On the Grid

Infrastructure is a significant part of society’s existence. At nearly any given time, we are surrounded by pipes, wires, roads, and all of the other pieces of substructure that guide our world today. For something that is such a huge part of our lives, it is incredible how little most people know about what goes into it. In the book On The Grid by Scott Huler, the author sets out to learn more about the mysterious infrastructure systems. His journey begins in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina and takes the readers along as he goes into storm drains, sewers, power plants, and all the other roots of the topics of focus. He follows the planners and operators of these systems, interviews them, and investigates them himself. In this book,…

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is one power technology of those attractive new energy storage technologies. It aggregated those vehicles with battery (Hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and plug- in hybrid electric vehicles) into the grid as a distributed resource of energy load, storage and generation device. It is not only adding the ability to deliver power from vehicle to the grid, but also can apply the power flow (Lund & Kempton, 2008). V2G technology provides potential solutions…

The programs reflect their users, their human creators, which makes them appear human. On a screen in the physical world, programs would only appear as lines of code, but within the digital realm, they are given a body and even some form of free will. The Grid is their world and this world can reflect our own. The programs are humans, living in the Grid and being ruled by two, who are essentially the same as them, except they have more power. If the programs do not obey their will, then they are…

notice grids are used everywhere in day-to-day life. For example, the keyboard on your laptop, the pixelated squares on your TV screen, and the apps on your IPhone all consist of grids. In the article Grids, Rosalind Krauss discusses the significance of grids in artwork, specifically in modern art. Krauss describes grids as the “modernity of modern art” and examines the impact behind the grid’s centrifugal and centripetal existence. There are two ways in which Krauss explains the grid’s…

The Impact of Wind and Solar Variability in Grid Network 1. Introduction The renewable energy development has accelerated over the last decades. Renewable energy can benefit in such a way in various point of view. In an economic perspective, this type of energy has been more economically accepted in the market due to the decline production cost and no requirement of fuel and hence is relatively safe from fluctuated fuel price risk. Moreover, this type of energy can be found in many locations in…

Smart Retail: The potential of IoT in the retail sector is enormous. IoT provides an opportunity to retailers to connect with the customers to enhance the in-store experience. Smartphones will be the way for retailers to remain connected with their consumers even out of store. Interacting through Smartphones and using Beacon technology can help retailers serve their consumers better. They can also track consumer’s path through a store and improve store layout and place premium products in high…

2. Leadership Grid a. This week I learned about the five major leadership styles as I learned about them I reflected on my own leadership style. I recognize that the leadership style that I associated with was middle-of-the-road management. This type of leader has an “intermediate concern for the task and intermediate concern for the people who do the task” (Northhouse, 2013, p. 81). However, I think that my existing leadership style implemented is unproductive since I place a stronger…

However, these distributed generators come with safe and efficient system operation challenges, which requires effective management, these challenges or issues can be addressed by Micro Grid system (MGs). The micro grid system is a combination of distributed energy resources (DERs) that are collections from diesel…

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…

the 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,…