1. The Traditional Power Generation and Transmission System: Some Fundamentals to Overcome Challenges

In present power system, the engineers face variety of challenges in planning, construction and operation. In some of the problems, the engineers need to use managerial talents. In system design or upgrading the entire system into automatic control instead of slow response of human operator, the engineers need to exercise more technical knowledge and experience. It is principally the engineer’s ability to achieve the success in all respect and provide the reliable and uninterrupted service to the customers. This chapter covers some important areas of the traditional power system that helps engineers to overcome the challenges. It emphasizes the characteristics of the various components of a power system such as generation, transmission, distribution, protection and SCADA system. During normal operating conditions and disturbances, the acquired knowledge will provide the engineers the ability to analyse the performance of the complex system and execute future improvement.