Book

Power System Analysis - A Mathematical Approach
Lecture Notes for EE/CS/EST 135
Steven H. Low, Caltech

This rough draft is based on lecture notes for the Power System Analysis course that I have been teaching at Caltech for the last decade or so. Any corrections, questions, comments, or pointers will be greatly appreciated!

Current draft (April 30, 2024)
  • Part I: Single-phase networks (Ch 1 - 5)
  • Part II: Unbalanced multiphase networks (Ch 7 - 10)
  • Part III: Power flow optimization (Ch 11 - 17)
  • Part IV: Appendix: Mathematical preliminaries (Ch 25)
Solution manual

Solutions to most of the exercises are available to instructors for teaching or researchers for self study. Request solution.

Slides

The slides below are mostly for the Feb 16, 2023 version of the draft textbook (except for a few updated chapters). The chapter numbers may not match with the re-organized current version above (will be updated in the future).

  • Part I: Single-phase networks
  • Part II: Unbalanced multiphase networks
  • Part III: Power flow optimization