Open AccessApplication of advanced communication and control technologies for smart grid : a comprehensive review
Author(s) -
S. Surender Reddy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.13704
Subject(s) - smart grid , control reconfiguration , control (management) , computer science , function (biology) , contingency , overvoltage , grid , reliability engineering , engineering , embedded system , electrical engineering , voltage , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , biology
This paper presents a comprehensive review of advanced control and communication technologies of smart grid (SG). Various func-tions/features of SG include real-time pricing, voltage/VAr control, frequency control, power quality, demand response management, distri-bution system restoration, and reconfiguration, distributed generation dispatch and storage. There is a strong requirement to control these functions, as well as to communicate within themselves. Suppose, if two-way communication is not possible then it cannot be considered as a function of SG. When trying to track or monitor a function, one must be able to control, command, and communicate with it. In order to control observation ability and measure of some type of numerical quantity that is obtained from a real time measuring device being moni-tored is necessary. Some of these measurable quantities are: overvoltage limits, security measures and contingency analysis. This paper addresses various challenges of control and communication techniques of SG.