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Summary: really really really bad book
Review: From a new grad student's perspective, i have to say that this book is absolutely terrible!! The writers provided NO useful examples in the chapters and for the examples that are there, they never showed how they generated the results. Its pretty obvious that these guys are not interested in teaching and that very little thought was put into this book. I would recommend this book be banned from the classroom!
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Summary: pricing of electricity in wholesale markets
Review: I am interested in methods for pricing electricity related with a reference bus called the market bus. Penalty factors or nodal factors for all generation and load buses are calculated in reference to that bus. If reference bus is changed, nodal factors change but difference between any two remain the same, that means that we can choose any reference bus. I am interested in demonstrating this.
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Summary: be even better than the excellent first edition
Review: I found this book to be even better than the excellent first edition. While it requires undergraduate electrical engineering education and an understanding of steady state power analysis, it provides exceptional coverage of to various aspects of power generation, operation and control. I have recommended this book and the first edition to my colleagues in the past, after insuring that they had the background to understand the material presented.
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Summary: A classic advanced textbook on power system operation
Review: I have used the first and second edition of this book for almost twenty years and I believe that it is a classic. It is not an introductory text but all engineers with an understanding of the basics of power systems should find it a very useful introduction to the mathematical methods used in power system operation. I have recommended it to my graduate students and to engineers from industry who were taking a continuing education course based on this text. I am looking forward to a third edition.
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Summary: Classic text for graduate study
Review: I have used this text for many years. It is an excellent text to understand power system operation and optimization. I have found no other book as qualified for this task.I find it displeasing that another reviewer would rate the book so poorly without allowing others to review his credentials as closely. Amazon should qualify reviewers if the reviewing is to be held in any honor.
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Summary: Notation confusing to a non-engineer
Review: Overall this is a good book in terms of coverage and explanation of methods. My background is in math and physics, however, so sudden shifts of notation (avoidable with just a few lines of explanation) lose me. In chapter 4 we find "The transmission network consists of complex impedances" followed by a definition of the network Y matrix. But wait: the Y matrix is defined in terms of a y value for each line. What is the y value for a line? Is it an impedance? No, it's an admittance, but the text doesn't mention that conceptual inversion. Another example is in problem 4.2 of the same chapter. This problem contains a diagram with values of X for each transmission line. What is X? It looks like it should be Y, judging from the previous problem. But wait, there are no capacitors in our problem diagram, so it's not clear. I scan through the preceding chapter for some variable whose standard notation is X. No luck. This makes an otherwise conceptually clear and methodologically informative book VERY frustrating, at least for those of us not steeped in the typical notation of power systems analysis.
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Summary: Software code
Review: The code that goes with this book uses Pascal. This is difficult as it is hard to get Pascal compiler nowadays. It would be useful if it was written in C. The authors do not have a website for this book. They could have put errata, comments from purchasers and book updates, etc.
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Summary: An Excelent Classic Written by two eminent experts
Review: This book covers many of the most significant areas in power system operations and computations. Its unique features include detailed coverage of the fundamentals of economic operations and system computational support. From the competition point of view,I doubt if you will find an equal to the well thought out examples and problems in this book. I wish that the authors would produce a new edition covering the latest in the deregualted environment,
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Summary: A classic that is the best in its field
Review: This book is a must for any one who needs to learn about advanced topics in Power System Computational Methods with emphasis on generation economics and Control. The examples are extremely helpful to the reader without being overly simplistic. The degree of detail is just about right for the intended audience. The book has been the chosen text for many generations of power system practioners, and is highly recommended.
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Summary: This is a great book
Review: This is the first authoritative and comprehensive text on power system operations and control. The book provides an excellent overview of the basic topics that need to be covered in such a course at either the advanced undergraduate or the introductory graduate level. The improved second edition of the book has been widely used in various power programs throughout the world. I learned everything about "power system operation and control" by studying the first edition of this book in the mid 1980. I have used it as a professor and recommended it to all my students. This book still has no rivals in the market and is the single best source for a text in the subject area.
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