Artificial Intelligence Applications in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems Protection [Paperback]

The focus of this book is on the application of AI methods in the field of protection of different types and topologies of transmission and distribution lines explaining the latest pattern-recognition- based methods applied to detection, classification, and location of a fault in the transmission and distribution lines, for smart power systems.

Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz (SM15) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1985 and 1990, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering according to the channel system between Ain Shams University, Egypt, and Brunel University, U.K., in 1996. He has been a Professor of electrical power engineering with Ain Shams University, since 2007. He was the Vice Dean for Education and Students Affairs in Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt from 2018-2019. He has authored or coauthored more than 450 refereed journal and conference papers, 30 book chapters, and six edited books with Elsevier, Springer and CRC Press. In addition, he has supervised 80 Masters and 35 Ph.D. theses. His research areas include the applications of artificial intelligence, evolutionary and heuristic optimization techniques to power system planning, operation, and control. Dr. Abdelaziz is a senior member in IEEE and member in the Egyptian Sub-Committees of IEC and CIGRE. He has been awarded many prizes for distinct researches and for international publishing from Ain Shams University and Future University in Egypt. He is the chairman of the IEEE Education Society chapter in Egypt. He is a senior Editor of Ain Shams Engineering Journal, an editor of Electric Power Components and Systems journal, an Editorial Board member, an Editor, an Associate Editor, and an Editorial Advisory Board member for many international journals.

Dr. Shady Abdel Aleem received the B.Sc., M.Sc. andló.