Handbook of Power Quality

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Due to the complexity of power systems combined with other factors such as increasing susceptibility of equipment, power quality (PQ) is apt to waver. With electricity in growing demand, low PQ is on the rise and becoming notoriously difficult to remedy. It is an issue that confronts professionals on a daily basis, but few have the required knowledge to diagnose and solve these problems.

Handbook of Power Quality examines of the full panorama of PQ disturbances, with background theory and guidelines on measurement procedures and problem solving. It uses the perspectives of both power suppliers and electricity users, with contributions from experts in all aspects of PQ supplying a vital balance of scientific and practical information on the following:

frequency variations;

the characteristics of voltage, including dips, fluctuations and flicker;

the continuity and reliability of electricity supply, its structure, appliances and equipment;

the relationship of PQ with power systems, distributed generation, and the electricity market;

the monitoring and cost of poor PQ;

rational use of energy.

An accompanying website hosts case studies for each chapter, demonstrating PQ practice; how problems are identified, analysed and resolved. The website also includes extensive appendices listing the current standards, mathematical formulas, and principles of electrical circuits that are critical for the optimization of solutions.

This comprehensive handbook explains PQ methodology with a hands-on approach that makes it essential for all practicing power systems engineers and researchers. It simultaneously acts as a reference for electrical engineers and technical managers who meet with power quality issues and would like to further their knowledge in this area.

642 pages
June 2008

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Preface.

1. Frequency Variations (Hermina Albert, Nicolae Golovanov, Aleksander Kot and Janusz Brozek).

2. Continuity of Supply (Krish Gomatom and Tom Short).

3. Voltage Control in Distribution Systems(Andrzej Kanicki).

4. Voltage Dips and Short Supply Interruptions (Zbigniew Hanzelka).

5. Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker (Araceli Hernández Bayo).

6. Voltage and Current Unbalance (Irena Wasiak).

7. Voltage and Current Harmonics (Angelo Baggini and Zbigniew Hanzelka).

8. Overvoltages (Franco Bua, Francesco Buratti and Alan Ascolari).

9. Analysis of Waveforms In Modern Power Systems (Johan Rens and Piet Swart).

10. Earthing (Franco Bua, Francesco Buratti and Antoni Klajn).

11. Reliability of Electricity Supply: Structure (Angelo Baggini, David Chapman and Francesco Buratti). .

12. Reliability of Electricity Supply: Appliances and Equipment (Roberto Villafáfila-Robles and Joan Bergas-Jané).

13. Monitoring Power Quality (Andreas Sumper and Samuel Galceran-Arellano).

14. Static Converters and Power Quality (Mircea Chindris and Antoni Sudrià-Andreu).

15. Compensation of Reactive Power (Stefan Fassbinder and Alan Ascolari).

16. Distributed Generation and Power Quality (Vu Van Thong and Johan Driesen).

17. Electricity Market (Pieter Vermeyen and Johan Driesen).

18. Cost of Poor Power Quality (Roman Targosz and Jonathan Manson).

19. Power Quality and Rational Use Of Energy (Pieter Vermeyen and Johan Driesen).

20. Perceived Power Quality (Maurizio Caciotta). Index.

Case Studies and Annexes Accessible on the Companion Website.

Annex 1 (Angelo Baggini and Alan Ascolari).

Annex 2 (Angelo Baggini and Zbigniew Hanzelka).

Annex 3 Power Theory with Non-sinusoidal Waveforms (Andrzej Firlit).

Annex 4 Series and Parallel Resonance (Zbigniew Hanzelka).