Renewable Energy in Power Systems, Second Edition by Infield, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Foreword Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements About the Companion Website 1 Energy and Electricity

1.1 The World Energy Scene 1.2 The Environmental Impact of Energy Use 1.3 Generating Electricity 1.4 The Electrical Power System References Notes

2 Features of Conventional and Renewable Generation

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Conventional Sources: Coal, Gas and Nuclear 2.3 Hydroelectric Power 2.4 Wind Power 2.5 PV and Solar Thermal Electricity 2.6 Tidal Power 2.7 Wave Power 2.8 Biomass 2.9 Summary of Power Generation Characteristics 2.10 Combining Sources References Notes

3 Power Balance/Frequency Control

3.1 Introduction 3.2 Electricity Demand 3.3 Power Governing 3.4 Dynamic Frequency Control of Large Systems 3.5 Impact of Renewable Generation on Frequency Control and Reliability 3.6 Frequency Response Services from Renewables 3.7 Frequency Control Modelling 3.8 Energy Storage References Further Reading Notes

4 Electrical Power Generation and Conditioning

4.1 The Conversion of Renewable Energy into Electrical Form 4.2 The Synchronous Generator 4.3 The Transformer 4.4 The Asynchronous Generator 4.5 Power Electronics 4.6 Applications to Renewable Energy Generators 4.7 Applications to Small Scale Hydro 4.8 Applications to Tidal Stream Turbines References Note

5 Power-System Analysis

5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Transmission System 5.3 Voltage Control 5.4 Power Flow in an Individual Section of Line 5.5 Reactive Power Management 5.6 Load-Flow and Power-System Simulation 5.7 Faults and Protection 5.8 Time Varying and Dynamic Simulations 5.9 Power-System Stability 5.10 Dynamic Line Rating 5.11 Reliability Analysis References

6 Renewable Energy Generation in Power Systems

6.1 Distributed Generation 6.2 Voltage Effects 6.3 Thermal Limits 6.4 Other Embedded Generation Issues 6.5 Islanding 6.6 Fault Ride-Through 6.7 Generator and Converter Characteristics References

7 Power System Economics and the Electricity Market

7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Costs of Electricity Generation 7.3 Economic Optimisation in Power Systems 7.4 External Costs 7.5 Effects of Embedded Generation 7.6 Support Mechanisms for Renewable Energy 7.7 Electricity Markets References

8 The Future – Towards a Sustainable Electricity Supply System

8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Future of Wind Power 8.3 The Future of Solar Power 8.4 The Future of Biofuels 8.5 Geothermal Power 8.6 The Future of Hydro and Marine Power 8.7 The Shape of Future Networks 8.8 Conclusions References Notes

A.1 Introduction A.2 Generators and Consumers of Energy A.3 Why AC? A.4 AC Waveforms A.5 Response of Circuit Components to AC A.6 Phasors A.7 Phasor Addition A.8 Rectangular Notation A.9 Reactance and Impedance A.10 Power in AC Circuits A.11 Reactive Power A.12 Complex Power A.13 Conservation of Active and Reactive Power A.14 Effects of Reactive Power Flow – Power Factor Correction A.15 Three-Phase AC A.16 The Thévenin Equivalent Circuit Reference

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