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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Missouri University of Science and Technology

2011

<p>Smart power grids<br />Intelligent control systems<br />Wind power plants<br />Parking lots<br />Electric vehicles</p>

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Intelligent Control Of Smartparks And Wind Farms In Smart Grids, Priyam Chakravarty Jan 2011

Intelligent Control Of Smartparks And Wind Farms In Smart Grids, Priyam Chakravarty

Masters Theses

"With development in wind turbine technology, wind energy has become an important contestant in the utility market. However, wind energy has the intrinsic property of variations which causes fluctuations in the power grid.

Plug-in electric vehicles are drawing the attention of researchers and the electric power industry because of its need for charging from the grid and its ability to store energy. With increase in the numbers of plug-in electric vehicles, there will be significant penetration of distributed energy resources and hence plug-in electric vehicles connected to the grid in parking lots (SmartParks) can be used as energy storage sink …