VSC-FACTS-HVDC

<p><b><i>An authoritative reference on the new generation of VSC-FACTS and VSC-HVDC systems and their applicability within current and future power systems</i></b> </p> <p><i>VSC-FACTS-HVDC and PMU: Analysis, Modelling and Simulation in Power Grids</i> provides comprehensive coverage of VSC-FACTS and VSC-HVDC systems within the context of high-voltage Smart Grids modelling and simulation. Readers are presented with an examination of the advanced computer modelling of the VSC-FACTS and VSC-HVDC systems for steady-state, optimal solutions, state estimation and transient stability analyses, including numerous case studies for the reader to gain hands-on experience in the use of models and concepts.</p> <p>Key features:</p> <table style=”width: 664px;” border=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”0″> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=”top” width=”664″> <ul> <li>Wide-ranging treatment of the VSC achieved by assessing basic operating principles, topology structures, control algorithms and utility-level applications.</li> <li>Detailed advanced models of VSC-FACTS and VSC-HVDC equipment, suitable for a wide range of power network-wide studies, such as power flows, optimal power flows, state estimation and dynamic simulations.</li> <li>Contains numerous case studies and practical examples, including cases of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC systems.</li> <li>Includes a companion website featuring MATLAB software and Power System Computer Aided Design (PSCAD) scripts which are provided to enable the reader to gain hands-on experience.</li> <li>Detailed coverage of electromagnetic transient studies of VSC-FACTS and VSC-HVDC systems using the de-facto industry standard PSCAD™/EMTDC™ simulation package.</li> </ul> <p>An essential guide for utility engineers, academics, and research students as well as industry managers, engineers in equipment design and manufacturing, and consultants.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>