Energy Science

Power Systems Control and Reliability
Electric Power Design and Enhancement

Isa S. Qamber, PhD

Power Systems Control and Reliability

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: March 2020
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771888219
E-Book ISBN: 9780429287015
Pages: 300pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback
Notes: 17 color and 144 b/w illustrations


Reviews
“Professor Qamber is a well-known scientist and academician in the field of electrical power engineering. In this book, he presents applications of probability methods and concepts in the field of electric power systems reliability. These concepts are very useful not only to power systems reliability engineering but also to other reliability engineering fields. In addition, the textbook covers power systems control, unit commitment, economic dispatch, and load forecasting. In addition to literature review and recent references, the text is supplemented by numerous solved examples. Therefore, the book is useful to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, as well as practicing engineers.” —Mohammed Albadi, IEEE Senior member, Associate Professor and Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

This new volume, Power Systems Control and Reliability: Electric Power Design and Enhancement, focuses on power systems reliability and generating unit commitments. These reliability techniques are essential in the design and evaluation of the electric power systems for planning, control, and operation.

This informative volume covers the concepts of basic reliability engineering, such as power system spinning reserve, types of load curves and their objectives and benefits, the electric power exchange, and the system operation constraints. The author explains how the probability theory plays an important role in reliability applications and discusses the probability applications in electric power systems that led to the development of the mathematical models that are illustrated in the book. The algorithms that are presented throughout the chapters will help researchers and engineers to implement their own suitable programs where needed and will also be valuable for students. The Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Fuzzy Logic (FL) systems are discussed, and a number of load estimation models are built for some cases, where their formulas are developed.

A number of developed models are presented in the book, including the Kronecker techniques, Fourth-Order Runge-Kutta, System Multiplication Method, or Adams Method; and components with different connections and different distributions are presented. A number of examples are explained showing how to build and evaluate power plants.

The volume goes on to discuss the equivalent transition rate matrix and using the Laplace Transforms technique to calculate the transient probabilities. Finally, a comparison between different states models compared.

This valuable volume, providing a comprehensive overview of power systems operation and the power systems reliability, will be helpful to engineers, researchers, faculty, and students in electric power systems control and design.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Introduction and Literature Review

2. Power Systems Control

3. Economic Dispatch

4. Overview of Power System Reliability

5. Power Systems Reliability

6. Generating Systems Reliability Indices

7. Building Power PlantS

8. Transient Probabilities SolutionS

9. Load Forecasting

10. Power Systems Reliability Applications

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Isa S. Qamber, PhD
Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain

Isa S. Qamber, PhD, is a Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the University of Bahrain. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, as an assistant professor and was previously an X-chairman for the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering there. From 2008 to 2011, he was the Dean of the College of Applied Studies, University of Bahrain, and Dean of Scientific Research from 2011 to 2014. He is a senior member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA) and was a member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems, the Bahrain Society of Engineers, and the Board of Bahrain Society of Engineers. He established and chaired the IEEE Bahrain Section. His research interests include studying the reliability of power systems and plants as well as renewable energy. Dr. Qamber received his BSc degree in electrical engineering from King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; his MSc degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom; and his PhD degree in reliability engineering from the University of Bradford, UK.




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