Smart Grids
eBook - ePub

Smart Grids

Advanced Technologies and Solutions, Second Edition

  1. 806 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Smart Grids

Advanced Technologies and Solutions, Second Edition

About this book

The latest edition features a new chapter on implementation and operation of an integrated smart grid with updates to multiple chapters throughout the text. New sections on Internet of things, and how they relate to smart grids and smart cities, have also been added to the book. It describes the impetus for change in the electric utility industry and discusses the business drivers, benefits, and market outlook of the smart grid initiative. The book identifies the technical framework of enabling technologies and smart solutions and describes the role of technology developments and coordinated standards in smart grid, including various initiatives and organizations helping to drive the smart grid effort. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, the text explains how to plan, integrate, implement, and operate a smart grid.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Editor
  10. Contributors
  11. Chapter 1 Overview of the Electric Utility Industry
  12. Chapter 2 Smart Grid Challenges and Transformations
  13. Chapter 3 Smart Energy Resources: Supply and Demand
  14. Chapter 4 Communications Systems
  15. Chapter 5 Real-Time Grid Management
  16. Chapter 6 Advanced Protection and Control for the Smart Grid
  17. Chapter 7 Automatic Restoration Systems and Outage Management
  18. Chapter 8 Volt/VAr Optimization
  19. Chapter 9 Monitoring and Diagnostics
  20. Chapter 10 Asset Management
  21. Chapter 11 Geospatial Technologies
  22. Chapter 12 Mobile Workforce Management
  23. Chapter 13 Smart Meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructure
  24. Chapter 14 Convergence of Technologies and IT/OT Integration
  25. Chapter 15 Data Analytics for the Smart Grid
  26. Chapter 16 High-Performance Computing for Advanced Smart Grid Applications
  27. Chapter 17 Cybersecurity for the Smart Grid
  28. Chapter 18 FACTS and HVDC
  29. Chapter 19 Microgrids
  30. Chapter 20 The Dynamics of Wholesale and Distributed Energy Markets
  31. Chapter 21 Transactive Energy
  32. Chapter 22 Smart Grid Standardization Work
  33. Chapter 23 The Smart Grid IoT
  34. Chapter 24 Smart Cities
  35. Chapter 25 Refining a Holistic View of Grid Modernization
  36. Index