Smart grid fundamentals : energy generation, transmission, and distribution / Radian Belu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belu, Radian, author.

Series:

Nano and Energy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smart power grids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2019.

Summary:

The textbook provides a comprehensive overview of smart grids, their role in the development of electricity systems, as well as issues and problems related to smart grid evolution, operation, management, control, protection, entities, and components. The book is divided in eleven chapters, covering core topics such as energy, and environmental issues, basic of power systems, and introduction to renewable energy, distributed generation and energy storage, smart grid challenges, benefits, and divers, smart power transmission and distribution. It includes chapters focusing on smart grid communication, power flow analysis, smart grid design tools, energy management and microgrids. Each chapter ends with several practical and advanced problems that instilling critical thinking and applies to industrial applications. The book can be used as an introductory and basic textbook, reference and training resource by engineers, students, faculty, and interested readers to gain the essential knowledge of the power and energy systems, smart grid fundamentals, concepts and features, as well as the main energy technologies, including how they work and operate, characteristics, and they are evaluated and selected for specific applications.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

About the Author

Chapter 1: Energy, Environment, Power System History, Evolution and Trends

Chapter 2: Power System Structure and Components

Chapter 3: Smart Grid Basics, Benefits and Challenges

Chapter 4: Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation in Smart Grids

Chapter 5: Energy Storage in Future Power Systems

Chapter 6: Smart Power Distribution, the Heart of Smart Grid

Chapter 7: Smart Grid Communication, Sensing and Monitoring

Chapter 8: Smart Grid Transmission, Operation and Power Flow Analysis

Chapter 9: Power Electronics for Smart Grid

Chapter 10: Smart Grid Energy Management and Design Tools

Chapter 11: Microgrids in Smart Grid Architecture and Operations

References and Future Readings

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781482256680

1482256681

9781482256703

1482256703

9780429174803

0429174802

OCLC:

1292361155