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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS, JULY

1976

Book Reviewss
Elements of Power System Analysis, Third Edition-William D.
Stevenson, Jr. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975, 423 pp.). Reviewed
by Stephen A. Sebo, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.

Chapter 14 is entitled "Power System Stability" and reviews the

stability problem, steady-state stability, transient stability quantities
and equations (e.g., swing equation), equal-area criterion of stability,
and the step-by-step solution of the swing curve for a two-machine
system. Digital-computer programs for determining multimachine
The third edition of the well-known Elements of Power System transient stability and some factors affecting transient stability are
Analysis consists of 14 chapters and 6 tables. The objective of the book also discussed, although briefly.
is to present a broad range of topics related to electric power systems
The text ends with an Appendix that contains electrical characteristo electrical engineering students at the undergraduate level.
tics of ACSR conductors, synchronous machine constants, typical

Chapter 1 presents well-organized general background information:

functions and structure of power systems, different types of power
generating plants, voltage levels, recent growth trends, and introduction
to load flow, economic load dispatch, fault, and stability studies.
Chapter 2 reviews basic concepts. This chapter is new and is useful
for the reader. Voltage, current, real and reactive power definitions,
notations, and positive directions are given for single-phase and threephase systems.
Chapters 3 and 4 discuss overhead transmission line positive sequence
parameters: series resistance and inductance, and shunt capacitance for
single-phase lines, three-phase single and double circuit lines, and for
single and bundle conductors up to four subconductors per bundle.
The treatment of series resistance, especially that of the skin effect, is
significantly shorter than in the second edition of the text.
Chapter 5 examines voltage and current relations on short, mediumlength, and long transmission lines, and complex power-flow diagrams
in terms of ABCD constants.
Chapter 6 is devoted to the representation of power systems: oneline diagrams, symbols, impedance diagrams, per-unit quantities
and computations, impedance computations of three-winding transformers, and a review of dc calculating boards.
Chapter 7 describes network equations and solutions for simple
power-system computations, such as node elimination by star-mesh
transformations, loop and node equation formulations, and node
elimination technique, after a concise review of matrixes. Network bus
admittance and bus impedance matrixes are also discussed somewhat
briefly at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 8 covers load-flow studies through the analysis of the GaussSeidel and Newton-Raphson iterative methods. Important features of
digital-computer programs are also reviewed.
Chapter 9 treats some principles of load-flow control. It starts with
a review of synchronous machines. Then the roles of excitation and
power angle of a synchronous machine are discussed. Capacitor banks,
real and reactive power-flow control by regulating transformers
(magnitude- and phase-shifting types) are also emphasized.
Chapter 10 is concerned with the economic operation of power
systems, specifically with the distribution of load between units within
a plant, transmission losses, loss coefficients, distribution of load
between plants, and includes an updated section on automatic load

range of transformer reactances, and ABCD constants for six different

networks.
The value of the book is enhanced by about 65 numerical examples
and about 200 problems (according to the publisher, there are 77 new
problems). The reader will appreciate the abundant number of figures,
the clear style and logical organization of the text, and the updated
content related to modern trends in practice.
Instructors of power system analysis courses or practicing engineers
might miss some topics, such as the review of cables, zero sequence
inductances and capacitances of transmission lines, and discussion of
series faults and phasor diagrams for unsymmetrical faults. It would
have been helpful to use metric and nonmetric units consistently
together, following the guidelines of the IEEE. A comprehensive
organized list of references at the end of the text would have been a
valuable tool for further studies for the interested reader.
In summary, this text is excellent, a welcome addition to the analysis
of power systems, and a strong candidate for classroom use in power
system analysis courses at the undergraduate level.

machine reactances and short-circuit currents, machine internal voltages during transient conditions, and the selection of circuit breakers
are covered. The use of the bus impedance matrix in three-phase fault
computations is also a part of this chapter.
Chapters 12 and 13 contain a discussion of relationships of unsymmetrical phasors and their symmetrical components, the phase
shift of positive- and negative-sequence voltages and currents caused
by wye-delta transformer banks, power in terms of symmetrical components, sequence impedances and sequence networks, and the derivation and analysis of unsymmetrical fault computations on unloaded
generators and power systems. A brief review of the use of the bus
impedance matrix for unsymmetrical faults is also given.

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mit verteilten Parametern (Distributed Parameter Systems)E. D. Gilles (Munchen, Wien: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1973, 185 pp.).
Reviewed by D. Takacs, Department of Automation, Technical Uni-

Systeme

versity, Budapest.

long ago there were only a few papers dealing with distributed
changed. Nowadays DPS's have become an organic part of control
technology. This change was brought about by the need, even the
constraint, of being able to construct new process models which
describe the ramifying chemical technologies and the processes in
atomic power stations with adequate accuracy. In these processes,
the parameters are dependent not only on time but on spatial position
as well, consequently, the process behaviors are characterized by
partial differential equations (PDE).
It is a well-known fact that applying the PDE demands a more
advanced knowledge of mathematics than is taught at most universities,
or that can be expected of the majority of industrial (even research)
engineers. Thus study of this field meets with severe difficulties.
dispatching.
At the same time, the rapid spread of process computers has already
The topic of Chapter 11 is symmetrical three-phase faults on synthere
chronous machines. Transients in RL series circuits, synchronous established a precondition of practical employment of DPS. Thus
from its
the
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parameter systems (DPS), but recently this situation has profoundly

DPS, starting
an urgent need for a book that treats
mathematical basis, and sums up the different results which would
otherwise be difficult to survey. This book aims to fulfill this task in

chapters.
Chapter 1 presents the characteristic types of the DPS, the behavior
of which can be described mathematically with the help of the PDE.
Included here are the phenomena of heat convection, heat conduction,
wave propagation, and the properties of vibration of elastomechanical
systems, which result in PDE of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th order.
Chapters 2 to 6 contain the mathematical bases needed later on
when discussing the DPS. The attitude of the book is concise and clear,
corresponding to "the engineer's mentality". The author focuses
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