Power Grid Resiliency for Adverse Conditions

by Nicholas Abi-Samra (Author)

Written by a leading expert in the field, this practical book offers a comprehensive understanding of the impact of extreme weather and the possible effects of climate change on the power grid. The impact and restoration of floods, winter storms, wind storms, and hurricanes as well as the effects of heat waves and dry spells on thermal power plants is explained in detail. This book explores proven practices for successful restoration of the power grid, increased system resiliency, and ride-through after extreme weather and provides readers with examples from super storm Sandy.

This book presents the effects of lack of ground moisture on transmission line performance and gives an overview of line insulation coordination, stress-strength analysis, and tower insulation strength, and then provides readers with tangible solutions. Structural hardening of power systems against storms, including wind pressure, wood poles, and vegetation management is covered. Moreover, this book provides suggestions for practical implementations to improve future smart grid resiliency

Review
This book is an excellent reference that documents the fundamentals and theory behind the effects of extreme weather on the power grid. This comprehensive and authoritative reference on the topic of weather-related impacts and resiliency is invaluable for practicing engineers. It provides a wealth of case histories, practical examples, detailed analyses, summaries, and features over 150 carefully annotated figures. –Saifur Rahman, PhD, President-elect, IEEE Power & Energy Society & Joseph Loring Professor & Director, VT Advanced Research Institute

Abi-Samra has produced an excellent contribution toward understanding power system resilience and how we can build systems that are less susceptible to forces of nature. The book should be required reading for all power system engineering students. –Gerry Cauley, President and Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation

This book provides valuable information in summarizing many lessons learned from previous extreme weather events that affected the power system. It offers unique insight and practical answers through examples of how power systems can be affected by weather and how countermeasures can be applied to mitigate them. –Dr. Damir Novosel, President of Quanta Technology

About the Author
Nicholas Abi-Samra is an expert in power systems planning, operations and maintenance. He held senior leadership positions at Westinghouse, EPRI and DNV GL. He was a Fellow and a Senior Technical Executive, at Westinghouse and EPRI, respectively. He studied at the American University, University of Missouri and Carnegie-Mellon University.
He is an adjunct professor at the University of California San Diego, and the president of the Electric Power & Energy Consulting. Abi-Samra served as the General Chair and Technical Program Coordinator for the 2012 IEEE PES General Meeting. He is the author over 100 publications, has 2 patents, and holds several prestigious industry awards



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