Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Front Cover; Optimal Economic Operation of Electric Power Systems; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Optimal Operation Problem in Electric Power Systems; 1.2 A Brief Historical Survey; 1.3 The Role of Optimization and Computational Mathematics; 1.4 Outline of the Book; 1.5 Comments and References; References; Chapter 2. Modeling for Optimal Operation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Energy Source; 2.3 Electric Network Components; 2.4 Electric Network Models; 2.5 Hydro Network Models; 2.6 Objective Functionals for Optimal Operation
  • 2.7 Comments and ReferencesReferences; Chapter 3. Mathematical Optimization Techniques; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Review of Vectors and Matrices; 3.3 Some Results from Static Optimization; 3.4 Dynamic Programming and the Principle of Optimality; 3.5 Calculus of Variations; 3.6 Pontryagin's Maximum Principle; 3.7 The Functional Analytic Optimization Technique: The Minimum Norm Approach; 3.8 Some Dynamic Systems Results; 3.9 Iterative Solution of Nonlinear Systems; 3.10 Comments and References; References; Chapter 4. All-Thermal Power Systems; 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Dispatch Using Power Balance Models4.3 Optimal Load Flow; 4.4 Comments and References; References; Chapter 5. Power Systems with Hydro Plants Not on the Same Stream; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Fixed-Head Hydro Plants; 5.3 Variable-Head Hydro Plants; 5.4 Summary; 5.5 Comments and References; References; Chapter 6. Power Systems with Coupled Hydro Plants; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Maximum Principle Approach; 6.3 Hydro Plants on the Same Stream: A Minimum Norm Approach; 6.4 Multichains of Hydro Plants: A Minimum Norm Approach; 6.5 Computational Aspects; 6.6 Summary; 6.7 Comments and References