The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response / Edition 1

by Clark W. Gellings

Overview

The power system has often been cited as the greatest and most complex machine ever built, yet it is predominantly a mechanical system. Technologies and intelligent systems are now available that can significantly enhance the overall functionality of power distribution and make it ready to meet the needs of the 21st century. This book explains how sensors, communications technologies, computational ability, control, and feedback mechanisms can be effectively combined to create this new, continually adjusting "smart grid" system. It provides an understanding of both IntelliGrid^SM architecture and EnergyPort^SM as well as how to integrate intelligent systems to achieve the goals of reliability, cost containment, energy efficiency in power production and delivery, and end-use energy efficiency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439815748
Publisher:	Fairmont Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/21/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Clark W. Gellings is Vice President of Technology at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, USA.

Table of Contents

What Is the Smart Grid?. Electric Energy Efficiency in Power Production and Delivery. Electric End-Use Energy Efficiency. Using a Smart Grid to Evolve the Perfect Power System. DC Distribution and the Smart Grid. The IntelliGrid^SM Architecture for the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid- Enabling Demand Response: The Dynamic Energy Systems Concept. The EnergyPort^SM as Part of the Smart Grid. Policies and Programs to Encourage End-Use Energy Efficiency. Market Implementation. Efficient Electric End-Use Technology Alternatives. Demand-Side Planning. Demand-Side Evaluation. Appendix. Index.