9Power Electronics for Smart Grid

DOI: 10.1201/9780429174803-9

9.1 Introduction

Smart grid integrates the latest communication, information, smart sensing and monitoring technologies, computing advanced, adaptive and smart control. However, by adding advanced communication and information technology to the existing electric grid only yield to a limited increase into its efficiency, stability, supply security and improved power quality, because the grid components are inflexible and of limited efficiency. The smart grids are increasingly including more controllable power electronic devices, circuits and equipment to make the best use of existing circuits, maintain flexibility and optimum operation of the power system and to facilitate the ...

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