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1. |  Electricity Production from Renewables Energies By: Benoît Robyns; Arnaud Davigny; Bruno François; Antoine Henneton; Jonathan Sprooten Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electricity Production from Renewables Energies
Energy and environmental issues have caused a marked increase in electricity production from renewable energy sources since the beginning of the 21st Century. The concept of sustainable development and concern for future generations challenge us every day to produce new technologies for energy production, and new patterns of use for these energies. Their rapid emergence can make the understanding and therefore the perception of these new technologies difficult. This book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the new electricity generation technologies by addressing a diverse...
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2. |  Electrical Power System Essentials By: Pieter Schavemaker; Lou van der Sluis Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 27-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electrical Power System Essentials
Much of the basic hardware that generates, transmits and distributes electricity has changed little over the past century. However, the techniques applied in the power system have advanced, leading to greater transformer efficiency and more economic transmission and distribution. As the demand for electricity in both the developed and developing world increases, governments and electricity providers continue to look for alternative means of creating energy through renewable sources. Today's needs also include well-designed systems that are capable of producing large quantities of...
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3. |  Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid By: Eric D. Knapp; Raj Samani Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 26-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid
Many people think of the Smart Grid as a power distribution group built on advanced smart metering-but that’s just one aspect of a much larger and more complex system. The "Smart Grid" requires new technologies throughout energy generation, transmission and distribution, and even the homes and businesses being served by the grid. This also represents new information paths between these new systems and services, all of which represents risk, requiring a more thorough approach to where and how cyber security controls are implemented. This insight provides a detailed architecture of the...
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4. |  Power System Operation and Control By: N. V. Ramana Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 06-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power System Operation and Control
Power System Operation and Control is a comprehensive text designed for an undergraduate course in electrical engineering. Written in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, the book introduces the reader to economic operation of power system and reactive power control. The textbook features in-depth coverage of single area and two-area load frequency control; exclusive chapter modelling of turbine, generators and automatic controllers; precise explanation supported by suitable examples and is replete with objective questions and review questions.
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5. |  By: Hsiao-Dong Chiang Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 14-DEC-2010 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Learn how to implement BCU methods for fast direct stability assessments of electric power systems
Electric power providers around the world rely on stability analysis programs to help ensure uninterrupted service to their customers. These programs are typically based on step-by-step numerical integrations of power system stability models to simulate system dynamic behaviors. Unfortunately, this offline practice is inadequate to deal with current operating environments. For years, direct methods have held the promise of providing real-time stability assessments; however, these methods...
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6. |  Switching Power Supplies A - Z, 2nd Edition By: Sanjaya Sanjaya Maniktala Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 10-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 21-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Switching Power Supplies A - Z, 2nd Edition
This book is the most comprehensive study available of the theoretical and practical aspects of controlling and measuring Electromagnetic Interference in switching power supplies, including input filter instability considerations. The new edition is thoroughly revised with six completely new chapters, while the existing EMI chapters are expanded to include many more step-by-step numerical examples and key derivations and EMI mitigation techniques. New topics cover the length and breadth of modern switching power conversion techniques, lucidly explained in simple but thorough terms,...
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7. |  By: Artur Lugmayr; Helja Franssila; Pertti Näränen; Olli Sotamaa; Jukka Vanhala; Zhiwen Yu Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 03-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Media in the Ubiquitous Era Media in the ubiquitous area is undergoing a tremendous change. Social media and Web 2.0 are applied in ever more diverse practices both in private and public communities and digital games and play are currently undergoing many transformations. Traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged and totally new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space.Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint. This book is unique in the sense that it...
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8. |  Power System Planning Technologies and Applications By: Fawwaz Elkarmi; Nazih Abu Shikhah Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 29-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 03-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power System Planning Technologies and Applications Planning is an important function of the management of any business, providing knowledge of future prospects and enabling prudent and appropriate decision-making. Planning is especially critical for power systems, since electricity is a fundamental part of modern societies and many conventional electrical energy resources currently in use are limited. Power System Planning Technologies and Applications: Concepts, Solutions and Management focuses on the technical planning of power systems, taking into account technological evolutions in equipment as well as the economic, financial, and...
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9. |  Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems By: Amirnaser Yazdani; Reza Iravani Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 15-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 01-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems
Presents Fundamentals of Modeling, Analysis,
and Control of Electric Power Converters for Power System Applications
Electronic (static) power conversion has gained widespread acceptance in power systems applications; electronic power converters are increasingly employed for power conversion and conditioning, compensation, and active filtering. This book presents the fundamentals for analysis and control of a specific class of high-power electronic converters—the three-phase voltage-sourced converter (VSC). Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems provides a necessary and...
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10. |  The Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges By: Math Bollen Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Publication Date: 10-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 25-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges This book links the challenges to which the electricity network is exposed with the range of new technology, methodologies and market mechanisms known under the name "smart grid." The main challenges will be described by the way in which they impact the electricity network: the introduction of renewable electricity production, energy efficiency, the introduction and further opening of the electricity market, increasing demands for reliability and voltage quality, and the growing need for more transport capacity in the grid. Three fundamentally different types of solutions are...
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11. |  Smart Grid: Technology and Applications By: Janaka Ekanayake; Kithsiri Liyanage; Jianzhong Wu; Akihiko Yokoyama; Nick Jenkins Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 24-APR-2012 Insert Date: 12-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Smart Grid: Technology and Applications
This book provides discussion on the fundaments of the Smart Grid concept and then describes the technologies that are required for its realisation. It allows the reader to engage with the immediate development of the power system and to take part in the debate over the future Smart Grid. The book opens with an overview on understanding the Smart Grid, and then is divided into three sections. Section 1 ('Information and Communications Technologies') covers communication standards for the Smart Grid. Section Two discusses sensing, measurement, control and automation.Smart metering and...
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12. |  Valuing Wind Generation on Integrated Power Systems By: Ken Dragoon Publisher: William Andrew Publication Date: 01-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 03-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Valuing Wind Generation on Integrated Power Systems
Wind powered generation is the fastest growing energy source in the United States due to a combination of economic incentives, public preference for renewable energy as expressed in government policies, competitive costs, and the need to address global warming. The economic consequences of the relative variability and lower predictability of wind generation are not easily captured in standard economic analyses performed by utility planners. This book provides utility analysts and regulators a guide to analyzing the value of wind generation in the context of modern power systems. Guiding...
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13. |  Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization By: Pandian Vasant; Nadar Barsoum; Jeffrey Webb Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 09-NOV-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization
Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization: Emerging Energy Technologies unites research on the development of techniques and methodologies to improve the performance of power systems, energy planning and environments, controllers and robotics, operation research, and modern artificial computational intelligent techniques. Containing research on power engineering, control systems, and methods of optimization, this book is written for professionals who want to improve their understanding of strategic developments in the area of power, control, and optimization.
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14. |  Fundamentals of Power Electronics with MATLAB® By: Randall Shaffer Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 11-AUG-2006 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fundamentals of Power Electronics with MATLAB® Most power electronics textbooks use PSpice for the simulation of
circuits, even though MATLAB is a much easier and user-friendly
tool. Fundamentals of Power Electronics Using MATLAB teaches
students and engineers how to use MATLAB as a simulation and
computational tool for power electronics. Designed as a hands-on
reference, the scope of the material in the text is not as broad as
other reference-style texts, thus making the material less
intimidating and more attainable to the reader. Each portion of the
text starts with an example based on the section material, followed
by a detailed...
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15. |  Power System Design and Applications for Alternative Energy Sources By: Khalil Denno - Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 01-OCT-1988 Insert Date: 04-AUG-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power System Design and Applications for Alternative Energy Sources Reference describing the non-traditional (non-fossil or nuclear)
fuels and suggestions for optimal use....
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16. |  Power System Transient Stability Analysis Using the Transient Energy Function Method Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 01-AUG-1991 Insert Date: 04-AUG-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power System Transient Stability Analysis Using the Transient Energy Function Method This book details the state of the art in the development and
application of the transient energy function (TEF) method as a tool
for power system transient stability assessment. It provides both
the analytical foundations of the TEF method and the practical
issues involved in the application of the method to analyze power
systems. Of primary interest to electric utility engineers who need
to understand and apply the technique, as well as engineers in
research organizations involved in research and development
projects on power system dynamics, and utility engineers interested
in the use of...
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