Grid computing

Smart Grid Technologies: Communication Technologies and Standards Smart Grid History As soon as electrical distribution grids came into being the need for metering arose. The initial devices were used for metering consumption, however modern smart grid technology uses two way metering and can switch appliances on or off according to demand and off peak tariffs. Over the last one hundred years many obstacles to smart grid technology have been overcome. The earliest attempt at smart grid was…

world, resting in almost every town and city. It is the definition of our modern society. The electrical power grid is its name. The electrical power grid is the largest, most powerful and complex piece of machinery on the planet, but perhaps one of the easiest to use. These simple to use instructions remain as one of the primary reasons for the grids enormous success. The electrical power grid is a single, massive circuit that generates electricity by burning fossil fuels, such as coal,…

Computers, on a general term have always been considered as a vital source for improving any business’s performance and are meant to contribute in growth and development. Previously it was considered that computers are only used for the computational tasks like rapidly multiplying large numbers. But later it came to the knowledge that computers are not fundamentally number crunchers. They are symbol processors. Computers can help in storing, organizing and transforming the information in a…

In managing a network problems with the network are to be expected and planned for when and where possible. Many of these plans created to deal with problems cover what to do if a part of the system is attacked or compromised along with what to do in the event of a natural disaster. This does not mean everything is covered as some problems are deem unlikely or a minor enough event that it should not be a problem to deal with. One potential problem that can find itself label in such a way are…

The impact of human activity, which involves, but not limited to the burning of fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere, the overuse of natural resources in its present time, and the destruction of the ecological earth balance. We keep modifying the earth in different ways; consciously or subconsciously destroying our environment. Environmentalists are constantly warning us of the danger some of our activities have on our environment. The Inter-Government Panel for…

It is a cold December evening and the Clarke family just arrived home from a lovely evening dinner at Golden Corral. After taking Oscar for a walk and laying the kids down for the evening, the weather app on Mr. Clarke’s phone pops up with a freeze warning for the rest of the weekend. “Honey, it is going to be a cold one Friday and Saturday night! Don’t forget to turn the thermostat up a few degrees!” After they place their heads on the pillow and turn out the lights, their food coma takes…

Harland Bartholomew name might be not as widely known as Ebenezer Howard, Jane Jacobs, or Robert Moses, but it can be argued that he is just as important to how city planners are impacted today through his theories and methods. Bartholomew was a city planner that lived from 1889 to 1989 (Lovelace, 1993). He was one of the original municipal planners and has influenced city planning profession from 1914 to present day. Bartholomew’s influence and notability in city planning has three distinct…

due to traffic and fuel waste. DOE Smart Grid Integration Challenge for Cities • 4. St. Louis receives a higher rating for this program based on its reliance on non-nuclear green energy sources and low level of Federal support to date compared to other cities in this study. • 2. Compared to other cities in this study, St. Louis is less ready for this program based on low levels of customer adoption and not having transitioned to a large scale Smart Grid approach to…

New Haven is a city located in Connecticut. It was founded by English Puritans in 1638 who laid the city according to grid, which is known as the “Nine Square Plan.” The founders of New Haven wanted to create a strong realm of commercial business in the spacious harbor of Long Island; They were even hopeful to have control as far south as the Delaware Bay. New Haven’s urban development experienced many ups and downs in its’urban development. ("New Haven | Connecticuthistory.Org") In its early…

Answer 1) Cloud computing enables us to access anything, anytime, anywhere. Say you went to your best friend’s birthday party and you take few pictures and videos. You like those pictures so much that you can’t get enough of looking at them. So you upload those pictures on websites like Facebook or Google drive, Instagram etc. to access them anytime you want. Guess what!!? You are cloud computing now. You don’t have to worry about the pictures getting deleted from your computer as they exist on…