**Meet the editor**

Dylan Dah-Chuan Lu received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 2004. In 2003, he joined PowereLab Ltd. as a Senior Engineer. His major responsibilities include project development and management, circuit design, and contribution of research in the area of power electronics. In 2006, he joined

the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. He presently serves as a Member of several Editorial Boards including International Journal of Electronics and Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His current research interests include power electronics circuits and control and engineering education. He has published over 80 technical articles in these areas. He has two patents on efficient power conversion. He is a member of the IEAust and a senior member of the IEEE.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

**Section 1 Power Quality Issues and Standards in the Electricity Networks 1** 

Chapter 1 **Harmonics Generation, Propagation** 

Chapter 2 **Power Quality and Grid Code Issues** 

Chapter 3 **Impact of Series FACTS Devices** 

Chapter 5 **Electromechanical Active Filter** 

Chapter 7 **Power Quality Improvement Using Switch Mode Regulator 121** 

**and Purging Techniques in Non-Linear Loads 3**  Hadeed Ahmed Sher, Khaled E. Addoweesh and Yasin Khan

**(GCSC, TCSC and TCSR) on Distance Protection Setting Zones in 400 kV Transmission Line 39** 

**with Harmonic Distortion Considerations 61** 

**as a Novel Custom Power Device (CP) 79** 

**Section 3 Power Quality Improvement in End Users Stage 119** 

Raju Ahmed and Mohammad Jahangir Alam

Ahad Mokhtarpour, Heidarali Shayanfar and Seiied Mohammad Taghi Bathaee

Chapter 6 **Reference Generation of Custom Power Devices (CPs) 95** 

Ahad Mokhtarpour, Heidarali Shayanfar and Mitra Sarhangzadeh

Mohamed Zellagui and Abdelaziz Chaghi

Chapter 4 **A PSO Approach in Optimal FACTS Selection** 

H.C. Leung and Dylan D.C. Lu

**in Wind Energy Conversion System 21**  Sharad W. Mohod and Mohan V. Aware

**Section 2 Power Quality Improvement in Transmission and Distribution Systems 37** 
