About the Book

The electrification is considered as the greatest engineering achievement of the 20^th century. However, the beginning of the 21st century  has seen major changes in the ESI introduced by restructuring which has resulted in breaking up of  vertically integrated utilities(VIU). Competition has been introduced in power generation and power trading is encouraged.The technical problems facing system operation and control are expected to be solved by information and communication technology using smart grid solutions. However, innovative approaches are required to tackle the operational problems and continue to provide electrical energy reliably and at affordable costs. This requires a good understanding of the physical structure of electricity supply system and the knowledge of state of the art in the system operation and control. This book is designed to help non-electrical engineers to understand the overall picture and the relevant issues that need to be tackled.

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About the Author

     Dr. K.R. Padiyar was associated with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore since 1987 as a Professor and subsequently as an Honorary Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering from 2003 to 2013. Previously he was with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur from 1976 to 1987 where he became a Professor in 1980. He obtained B.E. degree from Poona University in 1962, M.E. degree form Indian Institute of Science in 1964 and PhD degree from University of Waterloo, Canada in 1972.