Electric Power Engineering Research and Education: A Festschrift for Gerald T. Heydt

ISBN-13: 9783319353074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 253 str.

Elias Kyriakides; Siddharth Suryanarayanan; Vijay Vittal

Opis

This unique volume covers the most compelling areas of advance in electric power engineering, from distributed generation and dispatch to power quality improvement and energy storage.

Spis treści

Power Quality.- Transforms and methods for harmonic analysis in power systems.- Methods and algorithms for harmonic power flow in power systems.- Transmission Engineering.- Bulk energy storage and dispatch in emerging power systems.-Reliability evaluation of high penetration of wind in power systems.- Distribution Engineering.- Locational Marginal pricing in distribution systems.- Effect of distributed generation on power quality of distribution systems.- Metrics for quantifying power quality.- Advances in control for assuring power quality in distribution systems.- Power Engineering Education.- Electric power engineering curricular reform.- Power Engineering Centers of Excellence in power systems research.- Power Engineering Centers of Excellence in education and outreach in power systems.

O autorze

Dr. Siddharth Suryanarayanan is currently Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University. Dr. Elias Kyriakides is currently Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Cyprus. Dr. Vijay Vittal currently holds the Ira A. Fulton Chair in Arizona State University's School of Electronical, Computer and Energy Engineering, and is Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability.

Blurb

·         Explains cutting edge research and education ventures that are transforming the re-emerging electric power engineering field

·         Covers key issues in power quality, transmission engineering, energy storage and distributed generation

·         Highlights renowned Professor Gerald T. Heydt’s seminal contributions to the field

 

This unique volume covers some of the most compelling areas of advance in electric power engineering, from distributed generation and dispatch to power quality improvement and transmission systems engineering. The authors particularly highlight the seminal contributions of Professor Gerald T. Heydt in the development and teaching of these technological advances, which have impacted the power industry and academia over the last four decades in areas such as transmission and distribution engineering, power engineering education, and power quality.