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The contents of this book are in part the result of personal experience accumulated over years of working with large hydro generators. It is also the result of the important long‐term contribution of coworkers and associates. Each author was motivated by an important individual at an early stage of his career, and by many outstanding individuals in the profession over subsequent years. Two engineers, Frank Barnard and John F. Lyles, need to be recognized here as they had significant hydro generator mentoring roles for Mottershead and Bomben, respectively. Coauthors Geoff Klempner and Izzy Kerszenbaum are also important mentors as they pioneered the writing of the book Operation and Maintenance of Large Turbo Generators, which was the model for this book.

The authors would like to give special recognition to Sungsoo Kim for writing Chapter 6 (Generator Protection); his patience and contribution has produced a magnificent compilation of his expertise. The authors would also like to thank Tim Maricic and Wayne Martin for their gracious contributions to Chapter 2. The authors are privileged to have had two very patient technical reviewers, John Linn and Richard Huber, who painstakingly went through the manuscript and contributed useful ideas. The authors are also very grateful to the individuals who kindly supplied the many pictures and information that make up this handbook.

The authors wish to thank Ontario Power Generation for the incredibly large volume of pictures that form part of this book, without this support, this book would not have been possible. Unless otherwise indicated, all pictures in the book are courtesy of Ontario Power Generation.

Special thanks to Victoria Bomben and Paolo Bomben for their assistance with the design of the front cover, and to Voith for the picture.

The authors are most indebted to the IEEE Press for supporting its publication.

The authors also would like to thank the members of the editorial departments of the IEEE Press and Wiley, the reviewers, and all others involved in the publication of this book for their support in making its publication possible.

Finally, but certainly most intensely, the authors wish to thank their immediate families for their continuous support and encouragement while we played with big machines around the world.