Preface

Electric power industry is the basic energy industry of national economic production, which plays an important role in the modernization construction, involving industry, agriculture, national defense construction, science and technology and various fields of national economic construction. China’s power industry is booming, the installed capacity of power generation is growing rapidly, the scale of power grid is expanding, and the grid structure is becoming closer and closer. In 2020, China’s installed capacity of power generation will be ranked first in the world. In the next 20 years, China will be the largest market for the global power industry and electrical manufacturing industry. At present, the scale of China’s electric power industry ranks the second in the world, and the power demand in most areas can be met. However, there is still a considerable gap between China’s electrification level and that of developed countries, especially in terms of per capita electricity consumption, which is only one third of the world average level. Therefore, it is of great significance for our country to realize leapfrog development in the 21st century to cultivate high-level talents of electrical engineering specialty and promote the
construction of electric power industry.
    Electrical engineering is a profession with a long history. After more than 100 years of continuous development, electrical engineering has gradually developed into a new electrical engineering discipline. So far, electrical engineering has become an independent discipline with wide coverage, perfect theoretical system, successful engineering practice and wide application field. Electrical engineering has brought great and profound influence to
many aspects of human society. In the past 100 years, electrical engineering has been playing a very important role in China’s higher education. It has trained a large number of planning, design, construction, production and management and scientific and technological talents for the country. They have made great contributions to the construction of electrical engineering and other fields in China.

前 言

电力工业是国民经济生产的基础能源工业，对于现代化建设具有举足轻重的地位，涉及工业、农业、国防建设、科学技术以及国民经济建设的各个领域。我国电力工业正在蓬勃发展，发电装机容量迅速增长，电网规模不断扩大、网架日趋紧密，2020 年，我国发电装机容量将稳居世界第一。未来 20 年，中国将是全球电力工业和电工制造业的最大市场。目前我国电力工业的规模已居世界第二位，大部分地区电力需求能得到满足。然而，我国电气化水平和发达国家还有相当一段差距，尤其在人均用电量方面，仅为世界平均水平的三分之一。因此，培养适应新时期电气工程类专业的高级人才， 促进电力工业建设， 对于 21 世纪我国实现跨越式发展具有重要意义。
       电气工程专业是一门历史悠久的专业。经过一百多年的不断发展，电气工程专业已逐步发展成为一个新兴的电气工程学科。至今，电气工程学科已形成为学科覆盖面广、学科理论体系完善、工程实践成功、应用领域宽广的一门独立学科。电气工程给人类社会的许多方面带来了巨大而深刻的影响。近一百年来，电气工程专业在我国高等教育中一直占据着十分重要的地位，为国家培养了大批的规划、设计、建设、生产及管理和科技人才，他们为我国电气工程的建设及其他领域的工作作出了巨大的贡献。