CRC Press Smart Grid Fundamentals: Energy Generation, Transmission and Distribution (Nano and Energy)

Product Description This book covers electric energy generation, transmission, and distribution in the context of smart grids, smart grid communication, power electronics, computational intelligence, advanced metering, and monitoring infrastructure. Core issues discussed are distribution systems as the heart of the smart grid, smart monitoring, demand side management, and smart grid design, as well as power system and smart grid issues associated with integration of renewable energy sources into the electric grid. About the Author Radian Belu is an assistant professor of electrical engineering technology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, and a research assistant professor of renewable energy at Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA. He holds one Ph.D in physics and the other in electric power engineering. Before joining Drexel University, Dr. Belu held faculty, research, and industry positions at universities, research institutes, and utility companies in Romania, Canada, and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, microgrids, renewable energy, communication, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and applied physics in Romania, Canada, and the United States.