Power Systems and Restructuring (ePub)

The development of electric power systems has been made up of
incremental innovations from the end of the 19th century and
throughout the 20th century. The creation of deregulated
electricity markets has brought about an emerging paradigm in which
the relationships between producers, power system operators and
consumers have changed enormously compared to the monopolistic
case.

The scope of this book is to provide fundamental concepts of the
physics and operation of transmission and distribution lines, which
is the content of Part 1, followed by the models and tools for the
description and simulation of large electrical grids for steady
state and transient operation. These advanced tools allow the
physics and technology of power systems to be described and the
algorithms of Ybus and Zbus matrices to be built for various
studies such as short-circuit studies and load flow or transient
phenomena analysis.

Part 3 deals with the new organization concepts in the frame of
deregulated markets. In this part the restructuring of the power
industry is presented where various actors interact together
through market places or bilateral contracts. In addition, the
operation of the power grids under this deregulated context is
detailed and the relationships between power system operators and
market actors (energy producers and providers, traders, etc.) is
explained with several examples. The ancillary services, congestion
management and grid access concepts are also described.

A large number of exercises and problems disseminated throughout
the book with solutions at the end enable the reader to check his
understanding of the content at any time.