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reviews some experimental studies.
Chapter 9 is about surges on wind power
plants, specifically collection systems
and back-flow surges.
Chapter 10 is an interesting chapter that teaches about the modeling of
fault locators and high-speed switch
gears in AtP-eMtP. it presents a fault
locators algorithm and equations describing these protective devices. then
implementation of the model in the
software is demonstrated. this chapter
continues with switchgears modeling
in AtP-eMtP by reviewing some examples. Chapter 11 begins with overvoltage classification and continues
with insulation coordination studies,
with examples presented at the end. A
flexible alternating current transmission
system (FACts), an important part of
today's power systems, is the subject of
Chapters 12 and 13. After a short introduction on FACts, the applications of
stAtCOM in improving the stability of
power systems are discussed in Chapter 12. then high-order harmonic resonance in voltage-source converters and

eMtP analyses of this phenomenon
are highlighted.
Chapter 13 deals with another important member of the FACts family,
static var compensators (svCs). A brief
section on the characteristics of svCs is
followed by applications and the control
of svCs. A survey on both the transients
modeling and control parameter setting
of svCs is presented. the last chapter
of this book provides valuable information about the transients of grounding
systems and numerical simulation of
grounding electrodes' transients. this
chapter covers several past research
studies and finishes the text with an
interesting case study on the influence
of grounding electrodes on lightning
strikes on transmission lines.
in conclusion, this book is a good reference to become familiar with the tools
and methods available for the numerical
analysis of power systems transient and
dynamics. it has extensive literature reviews and case studies covering major
topics in the transient analysis of electric power systems. An advantage of

this text is its presentation of a combination of recent research and traditional
knowledge in the area. however, a lack
of complete coherence and harmony between chapters is observed. Although
this issue is, more and less, seen in
many edited books, it could have been
improved by following a similar pattern
in presenting theory and examples in
the entire book.
i would recommend this book to
researchers and especially graduate
students who want to find out about the
state of the art in power systems transients and dynamics and also to engineers who want to know more about
modeling and simulation of transients
phenomena in electric power systems. it
is, however, is not intended and would
not be useful for a person seeking a
working knowledge of computer programs and numerical methods or as
textbook for engineering students.
-Arash Hassanpour Isfahani
p&e
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