This thoroughly revised engineering guide contains the hands-on information needed to understand, model, analyze, and solve problems using the latest technical tools. You will explore the structure of modern power systems, the different levels of control, and the nature of stability problems. Power System Stability and Control, Second Edition contains complete explanations of equipment characteristics and modeling techniques along with real-world examples. This edition features coverage of adaptive control and other emerging applications, including cyber security of power systems.

Coverage includes:

General characteristics of modern power systems
The power grid stability problem
Synchronous machine theory and modelling
Synchronous machine parameters
Synchronous machine representation in stability studies
AC transmission
Power system loads
Excitation systems
Prime movers and energy supply systems
High-voltage DC transmission
Control of active and reactive power
Small-signal, transient, and voltage stability
Sub-synchronous oscillations
Mid- and long-term stability
Methods of improving stability

About the Author

The late Prabha S. Kundur was president and CEO of Powertech Labs and an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Kundar was the recipient of numerous awards, including the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award, the IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award, and the 2010 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering.

Om P. Malik is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has done extensive research in the application of Digital and Adaptive Control, and Artificial Intelligence to Power Systems Control and Protection and published over 800 papers including over 400 papers in international journals, and has co-authored three books: Electric Distribution Systems and its revised edition, Power System Stability, and Power Grids with Renewable Energy.

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