Power engineering is the oldest and most traditional of the various areas within
electrical engineering, yet no other facet of modern technology is currently undergoing a
more dramatic revolution in both technology and industry structure. This addition to
Marcel Dekker's Power Engineering Series addresses a fundamental element of
electrical engineering. Dielectric materials are a key element of electric power
engineering, one of the most challenging aspects of improving reliability and economy
of materials. For an industry pressed hard to increasingly cram more equipment
capacity into ever-tighter spaces, to improve reliability, particularly mean time between
failures, modern dielectric materials and engineering methods provide a valuable tool to
meet these challenges.