With the recent publication of Insulators for Icing and Polluted Environments, Dr. William A. Chisholm, presently an Associate and Principal Engineer with Kinectrics Transmission & Distribution Technologies (TDT) Department, joins colleagues George J. Anders, Ph. D. and John Kuffel, Ph. D. as a noted author of textbooks for the power industry. The new 680-page Wiley / IEEE publication, co-authored by Chisholm and Masoud Farzaneh, will provide indispensable information for any professional who needs reliable electrical supply from networks exposed to sources of wetting and pollution.

Dr. Chisholm has been evaluating and mitigating the effects of adverse weather on power system components for more than 32 years. He is also a Fellow of the IEEE and active committee member who has authored and contributed to many industry standards.   The new book follows his major contributions to recent editions of the EPRI Red, Blue and Grey books, the Springer title, Atmospheric Icing of Power Networks, and both editions of the Electric Power Engineering Handbook. 

Insulators for Icing and Polluted Environments is directed to engineers and environmental specialists as well as regulators and educators. The book is complemented by case studies and design equations to help readers identify the most appropriate insulators, bushings, and maintenance plans for their location conditions. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to the subjects of high-voltage surface flashover, environmental electrochemistry and insulation coordination for researchers, professors and students.

A Fellow of the IEEE, Kinectrics’ Principal Engineer Dr. George J. Anders is the author of numerous texts including: Probability Concepts in Electric Power Systems (John Wiley, 1990), Rating of Electric Power Cables (IEEE Press, 1997), and Advanced Topics in Rating of Electric Power Cables (IEEE Press-John Wiley, 2005). Dr. Anders is a member of IEEE and CIGRE Working Groups and Task Forces, as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Toronto. He specializes in power cable ampacity computations (Anders is the author of the CYMCAP computational engine), and in the application of probability methods in power system planning, operation and maintenance optimization.

Chief Engineer for Kinectrics Transmission & Distribution Technologies and Business Development, Dr. John Kuffel co-authored High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals, a textbook published in 2000. He has also published extensively in technical journals including IEEE, CEA, and CIGRE. In the laboratory testing area, Dr. Kuffel’s main contributions have been in high voltage and high current test and measurement techniques and applications of high-speed digital recorders and digital signal processors to high voltage impulse testing, an area in which he is considered an international expert.

These internationally-recognized individuals from Kinectrics’ roster of Transmission and Distribution experts remain actively involved in expanding and sharing their wealth of technical knowledge and experience within both the power industry and its related academic communities.

For more information, contact info@kinectrics.com