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Books in Electric power

This portfolio covers the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power, including grid management, smart grids, and emerging technologies. Supporting researchers, engineers, and policymakers, it features cutting-edge innovations, system optimization, and reliability studies. With a focus on sustainability and efficiency, these resources address challenges in modern power systems, integrating renewable sources and smart technologies to ensure resilient and sustainable electricity supply for society.

  • Intelligent Management of Energy Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Md Shafiullah + 3 more
    • English
    Intelligent Management of Energy Systems provides a holistic overview of the opportunities for utilising artificial intelligence to optimize modern energy systems, including system dynamics, components, and business perspectives. This book begins with an overview of energy system dynamics, followed by detailed step-by-step breakdowns of critical artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, as well as methods for assessing greenhouse-gas emissions. Further chapters spotlight microgrids, high-voltage testing for essential components such as circuit breakers and transformers, and perspectives from business and social disciplines. Designed for students, engineers, and researchers, Intelligent Management of Energy Systems combines clear, foundational methodologies, technical implementation, and business perspectives: a robust toolkit for AI utilization in energy system optimization.

  • Fundamentals and Power Engineering of Electrochemical Energy Conversion Devices

    Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Electrolyzers
    • 1st Edition
    • Pei-Wen Li + 4 more
    • English
    Fundamentals and Power Engineering of Electrochemical Energy Conversion Devices: Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Electrolyzers guides energy students and engineers through the essential principles and applications of modern electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices. The book begins by introducing the types, components, and roles of electrochemical energy conversion devices in modern sustainable energy systems before breaking down their thermodynamic energy systems and chemical-to-electric energy conversion. Later chapters delve into energy management strategies, examining efficiency considerations and control and mitigation strategies for irreversible losses.Physical design, materials, and performance degradation for system reliability, and finally analysis, simulation and test technologies are given close attention. Collating practical and technical foundations in one holistic resource, this book supports energy scientists to leverage opportunities in energy storage, transmission, and conversion using electrochemical devices in sustainable energy systems.

  • Aviation Electrification

    Design, Technologies, and Energy Source Integration for Electronic Power Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • Tao Yang + 2 more
    • English
    Aviation Electrification: Design, Technologies, and Energy Source Integration for Electronic Power Systems presents the latest developments in the emerging area of electric-powered aircraft. Sections move from essential considerations for electric aircraft design to cutting-edge applications and case studies. A holistic approach covers generation, distribution, and control, as well as challenges for energy management, storage, and EMC/EMI. Collecting some of the best-known names in the field, the book will bring students, researchers, and engineers up-to-date on the electric aircraft technology and the next great challenges in achieving sustainable air transport.

  • Plant Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation

    Cyber Security, IIoT, AR, VR, Big Data and Plant Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume IV
    • Swapan Basu
    • English
    Plant Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation: Cyber Security, IIoT, AR, VR, Big Data & Plant Applications is an expansive four volume collection reviewing every major aspect of the intelligent automation and digital transformation of power, process and manufacturing plants, from the specific control and automation systems pertinent to various power process plants through manufacturing and factory automation systems.The fourth volume, Plant System Security and IIoT applications reviews the challenges of plant cybersecurity threats to newly digitized networks and their mitigation using IIoT security applications. In order to understand variations of controls in different plants, detailed discussions are presented on plant and industry types. Through appendices required additional details on various transmission media, SCADA/Telemetry, simulation, fault tolerance/fault tolerant network, electrical area classification, enclosure class and intrinsic safety have been included to make the entire volume consistent.

  • Electric Vehicle Conductive and Wireless Charging Technologies

    Power Electronics for Grid Integration
    • 1st Edition
    • Yiming Zhang + 1 more
    • English
    Electric Vehicle Conductive and Wireless Charging Technologies: Power Electronics for Grid Integration provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and challenges in the field of electric vehicle charging technology. The book begins by providing a clear assessment of the research history and context before proposing a set of implantation standards for both conductive and wireless charging. Each charging technology is given a detailed assessment, and the two are contrasted in a variety of case studies and scenarios. Specific challenges such as wide-voltage-gain efficient conductive charging and misalignment tolerance and interoperability in wireless charging are presented, with potential solutions.Critically... auxiliary systems from positioning to foreign object detection are put in context, and a practical assessment of integration challenge is provided. This book equips students, researchers, and engineer with a holistic view of the challenges, cutting-edge research landscape, and integration opportunities related to EV wireless and conductive charging.

  • Handbook of Power-to-X Systems

    Processes, Technologies, and Simulation Models
    • 1st Edition
    • Francesco Liberato Cappiello + 3 more
    • English
    Handbook of Power-to-X Systems: Processes, Technologies, and Simulation Models is a comprehensive guidebook on Power-to-X technologies, leading the energy engineer from fundamental principles of these electrochemical techniques to complex practical applications for conversion and management in energy systems. This book begins with an overview of the Power-to-X background, clarifying fundamental questions of components, frameworks, uses in sustainable energy, and the history of the technology. This is followed by in-depth analysis of the essential techniques electrolysis and carbon capture, including methods of modelling and practicalities for implementation.Addit... chapters break down the role of various power-to-X processes, with Power-to-Gas, Power-to-Liquids, Power-to-Chemicals, Power-to-Heat, and Power-to-Power assessed, along with pragmatic guidance on regulatory and policy frameworks and assessments of environmental and social impacts. Finally, the book covers innovations and future technologies and provides a wealth of resources for the energy engineer to build understanding.

  • Smart Penetration of Electric Vehicles in Distribution Grids

    • 1st Edition
    • Linni Jian + 1 more
    • English
    Smart Penetration of Electric Vehicles in Distribution Grids offers in-depth knowledge on how to optimize electric vehicle charging and grid integration in a range of novel and traditional distribution architectures. The book begins with a rigorous foundation in the mathematical modeling required and provides extensive analysis of regulatory standards, thus ensuring readers can maximize the practical potential of these technologies. Later chapters dig deeply into novel distribution architectures and the opportunities in nano- and microgrids, as well as peak load management and voltage stability enhancement and other aspects of optimization and control of EV charging demand in active power distribution grids.Designed for students, researchers, and engineers, Smart Penetration of Electric Vehicles in Distribution Grids combines theoretical knowledge with practical case studies, regulatory guidance, and industry insight.

  • Renewable-to-Vehicle Smart Charging

    Planning, Modeling, and Load Forecasting for Grid Integration
    • 1st Edition
    • Saleh Aghajan-Eshkevari + 4 more
    • English
    Renewable-to-Vehicle Smart Charging: Planning, Modeling, and Load Forecasting for Grid Integration offering a multidisciplinary approach to integrating electric vehicle charging needs into renewable-powered grids.This book begins with an overview of fundamental technical challenges, tariff mechanisms, and successful implementation examples for renewable-to-vehicle smart charging. Subsequent chapters detail cutting-edge machine learning and Internet-of-Things techniques for load-forecasting and charging resilience, before guiding readers through planning considerations including energy trading methods, fuel-cell vehicles, charging points size and location, and uncertainty modeling.Combining a step-by-step grounding in key challenges and opportunities with practical case studies in the latest ML and AI technologies, Renewable-to-Vehicle Smart Charging: Planning, Modeling, and Load Forecasting for Grid Integration will support students, researchers, and engineers in integrating electric vehicle charging to the renewable-based grids of the future.

  • Tidal Energy Systems

    Design, Optimization and Control
    • 2nd Edition
    • Vikas Khare + 3 more
    • English
    Tidal Energy Systems: Design, Optimization, and Control, Second Edition reflects the rapid transformation in the energy sector being driven by technological innovations, environmental challenges, and market dynamics. The book covers artificial intelligence applications for design and optimization, advanced data analysis techniques, and integration with smart grids while also addressing sustainability and efficiency. By focusing on interdisciplinary aspects, the book serves as a crucial resource for understanding the complexities of designing, optimizing, and controlling tidal energy infrastructures. It explores a variety of critical areas, including fundamentals, prefeasibility analysis, optimum sizing and modeling, control systems, and reliability assessments of tidal power plants.It also emphasizes the role of artificial intelligence and data analysis in enhancing the performance and maintenance of tidal energy systems. Other significant topics include decision science and operational management, providing readers with a holistic view of the tidal energy sector and the tools necessary for effective implementation and management of tidal energy projects.

  • Stochastic Planning and Modeling for Energy Systems

    Methods, Applications, and Developments
    • 1st Edition
    • Miadreza Shafie-khah
    • English
    Stochastic Planning and Modeling for Energy Systems: Methods, Applications, and Developments acts as a comprehensive resource on both modeling and planning techniques for stochastic methods in power systems, spanning from scenario generation and reduction to investment and operational planning under uncertainty. Chapters demonstrate modeling systems with multiple, interacting uncertainties, load, renewables, network constraints, prices, and how to use these models for robust investment and operational planning. Methods, applications, and the latest developments, including stochastic methods to generation, distribution, capacity investment, DER siting, and demand-side flexibility, especially under high shares of renewables and EVs are presented.Additional... real-world planning challenges, including capacity expansion, microgrid design, and integration of new technologies like hydrogen, batteries, and supercapacitors are examined. Real-world case studies and algorithms are included to demonstrate stochastic workflows and methods. This is a valuable reference for transmission and distribution operators, system planners, market designers, power-system engineers, energy analysts, and MSc-level graduate students in power systems engineering.

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