Microgrids for Rural Areas: Research and Case Studies

This book focuses on the challenges of rural electrification, particularly in poorer regions. It covers low voltage DC distribution system for various applications including charging of electric vehicles (EV).

List of contents

• Part I: Fundamentals
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Overview of microgrids for rural areas and low-voltage applications
  
  
  • Chapter 2: Microgrid architectures
  
  
  • Chapter 3: The microgrid investment and planning in rural locations
  
  
  
  
  
• Part II: Optimization, control and storage
  
  
  • Chapter 4: Assessment of energy saving for integrated CVR control with large-scale electric vehicle connections in microgrids
  
  
  • Chapter 5: Application of energy storage technologies on energy management of microgrids
  
  
  • Chapter 6: Control technique for integration of smart dc microgrid to the utility grid
  
  
  • Chapter 7: Energy management system of a microgrid using particle swarm optimization (PSO) and communication system
  
  
  • Chapter 8: Reconfiguration of distribution network using different optimization techniques
  
  
  • Chapter 9: Intelligent optimization scheduling of isolated microgrids considering energy storage integration, traditional generation, and renewable energy uncertainty costs
  
  
  • Chapter 10: ADMM-based consensus droop control and distributed pinning droop control of isolated AC microgrids
  
  
  
  
  
• Part III: Converters
  
  
  • Chapter 11: Extendable multiple outputs hybrid converter for AC/DC microgrid
  
  
  • Chapter 12: Multi-input converters for distributed energy resources in microgrids
  
  
  • Chapter 13: Modeling and control of DC-DC converters for DC microgrid application
  
  
  
  
  
• Part IV: Case studies
  
  
  • Chapter 14: Case studies of microgrids systems
  
  
  • Chapter 15: Smart grid road map and challenges for Turkey
  
  
  • Chapter 16: Nanogrids: good practices and challenges in the projects in Colombia
  
  
  • Chapter 17: Distributed generation deployment in the Libyan MV network: adverse impacts on practised protection scheme in the DN
  
  
  • Chapter 18: Conclusions and future scopes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Product details

• Assisted by: Kalpana Chauhan (Editor), Rajeev Kumar Chauhan (Editor), Kalpana (Editor), Rajeev Kumar (Editor), Sri Niwas Singh (Editor), Sri Niwas (Editor)
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781785619984
• ISBN: 978-1-78561-998-4
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 241 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 953 g
• Series: Energy Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Technology & Industrial Arts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Electrical