Distributed Generation: 01 (Energy Engineering) - Softcover

Nick Jenkins; G. Strbac; Janaka Ekanayake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863419585 ISBN 13: 9780863419584

Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009

Synopsis

Over several decades, models, techniques and application tools were developed that recognised the central nature of generation, and there are many excellent texts that relate to and describe the assessment of such systems. However, some very specific features of distributed generation, namely that large numbers of relatively small generators are distributed around the system, often connected into relatively weak distribution networks mean that existing techniques and practices have had to be reviewed and updated to take these features into account. The questions raised by large numbers of distributed generators and their control within a de-regulated commercial environment (Virtual Power Plants), Active Network Management and Microgrids are also addressed. This book is the outcome of the authors experience teaching courses on Distributed Generation to undergraduate and MSc students in the UK, USA and Sri Lanka. Many Universities are now offering courses on Renewable Energy and how sustainable, low-carbon generation can be integrated effectively into the distribution system. The book has four tutorial chapters (with examples and questions) to provide fundamental material for those without a strong electrical engineering background. Non-specialists may then benefit from the main body of the text once they have studied the tutorial material.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Jenkins was at the University of Manchester (UMIST) from 1992 to 2008. He then moved to Cardiff University where he is now Professor of Renewable Energy. He is a Fellow of the IET, IEEE and Royal Academy of Engineering and has been the Shimizu Visiting Professor at Stanford University. Janaka Ekanayake is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. Prior to this he was a Professor at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has more than 15 years of research experience in the field of renewable energy. Goran Strbac is Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Imperial College, London. He joined Imperial College in 2005 after 11 years at the University of Manchester (UMIST) and 10 years of industrial and research experience.

About this edition

• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0863419585
• ISBN 13: 9780863419584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272