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242-2001 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Protection and Coordination of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (IEEE Buff Book)

Description: The principles of system protection and the proper selection, application, and coordination of components that may be required to protect industrial and commercial power systems against abnormalities that could reasonably be expected to occur in the course of system operation are presented in a in a simple, yet comprehensive, format. The principles presented apply to both new electrical system design and to the changing, upgrading, or expansion of an existing electrical distribution system.
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