Author: Nick Rosen
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: independence, modern, america, true, government, inside, movement, space, grid
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-07-27
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0143117386
ISBN-13: 9780143117384
Inside the subculture of off-grid living Written by a leading authority on living off the grid, this is a fascinating and timely look at one of the fastest growing movements in America. In researching the stories that would become Off the Grid, Nick Rosen traveled from one end of the United States to the other, spending time with all kinds of individuals and families striving to live their lives the way they want to-free from dependence on municipal power and amenities, and free from the inherent dependence on the government and its far-reaching arms. While the people profiled may not have a
Author: Peter Lunenfeld
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: arts, media, cultures, digital, guide, grid, user, snap
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0262621584
ISBN-13: 9780262621588
In Snap to Grid, an idiosyncratic guide to the interactive, telematic era, Peter Lunenfeld maps out the trajectories that digital technologies have traced upon our cultural imaginary. His clear-eyed evaluation of new media includes an impassioned discussion--informed by the discourses of technology, aesthetics, and cultural theory--of the digital artists, designers, and makers who matter most. "Snap to grid" is a command that instructs the computer to take hand-drawn lines and plot them precis
Authors:Zhaohui Wu, Huajun Che,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: topics, science, technology, china, advanced, applications, grid, model, methodology, semantic
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2008-10-24
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 3540794530
ISBN-13: 9783540794530
Semantic Grid: Model, Methodology, and Applications introduces to the science, core technologies, and killer applications. First, scientific issues of semantic grid systems are covered, followed by two basic technical issues, data-level semantic mapping, and service-level semantic interoperating. Two killer applications are then introduced to show how to build a semantic grid for specific application domains. Although this book is organized in a step by step manner, each chapter is independent. Detailed application scenarios are also presented. In 1990, Prof. Wu invented the first KB-system to
Authors:S.M. Muyeen, Junji Tamura, Toshiaki Murata,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: farm, energy, technology, wind, connected, augmentation, grid, stability
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-12-17
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 1848003153
ISBN-13: 9781848003156
Stability Augmentation of a Grid-connected Wind Farm introduces a comprehensive approach to stabilizing the power output from wind farms, covering both fixed and variable speed wind turbine generator systems. The book presents the different tools suitable for application in wind farms, together with modeling and control strategies. The book reports on output power and terminal voltage fluctuation minimization, using the integration of energy storage systems with power electronic converters. Transient stability enhancement of the power systems is also discussed. Stability Augmentation of a Grid
Authors:Remus Teodorescu, Marco Liserre, Pedro Rodríguez,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: systems, wiley, ieee, power, wind, converters, photovoltaic, grid
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2011-04-12
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0470057513
ISBN-13: 9780470057513
Grid converters are the key player in renewable energy integration. The high penetration of renewable energy systems is calling for new more stringent grid requirements. As a consequence, the grid converters should be able to exhibit advanced functions like: dynamic control of active and reactive power, operation within a wide range of voltage and frequency, voltage ride-through capability, reactive current injection during faults, grid services support.This book explains the topologies, modulation and control of grid converters for both photovoltaic and wind power applications. In addition to
Authors:Frederic Magoules, Jie Pan, Kiat-An Tan, Abhinit Kuma
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: analy, scient, comp, series, numerical, crc, grid, computing, chapman, hall, introduction
Number of Pages: 334
Published: 2009-03-27
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 1420074067
ISBN-13: 9781420074062
A Thorough Overview of the Next Generation in Computing Poised to follow in the footsteps of the Internet, grid computing is on the verge of becoming more robust and accessible to the public in the near future. Focusing on this novel, yet already powerful, technology, Introduction to Grid Computing explores state-of-the-art grid projects, core grid technologies, and applications of the grid. After comparing the grid with other distributed systems, the book covers two important aspects of a grid system: scheduling of jobs and resource discovery and monitoring in grid. It then discusses exis
Author: William Powers
Publisher: New World Library
Keywords: twelve, american, dream, grid, cabin, one, room
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2010-05-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1577318978
ISBN-13: 9781577318972
Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton’s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees’ wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton’s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled. There, he befriended her eclectic neighbors — organic
