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Power Quality in Modern Power Systems

  • 1st Edition - November 20, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, C. Sharmeela, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen, P. Sivaraman
  • Language: English

Power Quality in Modern Power Systems presents an overview of power quality problems in electrical power systems, for identifying pitfalls and applying the fundamental concep… Read more

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Description

Power Quality in Modern Power Systems presents an overview of power quality problems in electrical power systems, for identifying pitfalls and applying the fundamental concepts for tackling and maintaining the electrical power quality standards in power systems. It covers the recent trends and emerging topics of power quality in large scale renewable energy integration, electric vehicle charging stations, voltage control in active distribution network and solutions to integrate large scale renewable energy into the electric grid with several case studies and real-time examples for power quality assessments and mitigations measures. This book will be a practical guide for graduate and post graduate students of electrical engineering, engineering professionals, researchers and consultants working in the area of power quality.

Key features

  • Explains the power quality characteristics through suitable real time measurements and simulation examples
  • Explanations for harmonics with various real time measurements are included
  • Simulation of various power quality events using PSCAD and MATLAB software
  • PQ disturbance detection and classification through advanced signal processing and machine learning tools
  • Overview about power quality problems associated with renewable energy integration, electric vehicle supply equipment’s, residential systems using several case studies

Readership

Power and Energy Engineers working in planning and long-term operation of power systems with renewables and electric vehicle technology, planners, analysts, designers, operators, electric utilities and power producers

Table of contents

1. Power Quality and its Characteristics

2. Power System Harmonics

3. Power Quality problems with Renewable Energy Integration

4. Fault Ride Through (FRT) capability and current FRT methods in Photovoltaic based Micro Grids

5. Power Quality problems with Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

6. Impact of Power Quality issues in Residential Systems

7. Voltage Control in Active Distribution Networks

8. Voltage dips caused by faults in a transmission system: A monitoring case study of a sensitive industrial consumer

9. Power Quality Improvement by a double-source Multi-Level Inverter with reduced device and standing voltage on switches

10. E-STATCOM (Energy storage + STATCOM): A Solution to Integrate Large-Scale Wind Farms into the Grid at Medium and High Power Levels

11. PQ Disturbances Detection and Classification combining Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Tools

12. Recent Trends and Advances in Power Quality

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 25, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban

Prof. Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban is a full professor of electrical power engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Cybernetics, at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2012. Subsequently, he held positions at VIT University (India), National Institute of Technology (India), Qatar University, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Aalborg University (Denmark), and Aarhus University (Denmark). Prof. Padmanaban has authored over 750 scientific papers and has been listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists (from 2019) by Stanford University. He is editor, associate editor, or editorial board member for several important refereed journals, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K. He received a lifetime achievement award from Marquis Who’s Who–USA 2017 for his contributions to power electronics and renewable energy research.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Cybernetics, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

CS

C. Sharmeela

C. Sharmeela holds a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems Engineering from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 1999, 2000, and 2009 respectively. She did P.G Diploma in Electrical Energy Management and Energy Audit from Annamalai University, Chidambaram in 2010. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of EEE, CEG campus, Anna University, Chennai, India. Over the past twenty years, she has taught a variety of courses to undergraduates and postgraduates. She did several research projects and consultancy work in renewable energy, power quality & design of PQ compensators for various industries. She published more than 30 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 50 research papers in international and national conferences in India and abroad. She has been talking about the importance of power quality for more than 10 years. Under her supervision are 14 PhDs (5 completed and 9 ongoing), 58 master's students, 10 undergraduates, and 4 AMIE students. Over the years, she conducted a short-term course on power quality for Tamilnadu Electricity Board engineers. Her paper won the best paper award at IEEE POWERCON 2004 held in Singapore. She is a senior member of IEEE, a Life member of CBIP, a Life-member of the Institution of Engineers (India), ISTE, and SSI.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of EEE, CEG Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India

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Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen currently works at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University and Head of the Esbjerg Energy Section. On this research, activities established the Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering in 2009 and serve as the Head of the research group. He has vast experience in the field of Bio-refinery concepts and Biogas production–Anaerobic Digestion. Implementation projects of Bio-energy systems in Denmark with provinces and European states. He served as the technical advisory for many industries in this field. He has executed many large scale European Union and United Nation projects in research aspects of Bioenergy, bio refinery processes, the full chain of biogas and Green Engineering. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers. He was a member on invitation with various capacities in the committee for over 250 various international conferences. Focus areas Renewable Energy - Sustainability - Green jobs for all.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of the Esbjerg Energy Section, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

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P. Sivaraman

P. Sivaraman currently works as a Power Plant Control Engineer at Schneider Electric Solar India Pvt Ltd., in India. He has 10 years of industrial experience in renewable energy and its integration, solar PV systems, wind power plants, energy storage systems, power quality studies, and harmonic assessments. He is an expert on several power system simulation software and an active member of multiple IEEE standards working groups. He received both his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2012), and M.E. in Power Systems Engineering (2014), from Anna University, India. He has co-authored or edited 8 books, and published several papers at national and international conferences. He is also senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), and a life member of the Institution of Engineers (India), from whom he has received the Professional Engineer (PEng) certification.

Affiliations and expertise
Schneider Electric Solar India Pvt Ltd., India

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