Grounding design and installation are crucial to ensure the safety and performance of any electrical or electronic system irrespective of size. Successful grounding design requires a thorough familiarity with theory combined with practical experience with real-world systems. Rarely taught in schools due to its complexity, identifying and implementing the appropriate solution to grounding problems is nevertheless a vital skill in the industrial world for any electrical engineer.

In Grounds for Grounding, readers will discover a complete and thorough approach to the topic that blends theory and practice to demonstrate that a few rules apply to many applications. The book provides basic concepts of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) that act as the foundation for understanding grounding theory and its applications. Each avenue of grounding is covered in its own chapter, topics from safety aspects in facilities, lightning, and NEMP to printed circuit board, cable shields, and enclosure grounding, and more.

Grounds for Grounding readers will also find:

Revised and updated information presented in every chapter
New chapters on grounding for generators, uninterruptible power sources (UPSs)
New appendices including a grounding design checklist, grounding documentation content, and grounding verification procedures

Grounds for Grounding is a useful reference for engineers in circuit design, equipment, and systems, as well as power engineers, platform, and facility designers.

Auteur

Elya B. Joffe is President of Elya Joffe - Electromagnetic Solutions, Ltd. He holds a B.ScEE from Ben Gurion University, Israel, and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Elya is an IEEE Life Senior Member, and Past President of the IEEE EMC and Product Safety Engineering Societies. Elya has received many awards from the IEEE and EMC Society, particularly the prestigious IEEE EMC Society 2002 Laurence G. Cumming Award for Outstanding Service and the 2006 IEEE RAB Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award. He is an iNARTE-certified EMC and ESD Control Engineer, and is a Member of IEEE-HKN and dB Society.

Kai-Sang Lock, PhD, is a Professor of Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He has been a practicing Professional Engineer for over 20 years. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, as well as a Life Senior Member of IEEE. He was a President of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, a past Board Member of the Professional Engineers Board, and a past Chairman of the Singapore Standards Council.