Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents. – Ch. 1 Transformation of the grid - - Computers in power system engineering - - Electric utility industry structure. – Ch. 2 Fundamentals - - Power in balanced three-phase circuits - - Balanced three-phase circuits. – Ch. 3 Power Transformers - - Equivalent circuits for practical transformers. – Ch. 4 Transmission line parameters - - Transmission line design consideration - - Inductance: composite conductors, unequal phase spacing, bundled conductors - - Parallel circuit three-phase lines - - Electric field and voltage - - Series impedances: three phase line with neutral conductors and earth return. – Ch. 5 Transmission lines: steady-state operation. – Ch. 6 Power flows - - direct solutions to linear algebraic equations - - Power flow solution by Gauss-Seidel - - Sparsity techniques - - Power flow modeling of wind and solar generation. – Ch. 7 Power system economics and optimization. – Ch. 8 Symmetrical faults. – Ch. 9 Symmetrical components. – Ch. 10 Unsymmetrical faults - - Single line to ground fault - - line to line fault - - Double line to ground fault - - Sequence bus impedance matrices. – Ch. 11 System protection. – Ch. 12 Power system stability - - The swing equation - - The equal-area criterion - - Load models - - Design methods for improving power system stability. – Ch. 13 Transmission lines: Transient operation - - Travelling waves on single-phase lossless lines - - Multiconductor lines. – Ch. 14 Power distribution - - Transformers in distribution systems - - Distribution automation - - Shunt capacitors in distribution system. – Ch. 15 Power system controls - - Load frequency control - - Turbine-governor control - - Software defined power grid.