Whole Energy Systems: Bridging the Gap Via Vector-Coupling Technologies

This book provides a thorough overview of the concept of whole energy systems and the role of vector-coupling technologies (VCTs) in meeting long-term decarbonization strategies. It is the first comprehensive reference that provides basic definitions and fundamental, applicable approaches to whole energy systems analysis and vector-coupling technologies in a multidisciplinary way. Whole Energy Systems presents practical methods with evidence from applications to real-world and simulated coupled energy systems. Sample analytical examples are provided to aid in the understanding of the presented methods. The book will provide researchers and industry stakeholders focused on whole energy systems, as well researchers and developers from different branches of engineering, energy, economics, and operation research, with state-of-the-art coverage and the latest developments in the field.

Vahid Vahidinasab, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Before that, he was an Assistant Professor at the Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, and also a Senior Research Associate of power and energy systems at the Newcastle University, UK, and managed the inteGRIDy as an EU Horizon 2020 project. Dr. Vahidinasab also worked with the EPSRC Active Building Centre (ABC) and has had collaborations on joint research works with EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration and Supergen Energy Networks Hub. His research interests are power and energy systems modeling and analysis, smart grids and microgrids, distributed energy systems integration, as well as and energy markets.
Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Ph.D., is a member of the Faculty of Engineering with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also a Professor at the University of Tabriz, from where he is currently on leave. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His mains research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.