A Perspective on the Future of Distribution: Smart Grids, State of the Art, Benefits and Research Plans

Miceli, R.; Favuzza, Salvatore; Genduso, F.

doi:10.4236/epe.2013.51005

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“…In the energy sector, the progressive penetration of Distributed Generation (multiple sources of small scale power generation) brings deep changes in the design of the grid [20]. At the same time, the penetration of a large number of power electronic devices (PVs, heat pumps, smart meters) has brought major changes in the volume of collected data.…”

Section: Big Data and Data Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualization Techniques for Electrical Grid Smart Metering Data: A Survey

Stefan

Lopez²,

Andreasen³

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE Third International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications (BigDataService)

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One of the considerable initiatives towards creating a smart society could be the guarantee of a smart, resilient and reliable power grid. As an attempt to improve the electricity supply service, it would be meaningful for the distributed system operators (DSOs) to be able to monitor the current status of the grid. The prediction of future possible critical situations would then be feasible using the available information, whereas, based on historical data, further grid expansion and reinforcement may be planned. A proper presentation and visualization of the near-real time metering data may constitute the baseline for bringing improvements to the power grid. This paper presents an approach to build an efficient visualization system so that the extracted smart meters information can be used in a meaningful manner. An overview of the use cases related to the visualization features is first presented, as a motivation for the choice of the relevant state of the art research. In relation to the knowledge provided by the metering data, a definition of the big data concept will be further introduced, according to the requirements established by the project definition. Geographic Information System (GIS) tools are useful to help visualize the collected big data in near-real time. For this reason, a survey of existing GIS software will be made so that the choice of the most suitable tool can be justified. Also, the integration of GIS technologies into the Common Information Model (CIM) aims to improve the visualization efficiency. As a consequence, investigating methods for adapting CIM standards to the GIS platform are also important.

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Section: Big Data and Data Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visualization Techniques for Electrical Grid Smart Metering Data: A Survey

Stefan

Lopez²,

Andreasen³

et al. 2017

2017 IEEE Third International Conference on Big Data Computing Service and Applications (BigDataService)

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“…It can be considered similar to the active network cell, since it is provided with a local control system that rules the exchanges of energy among the loads, generators and external network; moreover, it can stay in intentional islanding configuration, disabling the loads that accept to be part of a "load curtailment" program [13,14]. …”

Section: Micro-gridsmentioning

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Energy Management and Smart Grids

Miceli

2013

Energies

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The paper outlines energy management concepts and the smart grid evolution. The necessity of considering energy management as a crucial innovation in load supplying to permit a more powerful penetration of renewable energy usage at the building and city level and to perform energy savings and CO 2 emissions reduction is pointed out. The driving factors to enhance the current power distribution are presented, and the benefits concerning smart grids are underlined. In the paper, a specific energy management analysis is reported by considering all the electric value chain, and the demand-side management and distributed on site control actions are described. To verify the benefit of energy management control actions, a house simulator and a grid simulator are here presented and the results discussed in three different scenarios. Moreover, in the paper, the evaluation of ecological benefits are reported, and a cost benefit analysis of the energy management system is performed. Results pointed out that with the standard control actions, the system is not economic for the end user, and only by using energy management systems with renewable energy, in site production remunerative energy savings can be reached. Finally the evolution of smart grids is presented, focusing on potential benefits and technical problems. The active grids, microgrids and virtual utility are described, and final consideration on hypothetical scenarios is presented in the conclusion.

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“…The transformation of the old and obsolete EPS toward a new and modern one is an inexorable fact, but this transition, as mentioned before, certainly will not be through an abrupt process but by gradual stages of restructuring [2]. Solutions that demand the radical change or replacement of the legacy system impose high costs that often make it impossible to implement.…”

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SmartLVGrid Platform—Convergence of Legacy Low-Voltage Circuits toward the Smart Grid Paradigm

et al. 2019

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The current electrical system is transitioning towards a new technological model called the smart grid. The transition duration between the traditional Electric Power System (EPS) and the full smart grid depends on well-designed strategic plans, implementing transition models that are as close to smart grids as possible, based on the processes and technological resources available at the time, but always considering their economic feasibility, without which no solution thrives. In this article, we present a method for convergence of the traditional power distribution grid to the smart grid paradigm by retrofitting the legacy circuits that compose this grid. Our results indicate that the application of such a method, through a distributed system platform with integrated technological resources added to the legacy infrastructure, converts these passive grids into intelligent circuits capable of supporting the implementation of a smart grid with a broad scope of functionalities. Based on a novel retrofitting strategy, the solution is free from the cost of replacing or significantly modifying the legacy infrastructure, as verified in deploying other currently available solutions.

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A Perspective on the Future of Distribution: Smart Grids, State of the Art, Benefits and Research Plans

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Visualization Techniques for Electrical Grid Smart Metering Data: A Survey

Visualization Techniques for Electrical Grid Smart Metering Data: A Survey

Energy Management and Smart Grids

SmartLVGrid Platform—Convergence of Legacy Low-Voltage Circuits toward the Smart Grid Paradigm

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