Discusses an intelligent architecture for future power grids and presents resiliency and reliability matrices of future power grids

Explores the optimization of sustainable microgrids, virtual power plants, and energy management

Examines the multi-agent system for distributed control and operation of distributed energy resources by focusing on modeling, control and operation of smart grids

Autorentext
Dr. Nava Raj Karki obtained his MSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Belarussian National Technical University, Minsk in 1995 and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2011. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 1995 and is currently an Associate Professor and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan. He is actively involved in IEEE activities and is the founding Vice Chair of the IEEE Nepal Subsection. Dr. Karki very actively promotes AcademiaIndustry collaboration in the Institute of Engineering and various multilateral initiatives like Erasmus Mundus Programme. He has published several papers on power system planning, reliability, distributed generation and restructuring and published a book on Electrical Engineering Materials (Narosa Series in Power and Energy Systems; Alpha Science International, 2007).

Dr. Bishnu P. Bhattarai obtained his MSc in Power System Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Osaka Sangyo University, Japan in 2010, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark in 2015. He served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal from 2010 to 2012. From 2016, Dr. Bhattarai has been working as a researcher in the Department of Power and Energy System at the Idaho National Laboratory, USA. He is actively involved in professional activities, such as an executive committee member of the IEEE Eastern Idaho Section, Track chair of Smart Grid of IEEE Conferences on Technologies for Sustainability, and a regular reviewer of more than 15 international journals. His publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and as conference publications in the area of energy security, smart grid, microgrid, demand response, grid resiliency, and cyber-physical power system.

Dr. Ajit Kumar Verma is a Professor (Technical Safety) at ATØM, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, Norway. He was earlier a Professor with the Reliability Engineering/Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) for around 15 years with a research focus on reliability, risk and safety engineering in various domains. He is also a Guest Professor at the Lulea University of Technology, Sweden and was an adjunct at the University of Stavanger, Norway. He is the Series Editor of Springer series 'Reliable & Sustainable Electric Power and Energy Systems Management' and has jointly edited books published by Springer titled 'Reliability and Risk Evaluation of Wind Integrated Power Systems' (2013), 'Reliability Modeling and Analysis of Smart Power Systems' (2014), 'Current Trends in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and SafetyAn Industry Perspective' (2016), and 'Sustainable Power Systems' (2017), , and is also an author of books titled 'Fuzzy Reliability Engineering Concepts and Applications' (Narosa, 2007), 'Optimal Maintenance of Large Engineering System Practical Strategies for Effective Decision Making' (Narosa, 2012), 'Reliability and Safety Engineering' (Springer, 2015), 'Dependability of Networked Computer Based Systems' (Springer, 2011), and 'Risk Management of Non-Renewable Energy Systems' (Springer, 2015). He has more than 250 publications in various journals and conferences. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a life fellow of the IETE. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the journal OPSEARCH published by Springer (January 2008January 2011) as well as the Founder Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSAEM), and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Life Cycle Reliability and Safety Engineering , both published by Springer. He is on the editorial board of various international journals. He has served as a Guest Editor of Special Issues of journals including IEEE Transactions on Reliability (March 2011).

Dr. Rajesh Karki obtained his BE degree in Electrical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College (renamed National Institute of Technology), Durgapur, West Bengal, India in 1991, and MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Power Engineering in 1997 and 2000, respectively, from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He worked for academic institutions and different industries in Nepal between 1991 and 1995, and for GE Industrial Systems, Peterborough, ON, Canada during 20002002. He joined the University of Saskatchewan, Canada as an Assistant Professor in 2002, where he currently serves as a Professor. During 20052012, he chaired the Power Systems Research Group at the University of Saskatchewan. He has served in various capacities in conferences, workshops, and guest lectures in Canada and abroad and has published over 80 papers in reputable international journals and peer-reviewed conferences. Dr. Karki has completed several consulting projects on system planning and reliability for Canadian electric utilities. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Professional Engineer in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. His research interests include power system reliability and planning, and reliability modeling and analysis of renewable energy systems.

Inhalt
Introduction.- 1. Development of Intelligent Control and Operational Architecture of Future Power Grid.- 2. Intelligent Control and Operation of Microgrid.- 3. Multi-Time Scale Control and Energy Management of Smart Microgrid.- 4. Defining and Developing Resilient Matrices for Electric Grids with High Penetrations of Renewables.- 5. Multi-Agent System Design and Control for Demand Response.- 6. Distributed Control of Very High Penetration of Renewables.- 7. Parallel Computing and Control of Smart Grid.- 8. Virtual Power Plant: Design, Control, and Management.- 9. Power and Communication Co-Simulation in Smart Grid.- 10. Real-World Demonstration of Demand Response and Intelligent Control in Smart Grid.