The Networked Control and Optimization of the Smart Grid
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 1221
Special Issue Editor
Interests: autonomous systems; electric grid enhancements and resilience drones; sensors; communications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While the concept has been seemingly understood for decades, there is an increasing awareness that a utility’s infrastructure does not operate in isolation, but is rather closely coupled; this is especially as the electric grid morphs from a singular structure to a networked design. The interdependencies of these networked infrastructure components/subsystems exhibit spatial, temporal, operational, and organizational characteristics. For example, the tight coupling between a grid’s infrastructure elements can depend on their geography, simultaneously directly affecting or influencing their operations according to location and potentially inducing cascading failures in a wide area.
Specifically, the operation of networked utility systems such as microgrids places additional constraints on traditional SCADA control systems. As the networks increase in size, the complexity of the interaction of multiple technologies may cause unforeseen operations. This Special Issue, entitled “The Networked Control and Optimization of the Smart Grid” highlights a variety of such intersecting technical areas.
Prof. Dr. Peter L. Fuhr
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sensors
- communications
- intelligent systems
- agent-based networks
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