Electrical Power System Essentials -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Power System Analysis -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Scope of the Material -- 1.3 General Characteristics of Power Systems -- 1.3.1 AC versus DC Systems -- 1.3.2 50 Hz and 60 Hz Frequency -- 1.3.3 Balanced Three-phase Systems -- 1.3.4 Voltage Levels -- 1.4 Phasors -- 1.4.1 Network Elements in the Phasor Domain -- 1.4.2 Calculations in the Phasor Domain -- 1.5 Equivalent Line-to-Neutral Diagrams -- 1.6 Power in Single-phase Circuits -- 1.6.1 Active and Reactive Power -- 1.6.2 Complex Power -- 1.6.3 Power Factor -- 1.7 Power in Three-phase Circuits -- 1.8 Per Unit Normalization -- 1.9 Power System Structure -- 2 The Generation of Electric Energy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Thermal Power Plants -- 2.2.1 The Principles of Thermodynamics -- 2.3 Nuclear Power Plants -- 2.3.1 Nuclear Fission -- 2.3.2 Nuclear Fusion -- 2.4 Renewable Energy -- 2.4.1 Wind Energy and Wind Turbine Concepts -- 2.4.2 Hydropower and Pumped Storage -- 2.4.3 Solar Power -- 2.4.4 Geothermal Power -- 2.5 The Synchronous Machine -- 3 The Transmission of Electric Energy -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Transmission and Distribution Network -- 3.3 Network Structures -- 3.4 Substations -- 3.5 Substation Concepts -- 3.6 Protection of Transmission and Distribution Networks -- 3.7 Transformers -- 3.8 Power Carriers -- 3.8.1 Overhead Transmission Lines -- 3.8.2 Underground Cables -- 4 The Utilization of Electric Energy -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Types of Load -- 4.2.1 Mechanical Energy -- 4.2.2 Light -- 4.2.3 Heat -- 4.2.4 DC Electrical Energy -- 4.2.5 Chemical Energy -- 4.3 Classification of Grid Users -- 4.3.1 Residential Loads -- 4.3.2 Commercial and Industrial Loads -- 4.3.3 Electric Railways -- 5 Power System Control -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Basics of Power System Control -- 5.3 Active Power and Frequency Control.

5.3.1 Primary Control -- 5.3.2 Secondary Control or Load Frequency Control (LFC) -- 5.4 Voltage Control and Reactive Power -- 5.4.1 Generator Control (AVR) -- 5.4.2 Tap-changing Transformers -- 5.4.3 Reactive Power Injection -- 5.5 Control of Transported Power -- 5.5.1 Controlling Active Power Flows -- 5.5.2 Controlling Reactive Power Flows -- 5.5.3 Unified Power-Flow Controller (UPFC) -- 5.6 Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) -- 6 Energy Management Systems -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Loadflow or Power Flow Computation -- 6.2.1 Loadflow Equations -- 6.2.2 General Scheme of the Newton-Raphson Loadflow -- 6.2.3 Decoupled Loadflow -- 6.2.4 DC Loadflow -- 6.3 Optimal Powerflow -- 6.4 State Estimator -- 6.4.1 General Scheme of the State Estimator -- 6.4.2 Bad Data Analysis -- 6.4.3 Statistical Analysis of the State Estimator -- 7 Electricity Markets -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Electricity Market Structure -- 7.3 Market Clearing -- 7.4 Social Welfare -- 7.5 Market Coupling -- 8 Future Power Systems -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Renewable Energy -- 8.3 Decentralized or Distributed Generation -- 8.4 Power-electronic Interfaces -- 8.5 Energy Storage -- 8.6 Blackouts and Chaotic Phenomena -- 8.6.1 Nonlinear Phenomena and Chaos -- 8.6.2 Blackouts -- A Maxwells Laws -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Power Series Approach to Time-varying Fields -- A.3 Quasi-static Field of a Parallel-plate Capacitor -- A.4 Quasi-static Field of a Single-turn Inductor -- A.5 Quasi-static Field of a Resistor -- A.6 Circuit Modeling -- B Power Transformer Model -- B.1 Introduction -- B.2 The Ideal Transformer -- B.3 Magnetically Coupled Coils -- B.4 The Non-ideal Transformer -- B.5 Three-phase Transformer -- C Synchronous Machine Model -- C.1 Introduction -- C.2 The Primitive Synchronous Machine -- C.3 The Single-phase Synchronous Machine -- C.4 The Three-phase Synchronous Machine.

C.5 Synchronous Generator in the Power System -- D Induction Machine Model -- D.1 Introduction -- D.2 The Basic Principle of the Induction Machine -- D.3 The Magnetic Field in the Air-Gap -- D.4 A Simple Circuit Model for the Induction Machine -- D.5 Induction Motor in the Power System -- E The Representation of Lines and Cables -- E.1 Introduction -- E.2 The Long Transmission Line -- E.3 The Medium-length Transmission Line -- E.4 The Short Transmission Line -- E.5 Comparison of the Three Line Models -- E.6 The Underground Cable -- References -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Index.

Much of the basic hardware that generates, transmits and distributes electricity has changed little over the past century.However, the techniques applied in the power system have advanced, leading to greater transformer efficiency and more economic transmission and distribution.

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