Grid for Future - The Smart Grid

This textbook starts with an introduction and various on-going smart grid projects all over the world. Each project is highlighted with their website address for better and detailed information. This will helps the user to compare various technologies and challenges which are faced in implementing the smart grid projects. Chapter 2 deals with various communicating smart grid protocols. The subsequent chapter explains the smart grid network architecture and technologies separately with respect to generation, transmission and distribution side. Performance and stability analysis explains about various electrical parameters which are needed to be considered while implementing smart grid. The last chapter explains wide range of smart grid applications. Each chapter is provided with references and review questions for the benefit of the user.

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Dr. L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University, California. He is a recipient of the BHAVAN fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and SYST Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India. His current research focuses on integration of Renewable Energy Systems In the Smart Grid and Wearable Electronics.