What is Power System?

•An electric power system is a network of electrical components used to supply, transmit and use electric power.

•An example of an electric power system is the network that supplies a region's homes and industry with power - for sizable regions, this power system is known as the grid and can be broadly divided into the generators that supply the power, the transmission system that carries the power from the generating centers to the load centers and the distribution system that feeds the power to nearby homes and industries.

•Smaller power systems are also found in industry, hospitals, commercial buildings and homes.

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The majority of these systems rely upon three-phase AC power - the standard for large-scale power transmission and distribution across the modern world. Specialized power systems that do not always rely upon three-phase AC power are found in aircraft, electric rail systems, ocean liners and automobiles.

•Definition: A complex assemblage of equipment and circuits for generating, transmitting, transforming, and distributing electrical energy is termed as Power System .

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