Introduction to Power Systems
Introductory treatment of electric power systems, covering the changing electric-energy landscape, circuit and magnetic foundations, transformers, synchronous generators, transmission lines, HVDC, distribution systems, power flow, voltage stability, transient stability, economic dispatch, faults, protection, and switching or lightning over-voltages.
Objectives
- Get an overview of power systems and their changing landscape.
- Learn about sources of energy and their environmental consequences.
- Review the fundamental principles in electric circuit theory that are essential for power system networks.
- Review the fundamental principles in magnetic theory that are essential for power system apparatus.
- Learn about transformers and the role they play in power systems.
- Learn about synchronous generators and the role they play in power systems.
- Learn about AC transmission lines and cable systems.
- Learn about HVDC systems.
- Learn about the characteristics of power system loads and power quality issues.
- Calculate power flow in a power system network.
- Learn about voltage stability and reactive power control in power systems.
- Learn about rotor-angle transient stability.
- Learn about control of interconnected power systems and economic dispatch.
- Learn about currents in a faulted power system and protection using relays and circuit breakers.
- Learn about over-voltages due to lightning and switching surges, surge arrester protection, and insulation coordination.
Textbooks
Electric Power Systems with Renewables: Simulations Using PSSE
Ned Mohan, Swaroop Guggilam · Wiley
Modules
Description: This module introduces the scope of electric power systems and reviews the circuit-analysis ideas needed to study power networks.
Description: This module continues the overview and review, connecting fundamental electrical and magnetic concepts to power-system apparatus and networks.
Description: This module surveys electric energy sources, system-scale energy conversion, and the environmental context for modern power systems.
Description: This module continues the energy and environment discussion with power-system impacts, constraints, and changing generation resources.
Description: This module introduces AC transmission lines and cable systems, including the electrical parameters used to model them.
Description: This module develops transmission-line models for steady-state power-system analysis.
Description: This module completes the transmission-line and cable treatment with operating behavior relevant to power-system studies.
Description: This module introduces power-flow analysis and the network equations used to solve operating points.
Description: This module continues power-flow analysis, including bus variables, constraints, and solution setup.
Description: This module completes the power-flow sequence with additional solution details and operating interpretations.
Description: This module introduces transformer roles, models, and ideal-transformer relationships used in power systems.
Description: This module continues transformer modeling with equivalent circuits and power-system operating effects.
Description: This module completes the transformer topic with practical power-system transformer configurations and analysis considerations.
Description: This module introduces HVDC transmission and its role in long-distance and controllable power transfer.
Description: This module continues HVDC analysis with converter behavior and system-level operating concepts.
Description: This module develops additional HVDC operating details and power-control concepts.
Description: This module completes the HVDC sequence with further system applications and operating constraints.
Description: This module introduces distribution systems, load characteristics, and the sources of power-quality concerns.
Description: This module continues the distribution-system discussion with load modeling and power-quality analysis.
Description: This module completes the distribution, loads, and power-quality sequence with practical operating considerations.
Description: This module introduces synchronous generators and their role in electric power generation.
Description: This module continues synchronous-generator modeling and operating analysis.
Description: This module completes the synchronous-generator topic with additional operating behavior relevant to grid studies.
Description: This module introduces voltage regulation, reactive power control, and voltage-stability concepts.
Description: This module continues voltage-stability analysis and the use of reactive power support in power systems.
Description: This module introduces rotor-angle transient stability and dynamic behavior following disturbances.
Description: This module continues transient and dynamic stability analysis with system response and stability limits.
Description: This module introduces control of interconnected power systems and the economic dispatch problem.
Description: This module continues interconnected-system control and economic dispatch analysis.
Description: This module introduces transmission-line faults and the currents that flow during faulted operation.
Description: This module continues fault analysis for transmission lines and power-system networks.
Description: This module completes the transmission-line fault sequence with additional fault cases and protection context.
Description: This module introduces power-system protection using relays, circuit breakers, and coordinated fault clearing.
Description: This module continues power-system protection and covers over-voltage protection, surge arresters, and insulation coordination.