Smart Grid - by Lars T Berger & Krzysztof Iniewski (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>For many, smart grids are the biggest technological revolution since the Internet. They have the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, increase the reliability of electricity supply, and increase the efficiency of our energy infrastructure.</p> <p><i>Smart Grid Applications, Communications, and Security</i> explains how diverse technologies play hand-in-hand in building and maintaining smart grids around the globe. The book delves into the communication aspects of smart grids, provides incredible insight into power electronics, sensing, monitoring, and control technologies, and points out the potential for new technologies and markets.</p> <p>Extensively cross-referenced, the book contains comprehensive coverage in four major parts: </p> <ul> <li><i>Part I: </i> <b>Applications</b> provides a detailed introduction to smart grid applications--spanning the transmission, distribution, and consumer side of the electricity grid</li> <li><i>Part II: </i> <b>Communications</b> discusses wireless, wireline, and optical communication solutions--from the physical layers up to sensing, automation, and control protocols running on the application layers</li> <li><i>Part III: </i> <b>Security</b> deals with cyber security--sharpening the awareness of security threats, reviewing the ongoing standardization, and outlining the future of authentication and encryption key management</li> <li><i>Part IV: </i> <b>Case Studies and Field Trials</b> presents self-contained chapters of studies where the smart grid of tomorrow has already been put into practice With contributions from major industry stakeholders such as Siemens, Cisco, ABB, and Motorola, this is the ideal book for both engineering professionals and students.</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Smart Grid <p>Applications, Communications, and Security <p>For many, smart grids are the biggest technological revolution since the Internet. They have the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, increase the reliability of electricity supply, and increase the efficiency of our energy infrastructure. <p><i>Smart Grid Applications, Communications, and Security</i> explains how diverse technologies play hand-in-hand in building and maintaining smart grids around the globe. The book delves into the communication aspects of smart grids, provides incredible insight into power electronics, sensing, monitoring, and control technologies, and points out the potential for new technologies and markets. <p>Extensively cross-referenced, the book contains comprehensive coverage in four major parts: <ul> <li><i>Part I: </i> <b>Applications</b> provides a detailed introduction to smart grid applications--spanning the transmission, distribution, and consumer side of the electricity grid</li> <li><i>Part II: </i> <b>Communications</b> discusses wireless, wireline, and optical communication solutions--from the physical layers up to sensing, automation, and control protocols running on the application layers</li> <li><i>Part III: </i> <b>Security</b> deals with cyber security--sharpening the awareness of security threats, reviewing the ongoing standardization, and outlining the future of authentication and encryption key management</li> <li><i>Part IV: </i> <b>Case Studies and Field Trials</b> presents self-contained chapters of studies where the smart grid of tomorrow has already been put into practice</li> </ul> <p>With contributions from major industry stakeholders such as Siemens, Cisco, ABB, and Motorola, this is the ideal book for both engineering professionals and students.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"I highly recommend the very complete reference book Smart Grid Applications, Communications, and Security<i>, </i> edited by Lars T. Berger, Ph.D., and Krzysztof Iniewski, Ph.D., to any engineers, power utility executives, business leaders, policy makers, government officials, and engineering students who are seeking a useful overview of the various aspects of the smart grid and its impact. This book will provide the essential foundation to understanding the smart grid, and will lead to further more specialized research and study as well." (<i>Blog Business World</i>, 2012)</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>LARS TORSTEN BERGER, PHD, </b> is founder of BreezeSolve, a Valencia-based company offering engineering and consultant services in telecommunications, signal processing, and smart grid. He is currently also directing the R&D Department of Kenus Informática, Paterna, Spain. In his career, Dr. Berger has worked for Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Nortel Networks, Nokia Networks, as well as DS2, and has held faculty positions at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. <p><b>KRZYSZTOF (KRIS) INIEWSKI, PHD, </b> is managing R&D at Redlen Technologies Inc., a start-up company in Vancouver, Canada. Redlen's revolutionary production process for advanced semiconductor materials enables a new generation of more accurate, all-digital, radiation-based imaging solutions. Dr. Iniewski is also Executive Director of CMOS Emerging Technologies. In his career, Dr. Iniewski has held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, SFU, and PMC-Sierra Inc. He has published over 100 research papers in international journals and conferences, holds eighteen international patents, and has written and edited several books.
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