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Future Power System Elements, Challenges, and Solutions
- 1st Edition - August 14, 2024
- Authors: Gevork B. Gharehpetian, Mahdi Zolfaghari, Navid Bayati
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 9 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 9 0 - 7
Future Power System Elements, Challenges, and Solutions synthesizes essential knowledge of power system challenges into a single volume. Ideal for researchers, engineers, and stude… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFuture Power System Elements, Challenges, and Solutions synthesizes essential knowledge of power system challenges into a single volume. Ideal for researchers, engineers, and students in power systems, this book supports readers from initial understanding to design and implementation.
This book begins with the fundamental history, policies, and long-term needs of a sustainable energy system. A detailed analysis helps evaluate the challenges specific to distribution, generation, and transmission systems, preparing readers to understand the criteria for strong solutions. The final chapters break down potential solutions for each area in turn, offering a chance to develop your own approach. Readers can build understanding of generation technologies from distributed generation to fuel cells, transmission systems including HVDC systems and FACTS devices, and distribution solutions from microgrids to Energy Storage Solutions (ESS).
Providing in-depth analysis of the biggest challenges currently facing the industry, Future Power System Elements, Challenges, and Solutions enables researchers, industry engineers and students to generate solutions for the power systems of the future.
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the current technologies and essential challenges in power system generation, transmission, and distribution
- Builds skills, including coding approaches, enabling readers to design solutions for the biggest challenges in the industry today
- Supports learning with questions and problems to reinforce understanding at the end of each chapter
Students in power grids and energy system structure, design, analysis, and developmentResearchers and engineers in the power system industry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Century-long power system development
- 1.2. Renewables, climate, and energy policies
- 1.3. Energy resources restrictions
- 1.4. Long-term view of the energy sector
- Chapter 2. Main challenges of generation, transmission, and distribution systems
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Challenges in existing generation systems
- 2.3. Challenges in existing transmission systems
- 2.4. Challenges in existing distribution systems
- 2.5. Summary
- 2.6. Problems and questions
- Chapter 3. Solutions for generation side
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Distributed generation units
- 3.3. Photovoltaic systems
- 3.4. Wind turbines
- 3.5. Fuel cells
- 3.6. Summary
- 3.7. Problems and questions
- Chapter 4. Solutions in transmission system
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. High-voltage direct current transmission
- 4.3. Flexible AC transmission system devices
- 4.4. Summary
- 4.5. Problems and questions
- Chapter 5. Solutions in distribution systems and demand side
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Smart grids
- 5.3. Microgrids
- 5.4. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
- 5.5. Energy storage systems
- 5.6. Power-2-X (P2X)
- 5.7. Conservative voltage reduction in distribution systems
- 5.8. Fault current limiters
- 5.9. Summary
- 5.10. Problems and questions
- Chapter 6. AI-based solutions for power systems
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Load forecasting
- 6.3. Generation forecasting
- 6.4. Protection
- 6.5. Model identification
- 6.6. Stability analysis
- 6.7. Security assessment
- 6.8. Expansion planning
- 6.9. Structure reconfiguration
- 6.10. Challenges of artificial intelligence in the field of technology and services
- 6.11. Summary
- 6.12. Problems and questions
- Index
- No. of pages: 330
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 14, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443140914
- eBook ISBN: 9780443140907
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Gevork B. Gharehpetian
Prof. G. B. Gharehpetian received his BS, MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering in 1987, 1989 and 1996 from Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran and Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran and Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, respectively, graduating all with First Class Honors. As a PhD student, he has received scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) from 1993 to 1996 and he was with High Voltage Institute of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
He has been holding the Assistant Professor position at AUT from 1997 to 2003, the position of Associate Professor from 2004 to 2007 and has been Professor since 2007.
He was selected by the MSRT (Ministry of Science Research and Technology) as the distinguished professor of Iran, by IAEEE (Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as the distinguished researcher of Iran, by Iran Energy Association (IEA) as the best researcher of Iran in the field of energy, by the MSRT as the distinguished researcher of Iran, by the Academy of Science of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the distinguished professor of electrical engineering, by National Elites Foundation as the laureate of Alameh Tabatabaei Award, by National Elites Foundation as the laureate of Sheikh Mofid Award and was awarded the National Prize in 2008, 2010, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2019 and 2024, respectively. Based on the Web of Science database (2005-2023), he is among world’s top 1% elite scientists according to ESI (Essential Science Indicators) ranking system.
Prof. Gharehpetian is distinguished, senior and distinguished member of CIGRE, IEEE and IAEEE, respectively. Since 2004, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of IAEEE.
He is the author of about 1500 journal and conference papers. His teaching and research interests include Smart Grid, Microgrids, FACTS and HVDC Systems, Monitoring of Power Transformers and its Transients.
Relevant Courses taught: Electrical Machines (II): The object of this course is to provide a foundation in the concepts and transformers and induction machines. Microgrids & Smart Grids: The object of this course is to provide a foundation in the concepts and applications of Micro and Smart Grids. Distributed Generation: The object of this course is to become familiar with the basics of the distributed power generation and their application merits and demerits in distribution system or stand-alone operation mode. FACTS: The object of this course is to provide a foundation in the concepts and application of FACTS devices in power systems. Modern Power System Elements: This course aims to provide a comprehensive, objective portrait of the future of the electric grid and the challenges and opportunities it is likely to face over the next two decades considering the new developments and research in power systems. Foundation of this book.Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IranMZ
Mahdi Zolfaghari
Dr. Zolfaghari is currently an Adjunct Research Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, and a Power System Control and Stability Engineer at the Iran Grid Management Company, Iran. Dr. Zolfaghari is an author or co-author of five books and over 30 technical papers. He is an Editor for the Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia, and the Journal of Electrical Science & Engineering, Singapore, as well as a member of the Iranian Inventors Association, IEEE, and ICEO. His research interests include smart grids, renewable energy, and analysis and robust control of complex and uncertain systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Power System Secure Operation Research Centre, Amirkabir University of Technlogy, IranNB
Navid Bayati
Dr. Navid Bayati received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2017 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, in November 2020. He was a visiting researcher at Loughborough University, UK, in 2019. In 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, where since 2022, he has been an Assistant Professor on power system protection. His research interests include power system protection, DC microgrids, and fault detection as well as hardware-in-the-loop simulations by dSPACE and OPAL-RT.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Centre for Industrial Electronics, Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark