Contents

Preface

Editor

Contributors

PART I Power System Analysis and Simulation

Andrew P. Hanson

1  The Per-Unit System

Charles A. Gross

2  Symmetrical Components for Power System Analysis

Anthony F. Sleva

3  Power Flow Analysis

Leonard L. Grigsby and Andrew P. Hanson

4  Fault Analysis in Power Systems

Charles A. Gross

5  Computational Methods for Electric Power Systems

Mariesa L. Crow

PART II Power System Transients

Pritindra Chowdhuri

6  Characteristics of Lightning Strokes

Francisco De la Rosa

7  Overvoltages Caused by Direct Lightning Strokes

Pritindra Chowdhuri

8  Overvoltages Caused by Indirect Lightning Strokes

Pritindra Chowdhuri

9  Switching Surges

Stephen R. Lambert

10  Very Fast Transients

Juan A. Martinez-Velasco

11  Transmission System Transients: Grounding

William A. Chisholm

12  Transient Recovery Voltage

Thomas E. McDermott

13  Surge Arresters

Thomas E. McDermott

14  Insulation Coordination

Stephen R. Lambert

PART III Power System Planning (Reliability)

Gerald B. Sheblé

15  Planning Environments

Gerald B. Sheblé

16  Short-Term Load and Price Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks

Alireza Khotanzad

17  Transmission Plan Evaluation: Assessment of System Reliability

N. Dag Reppen and James W. Feltes

18  Power System Planning

Hyde M. Merrill

19  Power System Reliability

Richard E. Brown

20  Probabilistic Methods for Planning and Operational Analysis

Gerald T. Heydt and Peter W. Sauer

21  Engineering Principles of Electricity Pricing

Lawrence J. Vogt

22  Business Essentials

Richard E. Brown

PART IV Power Electronics

R. Mark Nelms

23  Power Semiconductor Devices

Kaushik Rajashekara and Z. John Shen

24  Uncontrolled and Controlled Rectifiers

Mahesh M. Swamy

25  Inverters

Michael G. Giesselmann

26  Active Filters for Power Conditioning

Hirofumi Akagi

27  FACTS Controllers

Luis Morán, Juan Dixon, M. José Espinoza, and José Rodríguez

28  Power Electronics for Renewable Energy

Wei Qiao

Index