Power System Control Under Cascading Failures: Understanding, Mitigation, and System Restoration

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the issues of control of power systems during cascading outages and restoration process

Power System Control Under Cascading Failures offers comprehensive coverage of three major topics related to prevention of cascading power outages in a power transmission grid: modelling and analysis, system separation and power system restoration. The book examines modelling and analysis of cascading failures for reliable and efficient simulation and better understanding of important mechanisms, root causes and propagation patterns of failures and power outages. Second, it covers controlled system separation to mitigate cascading failures addressing key questions such as where, when and how to separate. Third, the text explores optimal system restoration from cascading power outages and blackouts by well-designed milestones, optimised procedures and emerging techniques. 

The authors ― noted experts in the field ― include state-of-the-art methods that are illustrated in detail as well as practical examples that show how to use them to address realistic problems and improve current practices. This important resource:

• Contains comprehensive coverage of a focused area of cascading power system outages, addressing modelling and analysis, system separation and power system restoration
• Offers a description of theoretical models to analyse outages, methods to identify control actions to prevent propagation of outages and restore the system
• Suggests state-of-the-art methods that are illustrated in detail with hands-on examples that address realistic problems to help improve current practices
• Includes companion website with samples, codes and examples to support the text

Written for postgraduate students, researchers, specialists, planners and operation engineers from industry, Power System Control Under Cascading Failures contains a review of a focused area of cascading power system outages, addresses modelling and analysis, system separation, and power system restoration.

KAI SUN is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, USA.

YUNHE HOU is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong.

WEI SUN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Central Florida, USA.

JUNJIAN QI is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Central Florida, USA.