About
the Book:
This book presents a
comprehensive overview of smart grids, beginning with their motivation,
evolution, challenges, opportunities, components, operation, management,
control and protection. This book consists of nine chapters, which focuses on
core topics such as, benefits and challenges of smart grid, renewable energy
sources, and energy storage systems. One chapter is dedicated to Plugin Electric
Vehicles and their role in grid support. This book also covers crucial topics
like demand side management, monitoring, protection and power electronic
converters which are included as part of effort to provide a complete
operational scenario of smart grid. Each chapter ends with several challenges
that instilling critical thinking.
The
book can be used by undergraduate and post graduate students, faculty as a
basic textbook and as a training resource for industrial engineers to gain the
essential knowledge of various smart grid technologies and their fundamentals
concepts in the areas of renewable energy integration, storage, e-mobility,
demand side management, monitoring, operation and protection. |
Contents:
1.
Basics of Smart Grid
2.
Electric Grid and Transformations
3.
Renewable Energy Sources and Integration
4.
Electrical Energy Storage Systems
5.
Plugin Electric Vehicles
6.
Demand Side Management
7.
Smart Grid Monitoring Systems
8.
Smart Grid Protection 9. Role of Power Electronics in Smart Grid |
