Modern Power Systems

Modern Power Systems: Fundamentals and Practices bridges classical power-system theory with the realities of today's evolving grid. The textbook is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, practicing power engineers, and researchers seeking a unified treatment of established power-system methods and emerging grid challenges. It brings together established analytical methods with modern challenges associated with bidirectional power flows, inverter-based resources, converter-driven and resonance stability, resilience to extreme weather, and cybersecurity in protection systems. The book covers the foundations of circuit analysis, transmission lines, load flow, fault analysis and clearing, protection, power-system control and stability, reliability, and resilience. Reliability and resilience are treated separately to clarify their distinct engineering meanings and applications. The text connects theory with engineering practice and offers worked mathematical examples paired with MATLAB and Simulink implementations to reproduce results, vary model parameters, and observe system responses. Case studies include surge impedance loading on a 400 kV line, economic dispatch under transmission constraints, a residential solar plant model, and historical blackouts that reshaped reliability standards. The text also features open-ended problems and research-scope sections to encourage deeper study.