Literature on Power System Dynamics and Stability

These lecture notes should be seen as an introduction to power system dynamics and stability. For those who want to get deeper knowledge in the subject there are a number of books that can be recommended. They have all their strong and weaker sides, and one has often to consult several books to get a complete view of a problem. Below are only references listed that are fairly modern and focus on power system dynamics and stability.

1. Power System Stability and Control by Prabha Kundur. (McGrawHill Inc., 1994, ISBN 0-07-035958-X, 1176 pages) This is the most complete modern book on the subject and is already a classic textbook. It covers most subtopics and its approach is rather practical, but it contains a fair amount of theory also. The book contains a lot of references to other books and published papers.

 2. Power System Dynamics and Stability by Jan Machowski, Janusz W. Bialek and James R. Bumby. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1997, ISBN 0-471-97174-X, 461 pages) This book does not contain as many applications as the previous one

On the other hand, it contains rather detailed motivations and derivations of many of the basic assumptions in power system analysis. A large part of the book is devoted to control and supervision of power systems.

3. Power Systems Dynamics. Stability and Control by K. R. Padiyar. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-471-19002-0, 629 pages) The book gives a good overview with many solved problems. The focus is on angular stability, while voltage stability is on briefly dealt with.

4. Power System Dynamics and Stability by Peter W. Sauer and M. A. Pai. (Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-13-678830-0, 357 pages) The mathematical level in this book is higher than the previous ones and to fully appreciate it knowledge in the theory of nonlinear systems is needed. Only angular stability is included.

5. Power System Voltage Stability by Carson W. Taylor. (McGraw-Hill Inc., 1994, ISBN 0-07-063184-0, 273 pages) This book deals only with voltage stability. The approach is rather practical. Many examples from voltage instabilities in real systems are reviewed and analysed.

 6. Voltage Stability of Electric Power Systems by Thierry Van Cutsem and Costas Vournas. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0- 7923-8139-4, 378 pages) Voltage stability is the subject of this book also. However the approach is more mathematical than in the previous one, and to fully appreciate it, knowledge about nonlinear systems is required.

7. Definition and Classification of Power System Stability IEEE/CIGRE Joint Task Force on Stability Terms and Definitions, 2002.