Stability-Constrained Optimization for Modern Power System Operation and Planning Comprehensive treatment of an aspect of stability constrained operations and planning, including the latest research and engineering practices Stability-Constrained Optimization for Modern Power System Operation and Planning focuses on the subject of power system stability. Unlike other books in this field, which focus mainly on the dynamic modeling, stability analysis, and controller design for power systems, this book is instead dedicated to stability-constrained optimization methodologies for power system stability enhancement, including transient stability-constrained power system dispatch and operational control, and voltage stability-constrained dynamic VAR Resources planning in the power grid. Authored by experts with established track records in both research and industry, Stability-Constrained Optimization for Modern Power System Operation and Planning covers three parts: Overview of power system stability, including definition, classification, phenomenon, mathematical models and analysis tools for stability assessment, as well as a review of recent large-scale blackouts in the world Transient stability-constrained optimal power flow (TSC-OPF) and transient stability constrained-unit commitment (TSC-UC) for power system dispatch and operational control, including a series of optimization model formulations, transient stability constraint construction and extraction methods, and efficient solution approaches Optimal planning of dynamic VAR Resources (such as STATCOM and SVC) in power system for voltage stability enhancement, including a set of voltage stability indices, candidate bus selection methods, multi-objective optimization model formulations, and high-quality solution approaches Stability-Constrained Optimization for Modern Power System Operation and Planning provides the latest research findings to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students who are seeking optimization methodologies for power system stability enhancement, while also offering key practical methods to power system operators, planners, and optimization algorithm developers in the power industry.

Modern Power System Planning covers the area of planning in the electrical supply industry, from power station generation to transmission and distribution. It will enable the practising engineer to implement the increasingly sophisticated and most modern techniques of planning. The text offers a clear, detailed treatment of this subject with each chapter building on the material of the previous one. The reader is familiarized with mathematical and statistical theory before the applications are introduced, and the material in each chapter is cross-referenced for clarity and to reinforce the concepts presented. The authors have taken a unified approach to reliability and planning analysis. Included in its coverage are the definition of general reliability indices, plant maintenance scheduling, generation system and transmission network planning, and forecasting techniques and applications. The use of optimization techniques for these processes is explored in depth. In every chapter there are detailed case studies based on the authors' practical experience and research. These are drawn from actual power system planning projects, thus placing the work directly into the context of current practice in industry. Thus, the reader is provided with a text giving a unique breadth and depth of education in this subject.

The control of power systems and power plants is a subject of growing interest which continues to sustain a high level of research, development and application in many diverse yet complementary areas, such as maintaining a high quality but economical service and coping with environmental constraints. The papers included within this volume provide the most up to date developments in this field of research.