{"product_id":"smart-grids-9781498799553","title":"Smart Grids","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a great introduction to the Smart Grid, both knowledge and its practice.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eXiaolin Ge, Black \u0026amp; Veatch, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The first two chapters of this second edition provide an accurate history of how electric grid modernization has progressed in the last 10 – 15 years and lay out the current challenges and opportunities that customers, utilities, regulators, and new entrants to the electric supply and delivery industry are facing. It is helpful that economic, political, policy and business drivers for the changes have been explained.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eTom Weaver, American Electric Power, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverview of the Electric Utility Industry.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSmart Grid Challenges and Transformations.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSmart Energy Resources: Supply and Demand. Communications Systems. Real-Time Grid Management. Advanced Protection and Control for the Smart Grid.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAutomatic Restoration Systems and Outage Management. Volt\/VAr Optimization.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMonitoring and Diagnostics. Asset Management. Geospatial Technologies.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMobile Workforce Management. Smart Meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructure. Convergence of Technologies and IT\/OT Integration. Data Analytics for the Smart Grid. High-Performance Computing for Advanced Smart Grid Applications. Cybersecurity for the Smart Grid. FACTS and HVDC. Microgrids.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe Dynamics of Wholesale and Distributed Energy Markets. Transactive Energy. Smart Grid Standardization Work. The Smart Grid IoT. Smart Cities. Refining a Holistic View of Grid Modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409298202967,"sku":"9781498799553","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/smart-grids-9781498799553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}