The Sustainable Power Grid: Challenges, Applications, and Case Studies

The Sustainable Power Grid provides a breakdown of the different challenges faced by power grid modernization and presents practical approaches to tackle them. The technologies, case studies, and applications are presented from the perspective of engineering consultants who participate in major grid-related disasters and perform detailed forensic investigations that support the evolution of sustainable power quality.

Chapters discuss key issues surrounding extreme weather, power quality, new technologies, and power converters. This book also outlines a quantitative risk-based framework for asset health assessment of overhead lines, along with engineering and environmental considerations. Concluding with a deep dive into energy storage, topics consist of energy storage system protection, condition monitoring, and emerging technologies.

Completely practical in nature, this is a valuable resource for engineers in the electrical power industry and offers students and researchers applied content in the latest power grid technologies.

• Discusses major issues that face the modernization of the electric power grid, including new generation sources, safety, environmental impacts, and energy storage
• Showcases real-world case studies and applications to bridge the gap between power grid theory and engineering
• Presents new approaches to power grid problems such as security, availability, and reliability

Dr. D'Andrade is a licensed professional electrical and computer engineer consultant with 20 years of experience in research, development, risk assessment, and design in a variety of engineering fields including electrical, electronic, semiconductor, software, and network. Dr. D’Andrade’s perspective on the power grid comes from years of analyzing component failures, storm, flood, and other weather-related damage to the grid. His work as an engineering consultant enables him to bring together contributors with independent perspective on major risks to the gird and on the outlook for the transformation of the grid, and he has edited 2 books.