Power System Engineering (3rd Edition)

Description

This hallmark text on Power System Engineering provides the readers a comprehensive account of all key concepts in the field. The book includes latest technology developments and talks about some crucial areas of Power system, such as Transmission & Distribution, Analysis & Stability, and Protection & Switchgear. With all these features, this book is an indispensable text for electrical engineering students. Candidates preparing for various competitive exams, such as AMIE, GATE, IES and IAS, etc., as well as practicing engineers would also find this book extremely valuable as a text/reference book.

Key Features

• 1. Complete syllabus coverage along with new trends and technologies
• 2. Covers latest updates on current and future Indian Power Scenario
• 3. New chapters on
  • Power System Security
  • Substations
  • Power Quality
  • State Estimation in Power System
  • Compensation in Power System
  • Renewable Energy and Smart Grid
  • Power System Economics and Management
• 4. New appendices on
  • Power Electronic Systems
  • Synchro-phasor Technology
• 5. Rich pool of solved examples, theoretical and numerical problems, and MCQs with each chapter

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 2: Inductance and Resistance of Transmission Lines
3. Chapter 3: Capacitance of Transmission Lines
4. Chapter 4: Representation of Power System Components
5. Chapter 5: Characteristics and Performance of Power Transmission Lines
6. Chapter 6: Load Flow Studies
7. Chapter 7: Optimal System Operation
8. Chapter 8: Power System Security
9. Chapter 9: Automatic Generation and Voltage Control
10. Chapter 10: Symmetrical Fault Analysis
11. Chapter 11: Symmetrical Components
12. Chapter 12: Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis
13. Chapter 13: Power System Stability
14. Chapter 14: Power System Transients
15. Chapter 15: Circuit Breakers
16. Chapter 16: Power System Protection
17. Chapter 17: Underground Cables
18. Chapter 18: Insulators for Overhead Lines
19. Chapter 19: Mechanical Design of Transmission Lines
20. Chapter 20: Corona
21. Chapter 21: High Voltage DC (HVDC) Transmission
22. Chapter 22: Distribution Systems
23. Chapter 23: Voltage Stability
24. Chapter 24: Sub-stations
25. Chapter 25: Power Quality
26. Chapter 26: State Estimation of Power Systems
27. Chapter 27: Compensation in Power Systems
28. Chapter 28: Renewable Energy and Smart Grid
29. Chapter 29: Power System Economics and Management
30. Appendix A: Generalised Circuit Constants
31. Appendix B: Triangular Factorisation and Optimal Ordering
32. Appendix C: Elements of Power System Jacobian Matrix
33. Appendix D: Kuhn-Tucker Theorem
34. Appendix E: Real-time Computer Control of Power Systems 
35. Appendix F: Introduction to MATLAB and SIMULINK
36. Appendix G: Convergence of Load Flow Methods
37. Appendix H: Power Electronics Systems
38. Appendix I: Synchrophasor Technology
39. Appendix J: Introduction to Vector and Matrix Algebra (Web Supplement)
40. Index