Smart grid technology

Arulselvi ahileswaran, Vijaya karthegha ravindran

Electrical and electronics engineering ,mepco schlenk engineering college
, arulselviahileswaran@gmail.com, vijayakarthegha@gmail.com

Abstract-smart grid technology is the modernized grid

system which is achieved by the integration of information
technology, telecommunication and power electronic systems
.smart grid system provides information infrastructure for
the benefits of both the consumers and providers of
electricity. The need for smart grid is of great importance
now or in the future. This is because a safe environment is
needed for the suitable existence of human beings. Smart
grid results in low carbon emissions which reduces the green
house effect. Smart grid provides efficient upgrade to the
existing power generation through an intelligent
infrastructure to meet the requirements of consumers .hence
the delivery of electricity from the source to socket is
transmitted in a more efficient, reliable and sustainable
method. It is the interconnected system of the future that
serves as a source of energy for future for transmission
source, controlled and monitor via intelligent platform to the
distribution network and successfully deliver to the Fig .1 smart grid
customers. Guarantee to cleaner environment and
sustainable energy for the future. Its economy contributions
and benefits are huge when compared to current network
II.COMPONENTS OF A SMART GRID
distributions.
A .Smart power meters and substations

Keywords-components, technology, applications, challenges,
enablers
I.NEED FOR A SMART GRID
Much of the existing electrical power infrastructure is
worn and needs replacement and was built when the
demand was significantly lower-not just for lighting and
infrastructure.
Energy consumers, producers and distributors will all
have real time information on the cost, demand and supply
of power across the grid, enabling an unprecedented level.
heating but for thousands of consumers and industrial
applications that did not exist when the grid was first
coming into being. As the infrastructure is expanded and
upgrade, it will also made more capable: the smart grid
will add monitoring, analysis, control and communication
capabilities to the national power generation
These power meters automate billing data
collection and detect outages and dispatch
repair crews to the correct location faster. Smart
substations include the monitoring of critical
and noncritical operational data such as power
factor performance, breaker, transformer,
battery status and security of transmission of
power to the consumers
B. smart generation and distribution
it is self healing, self balancing, self
optimizing with superconducting cables for
long distance transmission and automated
monitoring and analysis tools capable of
detecting or even predicting cable failures based
on real time information on weather and
history.
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 II .VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES
Integrated communications involves data acquisition
protection and control and enables the users to interact
with intelligent devices in an integrated system
Thus smart improves the energy transmission and
utilization by various means and reduces the transmission
losses.
IV.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Sensing and measurement technologies support
acquiring data to check the health and integrity of the grid
and support automatic meter reading, elimination of
billing estimates and meter thefts
Advanced components and advanced control methods
are used to improve interface and decision support.
III .APPLICATIONS
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions
of T. Edison, N. Tesla, A. Volta to the electric power
industry.
V.REFERENCES
[1]. United states NIST framework and road map for smart
grid standard
Available online: http://www.nist.gov/

[2].available online: http://www.electricity.doe.gov/

Fig.2 growth in electricity sector

The application of a smart grid includes a

tremendous growth in the electricity sector and a improved
way of power transmission.

It is self healing technology and it motivates and

includes the consumers. It has security built in from
ground up and it can resist attack. It accommodates all
energy storage and distribution options and provides
quality of energy for 21st century.

Fig 3.example of a advanced component

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