Power System Stability and Control, 2nd Edition

The classic guide to power system stability and control? updated for the latest advances

This thoroughly revised engineering guide contains the hands-on information needed to understand, model, analyze, and solve problems using the latest technical tools. You will explore the structure of modern power systems, the different levels of control, and the nature of stability problems. Power System Stability and Control, Second Edition contains complete explanations of equipment characteristics and modeling techniques along with real-world examples. This edition features coverage of adaptive control and other emerging applications, including cyber security of power systems.

Coverage includes:

• General characteristics of modern power systems
• The power grid stability problem
• Synchronous machine theory and modelling
• Synchronous machine parameters
• Synchronous machine representation in stability studies
• AC transmission
• Power system loads
• Excitation systems
• Prime movers and energy supply systems
• High-voltage DC transmission
• Control of active and reactive power
• Small-signal, transient, and voltage stability
• Sub-synchronous oscillations
• Mid- and long-term stability
• Methods of improving stability

Preface to the First Edition
Preface

Part I : General Background
Chapter 1 : General Characteristics of Modern Power Systems
Chapter 2 : Introduction to the Power System Stability Problem

Part II : Equipment Characteristics and Modeling
Chapter 3 : Synchronous Machine Theory and Modeling
Chapter 4 : Synchronous Machine Parameters
Chapter 5 : Synchronous Machine Representation in Stability Studies
Chapter 6 : AC Transmission
Chapter 7 : Power System Loads
Chapter 8 : Excitation Systems
Chapter 9 : Prime Movers and Energy Supply Systems
Chapter 10 : High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission
Chapter 11 : Control of Active Power and Reactive Power

Part III : System Stability : Physical Aspects, Analysis, and Improvement
Chapter 12 : Small-Signal Stability
Chapter 13 : Transient Stability
Chapter 14 : Voltage Stability
Chapter 15 : Subsynchronous Oscillations
Chapter 16 : Midterm and Long-Term Stability
Chapter 17 : Methods of Improving Stability

Index