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With the development of network communication technology and mobile terminal equipment, mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is becoming more and more widely used. It is composed of a group of terminal equipment and routing function of the communication network composed of autonomous systems, also known as wireless ad hoc network. When the nodes located in it can move, it is called mobile ad hoc network...
The objectives set for smart grids are as diverse as they are exciting and ambitious. Instead of overloads, bottlenecks and blackouts, smart grids will ensure the reliability, sustainability and efficiency of the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSEs). Therefore, EVSEs and Electric Vehicles (EVs) must integrate wireless communication between them to discover the availability and make pre-reservations...
As a vital part of the Smart Grid concept, load participation has been widely accepted and applied by power industries. As an effective tool to improve reliability, stability, and financial efficiency of the power grids, Demand response (DR) has brought numerous financial and technical benefits to power systems. As one of the price-based DR programs with less control costs, the Time-of-Use (TOU) program...
In the near future Smart Grid will be able to monitor and control key elements in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy to the end-user. This concept is in full development, but it will take a lot of time to achieve "maturity". Activities like consumer education, development of standards, technology improvement need to be carried out so that the concept of Smart Grid takes...
The efficient and reliable handling of numerous communicating devices responsible for the monitoring and control of the distribution grid constitutes one of the key challenges for the realization of the smart grid. Cellular technology relying on LTE-based standards has been identified as a promising option to support advanced distribution-grid operations with stringent communication requirements....
Electrical energy is now the biggest driving force on earth. The dependence and widespread use of electricity has its equivalent pros and cons. Thus modernization of the traditional grid system in order to overcome the major setbacks is the need of hour. Making use of advanced tools and development of various applications for evolution of conventional system is the major lead for smart grid. Demand...
Conventional power network capabilities have improved and enhanced by the smart grid but at the same time making it more vulnerable to different types of attacks. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to breakdown integrity and confidentiality and permit access to the network. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is one of the significant ways to provide secure and reliable services in a smart grid...
Smart islanding in outage context is one of smart grid advantages based on integration of distributed generations and evolution of communication infrastructure. Outages are caused in major cases by weather and affect an important population in the word. Renewable resource can be a solution to supply demands in islanded region and can have the role of main utility duration outage period. This paper...
There has been a lot of research in developing technologies and strategies to make Smart Grid a practical reality. Research has focussed on a wide range of domains like communication technologies and protocols, infrastructure reliability and availability, designing of intelligent applications and distribution automation. However, to make Smart Grid to be widely accepted and adopted by the community,...
Researchers and Engineers devoted to power systems studies face nowadays challenges that may change the way customers and utilities interact. This is because the advent of smart grids and microgrids enables one to consider the possibility of a customer playing as a provider, depending on the system condition. This raises the concept of "prosumers", when an entity may become, depending on...
The objective of this paper is to develop a Multi Agent System (MAS) for Outage Management in electrical energy management of a micro-grid. We consider a grid associated micro-grid which contains two systems each contains solar Photo Voltaic (PV) system, wind system, a local consumer, and a battery. First we calculate the load trends and solar and wind power produced in the two solar units. Then we...
Capacitors have been installed in distribution systems for improving power factor, improving the voltage profile, increasing the power flow through the transformers and cables and reduction of power losses. A lot of research has been done in this regard. In this work, we propose to install capacitors in a future smart grid where Demand Side Management (DSM) can be utilized as a resource in system...
A mini-scaled pulsed power network operation is demonstrated. This scheme of smart grid was proposed in my previous papers and the basic operation was already demonstrated. In this exhibition, an advanced performance of the pulsed power network is demonstrated where electric pulses are autonomously transmitted among users according to current demands of consumers through pre-reserved transmission...
This paper reviews the technical background of electric vehicle technology and its applications. A number of important concepts frequently used in this field are explained, and the technical details, including the theoretical principles, are given alongside practical systems pertaining to several kinds of electric charging piles. It critically appraises a number of state-of-the-art research progresses...
This paper proposes a practical time-phased model to analyze the vulnerability of power systems over a time horizon, in which the scheduled maintenance of network facilities is considered. This model is deemed as an efficient tool that could be used by system operators to assess whether how their systems become vulnerable giving a set of scheduled facility outages. The final model is presented as...
Growth in population and new innovation in consumer goods has triggered the manifold demand for more electricity. On the contrary, limited availability of traditional sources of electrical power has not made to the matching demand. There is a need to address this with a plan for an intelligent power management system and effective distribution to reduce energy wastage. It also invites new paradigm...
State Governments across the globe have an ambitious plan to transform the existing and new cities into “SMART CITY” with very objective to make cities “Livable”, “Reliable”, “Safe”, and “Comfortable” for citizens. Smart Grid is an inherent and integral part of the Smart City Program. Smart Grid in Smart City ensures Reliable, Safe and Quality Power 24/7 to its citizens at reasonable rates. However...
Demand Side Management (DSM), one of the most important aspects of the future smart distribution networks, allows consumers to positively participate in controlling energy usage and achieving generation-load balance with minimal cost. In this paper, three reliability evaluation scenarios of a distribution system using Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) will be discussed. In the first case, only the peak...
Utilities striving for Maintenance Excellence recognize that they can only reach this goal by continuing to mature their Strategic Asset Management Programs. They need to move beyond time-based preventive maintenance for their most critical assets. The Smart Grid introduces critical technologies which can help them make this move. Digital Substations, for example, are delivering vast amounts of raw...
Smart grids are considered as one of the most revolutionary technologies in the field of power and communication. However, security management of such a big infrastructure is a key challenge for the research community of the world. In this context, this paper provides the major security goals of smart grid systems along with classification of different vulnerabilities. Additionally, we also present...
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