This book discusses the major aspects of load flow and culminates in modern heuristic optimization techniques and evolutionary programming. In the deregulated environment, the economic provision of electrical power to consumers requires knowledge of how to maintain a certain power quality and load flow; this knowledge is provided in the text.

Dr. J.C. Das is currently the President of Power System Studies, Inc. Snellville, USA. He headed the Electrical Power Systems Analysis Department at AMEC Inc., (now AMEC Foster Wheeler, Inc.) Tucker, GA, USA, for the last 30 years. He has varied experience in the utility industry, industrial establishments, hydroelectric generation, and atomic energy. He is responsible for power system studies, including short-circuit, load flow, harmonics, stability, arc-flash hazard, grounding, switching transients, EMTP simulations, and protective relaying. He conducts courses for continuing education in power systems and has authored or coauthored approximately 65 technical publications, six textbooks, and over 7,000 total published pages.

1. Load Flow-Fundamental Concepts 2. Automatic Generation and Frequency Control-AGC and AFC 3. Load Flow over AC Transmission Lines 4. HVDC Transmission Load Flow 5. Load Flow Methods: Part I 6. Load Flow Methods: Part II 7. AC Motor Starting Studies 8. Reactive Power Flow and Voltage Control 9. FACTS-Flexible AC Transmission Systems 10. Three-Phase and Distribution System Load Flow 11. Optimization Techniques 12. Optimal Power Flow 13. Heuristic Optimization Techniques