The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability - Couverture rigide

Carvallo, Andres; Cooper, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1608071278 ISBN 13 : 9781608071272

Editeur : Artech House Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

Placing emphasis on practical how-to guidance, this cutting-edge resource provides you with a first-hand, insider's perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century (smart grid 1.0). You gain a thorough understanding of the building blocks that comprise basic smart grids, including power plant, transmission substation, distribution, and meter automation. Moreover, this forward-looking volume explores the next step of this technology s evolution. It provides a detailed explanation of how an advanced smart grid incorporates demand response with smart appliances and management mechanisms for distributed generation, energy storage, and electric vehicles. The Advanced Smart Grid uses the design and construction of the first citywide smart grid in the US as a case study, sharing the many successes and lessons learned. You gain working knowledge of successful tools and best practices that are needed to overcome diverse technological and organizational challenges as you strive to build a next-generation advanced smart grid (smart grid 2.0). Additionally, this unique book offers a glimpse at the future with interconnected advanced smart grids and a redesigned energy ecosystem (smart grid 3.0).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Andres Carvallo is the executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Proximetry. He is a board member of the Utilities Telecom Council's Smart Networks Council and an energy and technology advisor to The University of Texas, The University of Kansas, and The University of California, Los Angeles. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas. John Cooper is president of Ecomergence, a consulting firm that supports consumer adaptation to the emerging Smart Grid. Mr. Cooper is the author of numerous white papers and magazine articles on smart grid. He earned his B.A. in government and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Artech House Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1608071278
• ISBN 13: 9781608071272
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 225
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible