Project description:
Read the articles in Readings and References. There is some repetition in the articles, so some of the articles may be skimmed. Answer the following questions and submit them in the usual way.
1. Who runs the electric grid? The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has a role to play in the operation and reliability of the electric grid. Write a brief description of the organization, its members and how it functions.
2. Why is long distance power transmission sent on high voltage (high tension) wires? Compare two transmission lines: one at twice the voltage of the second. Which of the two lines is most advantageous to a utility company? How much is the advantage?
Session: Readings and References:
1. A demo and information on electromagnetic induction
https://sirius.ucsc.edu/demoweb/cgi-bin/?e_m-electmag-faraday.
2. DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
https://energy.gov/oe/office-electricity-delivery-and-energy-reliability
3. EIA page on Electricity Data. https://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html
4. The Grid, DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
https://www.oe.energy.gov/SmartGridIntroduction.htm
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/guide/electricity_grid_basics.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid
5. Roger Anderson, The Smart Grid https://www.c2es.org/docUploads/10-50_Anderson_120604_120713.pdf
6. Eric J. Lerner, What’s Wrong with the Grid?, The Industrial Physicist, 2004
https://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p8.html
7. New Generation of Superconductor Equipment for the Electric Power Grid,
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1603610
8. Grant, Starr and Overbye, The Supergrid, Scientific American, July, 2006.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-power-grid-for-the-hydr-2006-07&page=1
9. The Smart Grid, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid