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Smart Grid

Technology and Applications

By: Janaka B. Ekanayake,Nick Jenkins,Kithsiri M. Liyanage,Jianzhong Wu,Akihiko Yokoyama

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Smart Grid

Technology and Applications

By: Janaka B. Ekanayake,Nick Jenkins,Kithsiri M. Liyanage,Jianzhong Wu,Akihiko Yokoyama

Electric power systems worldwide face radical transformation with the need to decarbonise electricity supply, replace ageing assets and harness new information and communication technologies (ICT). The Smart Grid uses advanced ICT to control next generation power systems reliably and efficiently. This authoritative guide demonstrates the importance of the Smart Grid and shows how ICT will extend beyond transmission voltages to distribution networks and customer-level operation through Smart Meters and Smart Homes. Smart Grid Technology and Applications: Clearly unravels the evolving Smart Grid concept with extensive illustrations and practical examples. Describes the spectrum of key enabling technologies required for the realisation of the Smart Grid with worked examples to illustrate the applications. Enables readers to engage with the immediate development of the power system and take part in the debate over the future Smart Grid. Introduces the constituent topics from first principles, assuming only a basic knowledge of mathematics, circuits and power systems. Brings together the expertise of a highly experienced and international author team from the UK, Sri Lanka, China and Japan. Electrical, electronics and computer engineering researchers, practitioners and consultants working in inter-disciplinary Smart Grid RD&D will significantly enhance their knowledge through this reference. The tutorial style will greatly benefit final year undergraduate and master’s students as the curriculum increasing focuses on the breadth of technologies that contribute to Smart Grid realisation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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ISBN 10

1119969093

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9781119969099

Investing In Smart Grids

A concise guide to the technologies and companies for investors

By: Nick Hanna

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Investing In Smart Grids

A concise guide to the technologies and companies for investors

By: Nick Hanna

This reference guide provides a detailed perspective on the investing opportunities in smart grid technologies and services, as well as an indication of the direction of trends in the sector. Significant attention is also given to the companies operating within the sector.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857190741

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9780857190741

Smart Homes in easy steps

Master smart technology for your home

By: Nick Vandome

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Smart Homes in easy steps

Master smart technology for your home

By: Nick Vandome

Smart Homes in easy steps shows you how to start to take advantage of the current smart technology that is beginning to revolutionise the way in which we run our homes! The idea of a smart home – using digital devices throughout the home that can be controlled by digital voice assistants, apps, smartphones and tablets – is not a science fiction vision of the future: it is very much part of the here and now, and available to all. Also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart home devices can be used to automate tasks, save time and money, and to control devices in your home with a touch of a button – even when you are somewhere else. Smart Homes in easy steps takes the mystery out of all of the elements that are required to set up a smart home: it defines a smart home and shows what is needed to make a home smart: digital voice assistants, devices and apps. Initially, the book looks at the concept of a smart home and how it is now affordable and accessible enough for it to be a serious option for any household. Then, setting up items for a smart home is covered in detail – installing the devices, and also linking them to apps and digital voice assistants for controlling them. The book then examines the digital voice assistants that can be used in the home to control smart home devices, including detailed information about using the most popular options (and their related speakers): Alexa and the Amazon Echo; Google Assistant and the Google Home; and Siri and the Apple HomePod. The book then looks at specific areas of smart home devices, including installation and setup, and how to control them once they are up and running. Some of the areas that are covered in detail include: Smart lighting Smart heating Smart security systems Smart home cameras Smart locks Smart plugs Illustrated using Amazon Echo and Alexa; Google Assistant and Google Home; Apple HomePod and the Home app; and Nest. Smart Homes in easy steps is not a look into the future: it is a comprehensive yet concise, step-by-step guide on how to start transforming your home right now, using this exciting and now affordable technology – for smart learning! Contents: 1. About Smart Homes 2. About Digital Voice Assistants 3. Alexa and the Amazon Echo 4. Google Assistant and Google Home 5. HomePod and the Home app 6. Using Smart Devices 7. Smart Lighting 8. Smart Heating 9. Smart Security 10. More Smart Home Options 11. Looking Forward

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339

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In Easy Steps

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1840788380

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9781840788389

100 Top Tips – Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money

By: Nick Vandome

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100 Top Tips – Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money

By: Nick Vandome

Homes that contain devices that can be controlled by smart speakers, voice commands and apps are becoming a reality for an increasing number of people. What was once the stuff of science fiction is now firmly established as part of the real world and is easily accessible for anyone who wants to add an exciting new dimension to their home. 100 Top Tips – Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money contains tips covering all aspects of setting up and using smart home devices securely. These include: · Setting up your home so that it is ready to be transformed into a smart home · Ensuring that your home is flexible enough so that you have alternatives if smart devices do not work properly · Using smart speakers (digital voice assistants) to create a digital companion in your home · Linking smart speakers to your smart home devices so that they can communicate with each other · Deploying smart lighting to take the ultimate control over the lighting systems in your home · Installing smart heating to control your central heating and save money · Making your home more secure with a range of smart security devices · Cutting down the time spent on domestic chores by using devices such as robotic lawnmowers and robotic vacuum cleaners · Enhancing entertainment options with robots and artificial intelligence (AI) devices · Addressing security issues with smart home devices, to prevent other people gaining access to your smart home

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In Easy Steps

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1840788852

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9781840788853

CorelDRAW 12

The Official Guide

By: Steve Bain,Nick Wilkinson

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CorelDRAW 12

The Official Guide

By: Steve Bain,Nick Wilkinson

The Only Authorized Reference on CorelDRAW 12 Create compelling graphics and vector animations for print and the Web using CorelDRAW 12. Inside this Corel-approved guide, expert author Steve Bain teaches you how to take full advantage of all the unique features this powerful application has to offer. You'll learn to draw shapes, work with text, add color and effects, create animations, and much more. Featuring hundreds of tips, techniques, and shortcuts, plus a full-color section showcasing the extraordinary results of various effects, this is a must-have resource for anyone wanting to create stunning artwork with CorelDRAW 12. Learn to use "all" the new and re-engineered features in CorelDRAW 12 Master the latest drawing tools like the Smart Drawing Tool and the Virtual Segment Delete Tool Use object tools to create shapes, draw lines and paths, and arrange objects Take advantage of the new Dynamic Guides and Object Snap Modes Produce dazzling vector effects--distortions, contours, blends, transparency, drop shadows, and more Create 3D effects by adding perspective and extruding vector objects Discover all the bitmap filter commands and master print engine functions Create flawless Web and print graphics, HTML pages, rollovers, and Corel R.A.V.E. animations Boost your efficiency with styles, workspace customization, and VBA scripting Learn "all" the program shortcuts using an 8-page special guide Includes 8-page color insert and tutorial images online Steve Bain is an award-winning illustrator and well-known author and teacher. He has produced hundreds of expert design and illustration workshops, is a regular contributor to educational publications and Web sites, and has evaluated application features for Corel. Nick Wilkinson is an award-winning technical illustrator and is well known for the many powerful scripts that he has contributed to the CorelDRAW community.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0072231912

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9780072231915

Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy: The definitive reference guide to tracing your family history

By: Nick Barratt

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Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy: The definitive reference guide to tracing your family history

By: Nick Barratt

(This edition does not include illustrations.) Covering all access levels, from the new beginner to the more experienced researcher, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy is a comprehensive master class in solving the mysteries of your personal heritage.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007372787

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9780007372782

$9 Therapy

Semi-Capitalist Solutions to Your Emotional Problems

By: Megan Reid,Nick Greene

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$9 Therapy

Semi-Capitalist Solutions to Your Emotional Problems

By: Megan Reid,Nick Greene

A tongue-in-cheek collection of the tips, tricks, and recipes that will fix your life without busting your budget. $9 Therapy proves that it’s possible to take self-care seriously without taking yourself too seriously. Self-professed lifestyle gurus Nick Greene and Megan Reid know that sometimes it takes as little as spending nine dollars on an act of self-care to turn your day around. While working their first, low-paying jobs out of school, Nick and Meg learned to spend wisely—and fabulously—and firmly came to believe in the radical potential of simple pleasures. In $9 Therapy, they use their hard-won wisdom to show how small, inexpensive treats can elevate your adulting game: whether it’s mindfully repotting a plant to finally drinking from a decent wine glass (even if you can afford only one), to recipes you’ll actually want to cook, to design tips to make even the tiniest spaces look like Instagram-bait. With enthusiasm and sass, (and featuring 30 colorful illustrations), $9 Therapy brings together the lifehacks and mini-upgrades that encourage you to make your life a little bit easier, a little bit less stressful, a little bit better, a little more loving toward yourself and the humans around you.

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164

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HarperCollins

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0062936344

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9780062936349

Nick Bollettieri's Mental Efficiency Program for Playing Great Tennis

By: Nick Bollettieri,Charles A. Maher

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Nick Bollettieri's Mental Efficiency Program for Playing Great Tennis

By: Nick Bollettieri,Charles A. Maher

Arguably the best tennis coach in the world today, Bollettieri is known for finding and developing great young players at his renowned tennis academy. Now, for the first time, his teachings on mental fitness in tennis are available outisde of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to players who want the inside edge on their own home courts. Photos.

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McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

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0809232820

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9780809232826

Exchange 2000 Server

The Complete Reference

By: Scott Schnoll,Bill English,Nick Cavalancia

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Exchange 2000 Server

The Complete Reference

By: Scott Schnoll,Bill English,Nick Cavalancia

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McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

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0072127392

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9780072127393

The Big Playstation Book

By: Nick Roberts,PCS Staff,Prima Creative Services

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The Big Playstation Book

By: Nick Roberts,PCS Staff,Prima Creative Services

The Big PlayStation Book" binds together the last four Playstation Game Secrets volumes into one mega guide for PlayStation. This comprehensive title addresses over 100 games, providing key hints, strategies, maps, commentary, ratings, and reviews.

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Prima Games

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0761513329

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9780761513322

Success in Sports

By: Nick David Smart

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Success in Sports

By: Nick David Smart

A history of African American participation in sports with biographies of eight of the greatest black athletes of all time.

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Rourke Publishing (FL)

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1571030328

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9781571030320

Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England

By: Nick Cohen

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Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England

By: Nick Cohen

Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour’s 10 year love affair with the Right

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HarperCollins UK

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0007319959

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9780007319954

Electric Vehicle Engineering (PB)

By: Per Enge,Nick Enge,Stephen Zoepf

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Electric Vehicle Engineering (PB)

By: Per Enge,Nick Enge,Stephen Zoepf

A complete guide to electric vehicle design, operation, and adoption This hands-on resource thoroughly explains the technologies and techniques involved in the design and operation of today’s electric vehicles. Originally written for use in a course co-taught by the authors at Stanford University, Electric Vehicle Engineering discusses the physics of vehicle motion; the electrical principles on which motors rely; the chemistry, operation, and charging of lithium-ion batteries; the design and operation of motor controllers; the energy efficiency and environmental impact of electric vehicles; and the policy and economics affecting their adoption. After teaching you the theory, the authors will guide you through a hands-on project in which you will build a model electric car from the ground up with a hand-wound electric motor of your own design. Coverage includes: Introduction to electric vehicles Electric vehicle history Vehicle dynamics Electric motors Lithium-ion batteries Controllers Well-to-wheels energy and emissions analysis Electric vehicle policies and economics Future prospects

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McGraw Hill Professional

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1260464067

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9781260464061

Diving with Dolphins

By: Nick Arnold

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Diving with Dolphins

By: Nick Arnold

Animals can be cute ... and cruel! Read Seb's journal for some deep dark dolphin secrets. Meet Squeak the baby dolphin and make a splash as he dives with his friends and dodges scary sharks. Relive the drama, dangers and disgusting details as you find out: why dolphins can see your insides; how to play dolphin games; if dolphins are smarter than us; how to cuddle a dolphin."--Page 4 of cover.

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132

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043968949X

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9780439689496

Golf

By: Nick Edmund

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Golf

By: Nick Edmund

Presents an illustrated introduction to golf, including information on its history, rules, etiquette, equipment, courses, tournaments, and skills needed to play.

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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

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0756609437

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9780756609436

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Smart Grid

Smart Grid

Investing In Smart Grids

Investing In Smart Grids

Smart Homes in easy steps

Smart Homes in easy steps

100 Top Tips – Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money

100 Top Tips – Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money

CorelDRAW 12

CorelDRAW 12

Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy: The definitive reference guide to tracing your family history

Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy: The definitive reference guide to tracing your family history

$9 Therapy

$9 Therapy

Nick Bollettieri's Mental Efficiency Program for Playing Great Tennis

Nick Bollettieri's Mental Efficiency Program for Playing Great Tennis

Exchange 2000 Server

Exchange 2000 Server

The Big Playstation Book

The Big Playstation Book

Success in Sports

Success in Sports

Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England

Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England

Electric Vehicle Engineering (PB)

Electric Vehicle Engineering (PB)

Diving with Dolphins

Diving with Dolphins

Golf

Golf

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