Current practice in the characterization and analysis of large high-voltage electric power systems requires sophisticated computer-based modeling techniques. An extensive repertoire of component models and numerical techniques has been established toward this end. This text, an updated version of the authors’ 1983 text [1], provides a comprehensive treatment of the basic algorithms, computational techniques, and underlying implementation methodology that form the framework of modern power systems analysis. New topics contained in this edition include dynamic models of power plants and their use in multimachine transient stability analysis, as well as more advanced dynamic models and quasi-steady-state representation of large converter plants and high-voltage direct current transmission.
The text is organized into 11 chapters and four appendices. Some basic knowledge of power systems theory, matrix analysis, and numerical techniques is presumed. Each chapter contains a number of references to guide the reader to further background in these areas as well as to more advanced topics. The authors have developed a personal computer–based set of analytic tools to support interactive power systems analysis, which they cite frequently. Such a use of interactive microcomputer calculation is a new and important analytic capability, but unfortunately the authors do not make their software available to the reader. A set of appropriate computer programs would seem a most useful supplement; it would encourage a detailed understanding of this material so as to permit the reader to exercise this analytic capability on his or her own. The text also suffers from a lack of sample calculations and problem sets for the student, making it less than suitable as a primary text for classroom application. Nevertheless, I recommend this book as an appropriate adjunct to an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level power systems engineering course. It would also be of considerable value to the practicing electrical power systems engineer.
