Tag: Smart Grid
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Major Technologies for Smart Grid Implementation
Smart grid can enhance legacy electric systems (i.e. the traditional electricity infrastructure) by improving reliability and security; additional smart grid can offer economic benefits and cost savings, environmental improvement, and so forth. Generally smart grid represents the integration of digital technologies, sensors and other information and communication technologies to enable more efficient and reliable electricity…
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The Importance of Power Line Communication in Smart Grid Operation
Power line communication (PLC) (i.e. the sending of data over the existing power cables) plays an important role in smart grid operation; Power line communication networks can access smart meters that are connected to feeders, the smart meter receives a signal coming from the transformer which is electrically connected to it. This helps to identify…