Springer Virtual Power Plant System Integration Technology (Power Systems)

This book focuses on building air conditioning demand response and power storage batteries as the resources that make up the virtual power plant. The research and its outcomes presented in this book provide an overview of virtual power plant technology. The contents focus on both fundamentals and advanced topics such as role of central power supply control office, battery charge and discharge control system, power system simulation, system design for practical application, etc. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing insight to students, engineers, and researchers in the field of power systems From the Back Cover This book focuses on building air conditioning demand response and power storage batteries as the resources that make up the virtual power plant. The research and its outcomes presented in this book provide an overview of virtual power plant technology. The contents focus on both fundamentals and advanced topics such as role of central power supply control office, battery charge and discharge control system, power system simulation, system design for practical application, etc. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing insight to students, engineers, and researchers in the field of power systems About the Author Prof. Chuzo Ninagawa is Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan. Dr. Ninagawa has been Executive Chief Engineer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., which is one of the largest hi-tech manufacturers in Japan. His research interests span various topics of smart grid, with special focus on virtual power plant (VPP) with a large-scale aggregation of fast automated demand responses. He has published over 110 academic papers and three advanced research books.