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Protection of power transmission and distribution systems is a critical necessity for maintaining a safe, reliable, and efficient power system. Power systems are undergoing a rapid change in topologies with the emergence of renewable energy sources predominantly including solar and wind being connected to the power grid creating a new energy landscape in which the consumer can not only be a consumer of power but also a producer i.e. a prosumer. Distributed sources and two-way power flow can pose challenges to power system designers in that the sources are intermittent and not necessarily controlled by the utility. Also, battery storage can act both as a source or a load requiring bidirectional power flow. Microgrids are becoming popular for various critical applications and remote locations. These systems can also provide bidirectional power flow, depending on the load requirements and source availability. Many of the sources and converter-based systems do not have the same fault properties as a conventional power system. The available fault current can be lower for a wind or solar source but can be significant for a battery source thus requiring different types of protective devices. Also, many of these loads and sources are inherently DC, thus requiring protective equipment capable of interrupting DC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following 6 books are reviewed: Magnetic Communications— From Theory to Practice (Hu, F.; 2019); Superconducting Fault Current Limiter—Innovation for the Electric Grids (Tixador, P.; 2019); Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites, 2nd Edition (Guedes, R.M.; 2019); Electrical Machine Drives (Franchi, C.M.; 2019); Principles of Forensic Engineering Applied to Industrial Accidents (Fiorentini, L. and Marm0, L.; 2019); and Insulators (Luo, H.; 2019). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]