Embedded Systems for Smart Appliances and Energy Management

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded systems for smart appliances and energy management, bringing together for the first time a multidisciplinary blend of topics from embedded systems, information technology and power engineering. Coverage includes challenges for future resource distribution grids, energy management in smart appliances, micro energy generation, demand response management, ultra-low power stand by, smart standby and communication networks in home and building automation.

List of contents

Demand-Responsive Management for Dependable Power Grids.- Intelligent Small-Scale Decentralized Energy Systems.- Model-Based Design of Smart Appliances.- Wireless Network Standards for Building Automation.- Smart Embedded Appliances Networks: Security Considerations.- Embedded and Integrated Platforms for Energy Management.- Power Supplies for Low Power Smart Appliances.- Energy Measurement Techniques for Smart Metering.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded systems for smart appliances and energy management, bringing together for the first time a multidisciplinary blend of topics from embedded systems, information technology and power engineering.  Coverage includes challenges for future resource distribution grids, energy management in smart appliances, micro energy generation, demand response management, ultra-low power stand by, smart standby and communication networks in home and building automation.

Report

From the reviews:
"This book introduces the field of embedded systems for energy management ... . This material is intended for readers working on the next generation of decentralized smart energy systems and people faced with the need to optimize future energy use with information technology. ... this book represents an important source of information on the latest efforts to improve actual and future energy management through the use of smart appliances and embedded systems." (Gonzalo Peralta Villavicencio, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)

Product details

• Assisted by: Christoph Grimm (Editor), Stefan Mahlknecht (Editor), Pete Neumann (Editor), Peter Neumann (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2010
• EAN: 9781441987945
• ISBN: 978-1-4419-8794-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 243 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 150 p.
• Series: Embedded Systems; Embedded Systems
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, energy systems, biotechnology, Renewable Energy, engineering, The environment, Electrical Engineering, environmental science, engineering & technology, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Circuits and Systems, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Efficiency, Electrical Power Engineering, Renewable energy resources, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Mechanical Power Engineering, Environmental engineering, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Energy technology and engineering