Decision Making Applications in Modern Power Systems

Decision Making Applications in Modern Power Systems presents an enhanced decision-making framework for power systems. Designed as an introduction to enhanced electricity system analysis using decision-making tools, it provides an overview of the different elements, levels and actors involved within an integrated framework for decision-making in the power sector. In addition, it presents a state-of-play on current energy systems, strategies, alternatives, viewpoints and priorities in support of decision-making in the electric power sector, including discussions of energy storage and smart grids.

As a practical training guide on theoretical developments and the application of advanced methods for practical electrical energy engineering problems, this reference is ideal for use in establishing medium-term and long-term strategic plans for the electric power and energy sectors.

Provides panoramic coverage of state-of-the-art energy systems, strategies and priorities in support of electrical power decision-makingIntroduces innovative research outcomes, programs, algorithms and approaches to address challenges in understanding, creating and managing complex techno-socio-economic engineering systemsIncludes practical training on theoretical developments and the application of advanced methods for realistic electrical energy engineering problems

1. Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies and their application in sustainable energy system/microgrids 2. Uncertainty Management in Power System Operation Decision Making 3. Uncertainty Analysis and Risk Assessment for Effective Decision Making Using Wide Area Synchrophasor Measurement System 4. Power quality issues of smart microgrids: applied techniques and decision making analysis 5. Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Parameters in the Context of Smart Grids 6. Adaptive Estimation and Tracking of Power Quality Disturbances for Smart Grid Applications 7. Role of micro phasor measurement unit (μPMU) for decision making based on enhanced situational awareness of modern distribution system 8. Effects of Electrical Infrastructures in Grid with High Penetration of Renewable Sources 9. Distributed Generation in Deregulated Energy Markets and Probabilistic Hosting Capacity Decision Making Challenges 10. PSO Applied to Reactive Power Redispatch for Loss Reduction Considering Renewable Generation 11. Decision making-based optimal Generation-side secondary reserve scheduling and Optimal LFC in Deregulated Interconnected Power Systems 12. Heuristic Methods for the evaluation of Environmental Impacts in the Power Plants 13. Pre-dispatch of load in power plants considering maintenance management using fuzzy logic 14. Integration of Fixed Speed Wind Energy Conversion Systems into Unbalanced and Harmonic Distorted Power Grids 15. Impact of Demand Side Management Scheme on PV and Battery Size in Autonomous Residential Building 16. Multi-stage and Decentralized Microgrid Operations with Electric Vehicles in the Diversified California Demand Response Markets 17. Pattern-Recognition Methods for Decision Making in Protection of Transmission Lines 18. A Reliable Decision Making Algorithm for Fault during Power Swing in 400kV Double Circuit Transmission Line: A Case Study of Chhattisgarh State Power System Network 19. Modeling and Processing of Smart Grids Big Data: Case Study of a University Research Building