The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability

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Placing emphasis on practical ""how-to"" guidance, this cutting-edge resource provides a first-hand, insider's perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century. This book presents engineers, researchers, and students with 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 ma.  Read more... Abstract: Placing emphasis on practical ""how-to"" guidance, this cutting-edge resource provides a first-hand, insider's perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century. This book presents engineers, researchers, and students with 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 ma Content: The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability Foreword by Jon Wellinghoff Foreword by Larry Weis Preface Chapter 1: The Inevitable Emergence of the Smart Grid Chapter 2: The Rationale for an Advanced Smart Grid Power Engineering Concept Briefs Chapter 3: Smart Convergence Power Engineering Concept Briefs Chapter 4: SG1 Emerges Power Engineering Concept Briefs Chapter 5: Envisioning and Designing SG2 Power Engineering Concept Briefs Chapter 6: The National Perspective on Smart Grid Chapter 7: Fast-Forward to SG3 Acknowledgments Introduction by Thomas M. Siebel. EndnotesChapter 1 The Inevitable Emergence of the Smart Grid Introduction The Most Fundamental Infrastructure The Drive to Edge Empowerment The Roots of Smart Grid Electricity and Telecommunications Defining Smart Grid Design: The Twenty-First-Century Smart Grid Challenge Nature and the Internet: Models for Organizing Complexity The Inevitable Themes of Change Smart Devices and Ubiquitous Connectivity Static Versus Dynamic Change Innovative Design as Change Agent Conclusion Endnotes Chapter 2 The Rationale for an Advanced Smart Grid Introduction. A New Set of Rules and AssumptionsSecurity Standardization Integration Analog-to-Digital Transition Two Axes: Functional Systems and Network Architecture Systems and Functional Areas DCS EMS/SCADA DA AMI DR DERs DG EV ES Smart Grid System Components Spectrum and Network Equipment End Device Back Office Ancillary Services The New Rule of Integration Integration of Utility Communications Networks and Intelligent Edge Devices Power Engineering Concept Brief The Advanced Smart Grid Approach Power Engineering Concept Brief A New Energy Enterprise Architecture and SGOE. Power Engineering Concept BriefFeatures and Benefits of an Integrated Energy Ecosystem A Future of Robust Digital Devices and Networks Endnotes Chapter 3 Smart Convergence Introduction Smart Convergence: Networking Infrastructures, Stakeholders, and Markets Electricity and Telecommunications Power Engineering Concept Brief Electricity and IT Power Engineering Concept Brief Electricity and Banking: Smart Meters (AMI) Power Engineering Concept Brief Electricity and Smart Buildings and Appliances: DR Power Engineering Concept Brief Consumers and Prosumers: DG. Power Engineering Concept BriefElectricity and Transportation: EVs Power Engineering Concept Brief Electricity and Warehousing: ES Power Engineering Concept Brief Conclusion Endnotes Chapter 4 SG1 Emerges Introduction Case Study: Austin Energy, Pioneer First-Generation Smart Grid Saying Yes to Opportunity A Fresh Start Initial Assessment and Issue Identification Technology Recommendations, 2003 Accidental Versus Deliberate Smart Grid Architecture Design Data Flow Executive Buy-In and Technology Governance Technology Strategic Plan.