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Power System Analysis

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This is a thoroughly revised version of the classical Power System Analysis text by the late Professor Stevenson. The new author, Professor Grainger, has made every effort to retain the flavor and clarity of the original text material. The text covers all classical power system material starting with: basic concepts, transformers, transmission line parameters & performance, network models, power flow solutions, 3-phase faults, symmetrical components and applications, economic operation and power system stability. Two brand new and highly readable chapters on contingency analysis and state estimation add value to the usefulness of this text. A superb solution manual is available for instructors. This text is admirably suited to power system analysis courses at senior undergraduate level and graduate level.

We, at the University of Calgary, have adopted this as the text for the 4th year power system course ENEL 587.

This is a classic. Anyone interested in the electrical theory behind generation, transmission, system protection, power flow analysis, and system stability analysis should buy this book. This is the standard textbook in many EE departments and will prepare you well for the PE exam.

This book is mostly based on the classic textbook Elements of Power System Analysis by the late William D. Stevenson, Jr. While Stevenson's book was concise and to the point stressing the fundamentals of power systems, the new book is stuck in the computational details. These unnecssary details clutter the presentation and make it for hard for the undergraduate student to know which information is important and which are secondary details. In other words, the student will not see the forest from the trees! My recommendation after using both textbooks is very loud and clear: as an undergraduate text, stick with the clear and elegant original text by W. D. Stevenson and use the bloated version by J. J. Grainger only as a reference for the interested student.

I am in a class that requires this book, and let me just let everyone aware that this book is not a true text book. For those that are new to this field, this is one tough book to start with. I wish my school would select a different book.

My problems with this book as a new student trying to learn power analysis:
1- No step-by-step methods: it goes from setup of a problem to the answer.
2- Unfriendly examples: you get examples that were already explained within the reading.
3- No appendix that has formulas or basic information: since this is not a text book, this problem just shows that in a textbook you have them and here they are not included.
4- Jumps into the supject: This is assuming that you know everything by heart before going into detailed subjects.


For what this book is, I am sure it does it well - for those that are in the industry and want a supplement to help your daily needs, then this might be fine. For those that are new students in the power engineering/ electrical engineering that want a book to learn from, I advise to look for an honest text book.

I was trying to learn this subject on my own because the school I attend does not offer a course on power. I got through the first chapter and tried to solve some problems on my own, but got no where because there are no answers in the back of the book for any of the problems. I guess there are some solutions manual, but since the book was not published recently (1994) all of the resources for it seem to be depreciated. From the looks of the book (so far) it seems like a really great resource, but not good to teach yourself out of.

This book is famous even when I was in college in 78. But technology changed in the area of computations. One area that this book is poor is that it does not have software code to test the algorithms. As a student or professional, you do not just compute using calculators. You need to test it with a program. It will help a student a lot if there are sample code in C to test around and checks one's calculations.

I used this book as preparation for the PE examination. It was actual better than my college text book. I recommend it. One complaint is the author drops the use of units in his calculations which can be a pain from time to time. Overall pretty good book.

The right book for the theory behind generation, transmission, power flow analysis, and small system stability analysis. The book is the textbook of the power system course in many of Egyptian and Canadian universities.

Excellent resource for students and professionals in power engineering. I found the text very helpful when studying for the PE Exam.

Really reliable! I received it before i expected and i just can say it was one of the best deals i've ever made.