Distributed Generation Systems: Design, Operation and Grid Integration

Distributed Generation Systems: Design, Operation and Grid Integration closes the information gap between recent research on distributed generation and industrial plants, and provides solutions to their practical problems and limitations. It provides a clear picture of operation principles of distributed generation units, not only focusing on the power system perspective but targeting a specific need of the research community.

This book is a useful reference for practitioners, featuring worked examples and figures on principal types of distributed generation with an emphasis on real-world examples, simulations, and illustrations. The book uses practical exercises relating to the concepts of operating and integrating DG units to distribution networks, and helps engineers accurately design systems and reduce maintenance costs.

• Provides examples and datasheets of principal systems and commercial data in MATLAB
• Presents guidance for accurate system designs and maintenance costs
• Identifies trouble shooting references for engineers
• Closes the information gap between recent research on distributed generation and industrial plants

Gevork B. Gharehpetian received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. As a PhD student, he received a scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and he was with High Voltage Institute of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. He has been Assistant Professor then Full Professor at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) since 1997. He has been selected for numerous awards as a distinguished researcher from groups such as Ministry of Science Research and Technology (MSRT) and Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IAEEE). Prof. Gharehpetian is a senior member and member of CIGRE, IEEE and IAEEE, respectively. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of IAEEE, and has contributed to numerous works from international publishers of repute. His teaching and research interests include Smart Grid, Microgrids, Distributed Generation, FACTS and HVDC Systems, Monitoring of Power Transformers and its Transients.

Dr. S. Mohammad Mousavi Agah received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees all with honors in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 2006, 2008, and 2011, respectively. He is currently a Senior Power Systems Researcher with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Mousaviagah is a Chartered Engineer (CEng, MIEI) and a senior member of IEEE who holds 10+ years of experience in various aspects of design and consultation and construction of power systems for wind/solar farms, industrial plants and utility substations up to a voltage level of 400 kV. He is the author of 20+ journal and conference papers. His teaching and research interests include power system operation, protection and control at high penetration levels of renewable energy systems.