The basic requirement for security analysis is to assess the impact of any possible contingency on system performance. For the…

A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search algorithm often used in nonlinear discrete optimization problems. The development of GAs was…

Since the introduction of electricity supply to the public in the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world…

Training simulators were originally created as generic systems for introducing operators to the electrical and dynamic behavior of power systems.…

Power systems are designed to survive all probable contingencies. A contingency is defined as an event that causes one or…

Generation control and ED minimize the current cost of energy production and transmission within the range of available controls. Energy…

SCADA, with its relatively expensive RTUs installed at distribution substations, can provide status and measurements for distribution feeders at the…

Automatic generation control (AGC) consists of two major and several minor functions that operate online in real-time to adjust the…

Although the activities of engineers are quite varied, there are some personality traits and work habits that typify most of…

Engineers apply physical and chemical laws and principles and mathematics to design millions of products and services that we use…