SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE - A Technological Contribute to Smart Grid Concept Implementation

Nuno Amaro, João Murta Pina, João Martins, José Maria Ceballos

2012

Abstract

The urgent need to solve existing problems in the electric grid led to the emergence of the new Smart Grid (SG) concept. A smart grid is usually described as an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all players connected to it in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies. Smart grids should be flexible, accessible, reliable and economic, bringing great new challenges into grid management. In order to implement this concept it is necessary to consider the operation of several new devices in the electrical grid. A class of these potential devices is Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) that present, among other features, very fast response times. SMES devices can play a key role in helping to overcome several grids’ faults. In this paper it is described the possibility to integrate SMES into SG, and the advantages of this integration.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Amaro N., Murta Pina J., Martins J. and Maria Ceballos J. (2012). SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE - A Technological Contribute to Smart Grid Concept Implementation . In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-8565-09-9, pages 113-120. DOI: 10.5220/0003978301130120

in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens12,
author={Nuno Amaro and João Murta Pina and João Martins and José Maria Ceballos},
title={SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE - A Technological Contribute to Smart Grid Concept Implementation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2012},
pages={113-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003978301130120},
isbn={978-989-8565-09-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE - A Technological Contribute to Smart Grid Concept Implementation
SN - 978-989-8565-09-9
AU - Amaro N.
AU - Murta Pina J.
AU - Martins J.
AU - Maria Ceballos J.
PY - 2012
SP - 113
EP - 120
DO - 10.5220/0003978301130120