"Research Trends and Challenges in Smart Grids" ed. by Alfredo Vaccaro, Ahmed Faheem Zobaa, Prabhakar Karthikeyan Shanmugam

This book introduces the most promising enabling technologies and methodologies for smart grids. It not only focuses on technological breakthroughs and roadmaps in implementing these technologies, but also presents the much-needed sharing of best practices, demonstrating the potential role of smart grid functions in improving the technical, economic, and environmental performance of modern power distribution systems.

This can be achieved by allowing for massive pervasion of dispersed generating units, increasing the hosting capacity of renewable power generators, reducing active power losses and atmospheric emissions, and improving system flexibility.



Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Open Problems and Enabling Methodologies for Smart Grids
2.Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicles as Enablers for Low-Carbon Future
3.A Distributed Optimization Method for Optimal Energy Management in Smart Grid
4.Voltage Regulation in Smart Grids
5.A Reliable Communication Model Based on IEEE802.15.4 for WSANs in Smart Grids
6.Microgrid
7.Solid-State Transformer for Energy Efficiency Enhancement
8.Hybrid Modeling Procedure of Li-Ion Battery Modules for Reproducing Wide Frequency Applications in Electric Systems