Advanced Solutions In Power Systems: Hvdc, Facts, And Artificial Intelligence

This book addresses a broad category of power system engineers. The editor's previous book,Handbook of Power Electrical Systems Dynamics: Modeling, Stability, and Controlexplained the background, causes, evolution, and the effects of blackouts; this book presents advanced solutions for stability improvement to avoid blackouts and solutions for better and more efficient control.

This book is split up into three parts. The first part describes the configuration, operations, control strategies and projects already implemented of the HVDC technology. The second part deals with description, modeling, application and installations in operations of FACTS devices. The third part referees to the system design, operation and control. Each device or AI techniques is covered in individual chapters, together with drawings and suggestive illustrations that will help the reader to easily understand the principle of operation or application.

Mircea Eremia is Professor Emeritus in the Electrical Power Systems Department of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Eremia is author and co-author of over 180 journals and conference papers as well as 11 books in power systems. He was an active member of IEEE and CIGRE by participating in various working groups related to applications of power electronics and artificial intelligence techniques. In 2013, Dr. Eremia and Mohammad Shahidehpour published the Handbook of Electrical Power System Dynamics: Modeling, Stability, and Control with the Wiley-IEEE press.

Chen-Ching Liu is Boeing Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, and Visiting Professor of University College Dublin, Ireland, in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees, both in electrical engineering, from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1976 and 1978, and a PhD degree from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Abdel-Aty Edris is the Senior Director and Executive Adviser at Quanta Technology and Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University, USA. He received his BS from Cairo University, MS from Ain-Shams University, and PhD from Chalmers University of Technology. Dr. Edris is a leading expert in the design and operation of FACTS devices.