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Electric Power Systems: Advanced Forecasting Techniques and Optimal Generation Scheduling book cover

1st Edition

Electric Power Systems Advanced Forecasting Techniques and Optimal Generation Scheduling

Edited By João P. S. Catalão Copyright 2012
462 Pages 152 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

462 Pages 152 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

462 Pages 152 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press
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Electric Power Systems: Advanced Forecasting Techniques and Optimal Generation Scheduling helps readers develop their skills in modeling, simulating, and optimizing electric power systems. Carefully balancing theory and practice, it presents novel, cutting-edge developments in forecasting and scheduling. The focus is on understanding and solving pivotal problems in the management of electric... Read more

Overview of Electric Power Generation Systems
Cláudio Monteiro

Uncertainty and Risk in Generation Scheduling
Rabih A. Jabr

Short-Term Load Forecasting
Alexandre P. Alves da Silva and Vitor H. Ferreira

Short-Term Electricity Price Forecasting
Nima Amjady

Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting
Gregor Giebel and Michael Denhard

Price-Based Scheduling for Gencos
Govinda B. Shrestha and Songbo Qiao

Optimal Self-Schedule of a Hydro Producer under Uncertainty
F. Javier Díaz and Javier Contreras

Hydrothermal Producer Self-Scheduling
Christos K. Simoglou, Pandelis N. Biskas, and Anastasios G. Bakirtzis

Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch for Operations Planning of Power Systems with Significant Installed Wind Power Capacity
Barry G. Rawn, Madeleine Gibescu, Bart C. Ummels, Engbert Pelgram, and Wil L. Kling

Operational Optimization of Multigeneration Systems
Pierluigi Mancarella and Gianfranco Chicco

Index

 

Biography

João P.S. Catalão received an MSc degree from the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal, in 2003 and a PhD from the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilha, Portugal, in 2007. He is currently a professor at UBI and a director of the Master Program in Electromechanical Engineering. His scientific area of interest at the Center for Innovation in Electrical and Energy Engineering (CIEEE), IST, is related to power and energy systems. He coordinates a research group in renewable energies and sustainability at UBI. He is an IEEE and an IET member, a senior member of the Portuguese Council of Engineers, and a member of the IASTED Technical Committee on Energy and Power Systems. He is the author/coauthor of more than 160 scientific papers, including 50 papers in international journals and 100 papers in conference proceedings. He is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and an editorial board member of Electric Power Components and Systems.

For more information about Professor Catalão, see his web page at UBI.

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