Title: Measuring the Electric Grid: Mysteries Explained (IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems)
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1394310080
ISBN 13: 9781394310081
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Synopsis

Everything we know about the power system, whether for control, or planning, or billing, is the result of a measurement, so the measurements ought to be good. The authors of Measuring the Electric Grid: Mysteries Explained pull no punches in showing how bad today’s measurements are, and how to make them better.

Misunderstandings about important power system quantities, especially reactive power, apparent power, and phasors, are pervasive. The first four chapters provide foundational information about measurement generally not taught to power engineers. Although power engineers expect their measurements to be “scientific”, these chapters explain why some of the most critical power system measurements are distinctly non-scientific and not fit for purpose. In the next four chapters, the most important and most misunderstood measurements are scrutinized more closely. Particular attention is paid to reactive power and to the phasor measurement unit. Although the book discusses serious issues, a little light humor makes for easy reading.

Additional topics discussed include:

Two fundamentally different kinds of measurement exist; most of the measurements in the power system are of the non-scientific variety
Power theories, such as those of Budeanu and Fryze, are shown to be inevitably wrong; measurement theory resolves the mysteries
The number of degrees of freedom of a system is an incisive tool for resolving key questions about the nature of measurements
Opportunities for further research
An introduction to the important topic of measurement uncertainty

Measuring the Electric Grid: Mysteries Explained fills a significant knowledge gap for all students in programs of study related to power systems. It is also valuable for practicing engineers working in the manufacturing and utility industries.

About the Author

Harold Kirkham works as a Research Engineer with the Advanced Power and Energy Systems Group at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is an internationally recognized expert and teacher on measurement in power systems.

Jan-Philipp Kitzig is a Research and Development Metrology Engineer with EA Elektro Automatik in Viersen, Germany.

David Laverty is a Reader in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast.

Artis Riepnieks is an Electrical Research Engineer in Systems Engineering at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Dani Strickland is a Senior Lecturer, Reader, and Professor at Loughborough University, United Kingdom.

Rod White is an Independent Researcher, formerly a Distinguished Scientist at the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand.

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