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Power Generation, Operation, and Control offers a comprehensive and updated overview of modern power system operation, blending engineering and economic perspectives. This third edition introduces concepts such as central "terminal" characteristics for thermal and hydroelectric systems, alongside new optimisation techniques for real-world challenges. It covers integrated economic, network, and generation system analysis, market simulation, regulatory topics, renewable energy, and power system security, supported by new examples and problems.
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This book is ideal for engineering professionals, academics, and graduate students focused on power systems, energy management, and electrical engineering.

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Since publication of the second edition, there have been extensive changes in the algorithms, methods, and assumptions in energy management systems that analyze and control power generation. This edition is updated to acquaint electrical engineering students and professionals with current power generation systems.

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A thoroughly revised new edition of the definitive work on power systems best practices.

In this eagerly awaited new edition, Power Generation, Operation, and Control continues to provide engineers and academics with a complete picture of the techniques used in modern power system operation. Long recognised as the standard reference in the field, the book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the enormous changes that have taken place in the electric power industry since the Second Edition was published seventeen years ago.

With an emphasis on both the engineering and economic aspects of energy management, the Third Edition introduces central "terminal" characteristics for thermal and hydroelectric power generation systems, along with new optimisation techniques for tackling real-world operating problems. Readers will find a range of algorithms and methods for performing integrated economic, network, and generating system analysis, as well as modern methods for power system analysis, operation, and control. Special features include:

  • State-of-the-art topics such as market simulation, multiple market analysis, contract and market bidding, and other business topics
  • Chapters on generation with limited energy supply, power flow control, power system security, and more
  • An introduction to regulatory issues, renewable energy, and other evolving topics
  • New worked examples and end-of-chapter problems
  • A companion website with additional materials, including MATLAB programs and power system sample data sets

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IEEE praises the book for effectively integrating traditional and modern practices, deeming it a valuable resource for graduate-level power systems courses with solid support materials for both students and instructors.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780471790556

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 December 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Wiley-Interscience

Edition: 3rd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 163.0mm

Height: 239.0mm

Weight: 1043g

Pages: 656

About the Author

ALLEN J. WOOD joined Power Technologies, Inc., in 1969 asa Principal Engineer and Director. He was a Life Fellow of IEEE andserved as an adjunct professor in the Electric Power Engineeringgraduate program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Woodpassed away in 2011. BRUCE F. WOLLENBERG joined the University of Minnesota in1989 and made original contributions to the understanding ofelectric power market structures. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEEand a member of the National Academy of Engineering. GERALD B. SHEBLE joined Auburn University in 1990 toconduct research in power system, space power, and electric auctionmarket research. He joined Iowa State University to conductresearch in the interaction of markets and power system operation.His academic research has continued to center on the action of themarkets based on the physical operation of the power system. He isa Fellow of the IEEE.

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