Smart Grid and the Future Electrical Network
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2012) | Viewed by 197741
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Interests: power quality; harmonics; electromagnetic transients; HVDC transmission; computer modelling of electrical power systems
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The need to deliver electricity to customers: reliably, safely and cost effectively and in a sustainable manner, is always with us. To do this given the multiplicity of constraints means the electrical power system must be carefully engineered, not only to meet today's needs, but for the foreseeable future. The Smart Grid initiative is really about making the grid smarter than it is already (as in many cases the grid is already "smart") so as to achieve these objectives. Many countries are devoting time and resources to this initiative due to the immense potential benefits. The term Smart Grid means different things to different people as the perceived benefits, and hence drivers, are different in different countries. Regardless of one's concept of a Smart Grid, the need for a reliable two-way communication system is central, and the enabling technology. The two big changes that enable this are:
- Willingness to rely on a communication system, i.e. acceptance that the Communication System and Electrical Power System are becoming intertwined.
- Willingness to implement smart algorithms and let them perform control directly.
- Improved reliability and resilience
- Better operational efficiency
- Better utilization of resources
- Better utilization of assets
- Adequate Power Quality
- Resilience in the face of faults and disasters
- Load management and Load Balancing
- Customer participation
- Integration of renewable technology
- Security & Reliability of the electricity network
- Smart Algorithms and Devices
- Smart Grid Modelling
- Application of Smart Grid concept to Homes, Distribution or Transmission Systems
- Architectures for Smart Grids
- Power Quality
- Power Transmission in a Smart Grid
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