Power System Analysis and Design

EMPHASIS ON REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS KEEPS CONTENT RELEVANT FOR STUDENTS. The authors highlight contemporary, practical applications with discussions that focus on the most recent, emerging technologies including renewable energy sources, HVDC transmission, energy storage and eco-gas switchgear.

POWERWORLD® SIMULATION IS SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THIS EDITION. Your students work with the latest PowerWorld® Simulator package version 22, which extends the book's fully worked examples into computer implementations of the solutions. Text author Thomas Overbye, also founder of PowerWorld®, ensures continuous integration of the software with the book's content. (Currently, PowerWorld is only compatible with Microsoft® Windows operating systems.)

ENGAGING, DETAILED DESIGN PROBLEMS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. Five long-term design projects, designed specifically to current ABET requirements, provide hands-on experience that equips students with the skills to resolve common on-the-job challenges.

NEW CO-AUTHOR STRENGTHENS EXPERTISE IN THE LATEST ADVANCES IN TODAY'S POWER SYSTEMS. Award-winning engineer, educator, researcher and co-author, Dr. Adam Birchfield brings fresh insights to this edition's discussions of the latest technological advancements in power systems. His contributions are supported by his leading research related to power system modeling, computational analysis, synthetic power grids and the dynamics and stability of power systems.

NEW SUMMARIES OF CASE STUDIES OPEN EACH CHAPTER TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST AND HIGHLIGHT PRACTICAL USE OF CONCEPTS. Engaging summaries of case studies at the beginning of this edition's chapters bring principles to life for students and clearly demonstrate real-world applications for the material covered within the chapter. Helpful digital links easily connect students to the full case studies for those interested in further detail. Select chapters offer full case studies within the text.

UPDATED PROBLEMS OFFER A VARIETY OF PROVEN REVIEW AND REINFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. Comprehensively revised and carefully crafted problem sets offer the focused practice your students need to master critical skills. New objective-type questions further check students' comprehension before they advance.

IMPROVED AND UPDATED INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES SAVE YOU TIME IN CLASS PREPARATION. This edition provides a wealth of updated print and digital teaching support, including a revised Instructor's Solutions Manual, comprehensive Test Bank with additional problems, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plans for this edition, PowerPoint® slides for all figures in the book, and Annotated Lecture Note Slides. In addition, WebAssign provides a flexible, fully customizable online instructional solution for deploying assignments and assessing individual student and class performance.

NEW LEARNING OBJECTIVES DIRECT STUDENT ATTENTION TO KEY CONCEPTS AND SKILLS. These new learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter guide readers to the most important chapter content and provide a roadmap for focused learning and review.