**Meet the editor**

Ahmed Faheem Zobaa received the B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical power and machines from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1992, 1997, and 2002, respectively. From 2007 to 2010, he was a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy with the University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK. He was also an Instructor from 1992 to 1997, a Teaching Assistant from 1997 to 2002, and an

Assistant Professor from 2003 to April 2008 with the Department of Electrical Power and Machines and the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, where he has also been an Associate Professor since April 2008. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in power systems with Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK. His main areas of expertise are power quality, photovoltaic energy, wind energy, marine renewable energy, grid integration, and energy management. Dr. Zobaa is Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology. He is also an Editorial Board member, Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Advisory Board member for many international journals. He is a registered Chartered Engineer, European Engineer, and International Professional Engineer. He is also a registered member of the Engineering Council UK, Egypt Syndicate of Engineers, and the Egyptian Society of Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute of UK, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and the Higher Education Academy of UK. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a member of the International Solar Energy Society, the European Society for Engineering Education, the European Power Electronics and Drives Association, and the IEEE Standards Association.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Power Quality Data Compression 1** Gabriel Găşpăresc

**Distribution Networks 21**

António Pina Martins

and Dario Zaninelli

Belkacem Mahdad

**in Industrial Facilities 105**

Chapter 7 **Harmonic Effects of Power System Loads: An**

**Experimental Study 175**

Chapter 2 **Electric Power Quality Recognition and Classification in**

Chapter 3 **Power Quality Enhancement Through Robust Symmetrical Components Estimation in Weak Grids 67**

Chapter 4 **Monitoring Power Quality in Small Scale Renewable Energy Sources Supplying Distribution Systems 93**

Chapter 5 **Active Power Conditioners to Mitigate Power Quality Problems**

João L. Afonso, J. G. Pinto and Henrique Gonçalves

Chapter 6 **Power Quality Management Based Security OPF Considering FACTS Using Metaheuristic Optimization Methods 139**

Bedri Kekezoğlu, Altuğ Bozkurt and C. Fadıl Kumru

Soliman Abdel-Hady Soliman and Rashid Abdel-Kader Alammari

Nicolae Golovanov, George Cristian Lazaroiu, Mariacristina Roscia

Celal Kocatepe, Recep Yumurtacı, Oktay Arıkan, Mustafa Baysal,
