Power Quality in Future Electrical Power Systems

As a result of the increasing complexities of electrical power systems, and developments in the smart grid domain globally, new challenges and opportunities in power quality management continue to emerge. To meet future requirements, a deeper analysis of the common and recent power quality problems, improved indices, enhanced standards, better passive/active conditioners, and more powerful capabilities for monitoring equipment are required.

This book highlights the recent developments in power systems that have led to new challenges in the power quality domain, such as the large-scale renewable energy-based generation technologies. It also looks at the challenge of the advance of nonlinear loads, including the associated harmonic distortion and low voltage quality with additional transmission and distribution loss concerns. It highlights the problems, causes and effects, and presents the recent facilities of power conditioners that can effectively solve the problem.

Power Quality in Future Electrical Power Systems also discusses the new opportunities in power quality management that have emerged due to the increased potential of power quality monitoring devices, and smart grid capabilities with their enhanced communication infrastructures. Finally, it introduces novel research outcomes, programs and ideas, which join the past, present and future of the electrical power grids from a power quality perspective.

This is an invaluable text for planners, designers, operators, and practicing engineers regarding secure and enhanced power and voltage qualities of electrical grids.