Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems

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Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems

CONTENTS
Preface xvii
1 Basic Electric and Magnetic Circuits 1
1.1 Introduction to Electric Circuits 1
1.2 De?nitions of Key Electrical Quantities 2
1.2.1 Charge 2
1.2.2 Current 3
1.2.3 Kirchhoff’s Current Law 3
1.2.4 Voltage 5
1.2.5 Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law 7
1.2.6 Power 7
1.2.7 Energy 8
1.2.8 Summary of Principal Electrical Quantities 8
1.3 Idealized Voltage and Current Sources 9
1.3.1 Ideal Voltage Source 9
1.3.2 Ideal Current Source 10
1.4 Electrical Resistance 10
1.4.1 Ohm’s Law 10
1.4.2 Resistors in Series 12
1.4.3 Resistors in Parallel 13
1.4.4 The Voltage Divider 15
1.4.5 Wire Resistance 16
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