Electrical Transmission System Cascades and Vulnerability

Shedding light on the complex problem of power grid robustness, this book is ideal for both operations researchers wishing to learn about power grids, as well as power engineers seeking an in-depth understanding of optimization methodologies and the rigorous thinking used in optimization.

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The power grid can be considered one of twentieth-century engineering's greatest achievements and, as grids and populations grow, robustness is a factor that planners must take into account. Since the underlying physics is mathematically complex, and modeling is complicated by lack of accurate data, power grid robustness is a complex problem. This book sheds light on this problem by introducing the engineering details of power grid operations from the basic to the detailed; describing how to use optimization and stochastic modeling, with special focus on the modeling of cascading failures and robustness; providing numerical examples that show 'how things work'; and detailing the application of a number of optimization theories to power grids. As a result, it will be useful to both operations researchers wishing to learn about power grids, as well as power engineers seeking an in-depth understanding of optimization methodologies and the rigorous thinking used in optimization.