step by step.Chapter five has some useful information on variation of the results using these programs and a basic cost guide.I was not expecting much from this book so I was surprise how useful it was.As an Electrical Engineering PE, I found this book is very practical.Maybe the Author in his next book would cover Circuit Breaker Coordination using these same programs. I would buy ittoo.I have been using SKM for several buildings now. I wanted to check some of the calcs by hand to double check. To do this I like using The architect method used by Bussman Fuses or using Symmetrical components methods. I ran into a problem finding a sample and simple example of unbalanced line to ground short circuit. Well I revisited this book and there it was on page 21. I did find the formulas in other text books but no examples or if they had an example it was a complicated circuit with two or more swing buses and on and on.The MVA method and per unit method has a lot of examples but they are a little abstract. I like thing simple (old school)for hand calcs.

This is a great introduction to three power system analysis programs for the absolute beginner. It is a tutorial, no mislabel, on the very basics of three features of the three analysis programs. It goes through hand calculations for a very simple power system then analyzes that same system with these programs and explains any discrepancies in the results from either the hand analysis verses the program results or from program to program. It runs through a load flow analysis, balanced short-circuit analysis, and an unbalanced short-circuit analysis by hand and in each of the programs. It shows how to build the base power system in the programs and why certain methods and components are used when building that system for each study. It explains some important features of each program for the absolute beginner, and the book points the absolute beginner in the right direction for further learning. I highly recommend this book for anyone, student or professional, just beginning to learn these programs rather than rummaging through help manuals and online videos and tutorials. This is the absolute best place of which I know to start learning about these programs.

Don't understand why this book is even published. It simply collection of info on websites of these software companied for free

Not very detailed...only covers very basics that are easy to find online.

very good book. and did not expect the book to be in great condition. Thank you so much.