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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Power grids are now modelled and monitored
for energy utilization with EMS/Scada systems.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/2320.pdf">http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/2320.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Unfortunately they are expensive. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>A public domain modelling tool for power grids is modelica:</DIV>
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href="http://www.modelica.org/">http://www.modelica.org/</A></DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/10559/33412/01583388.pdf?temp=x">http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/10559/33412/01583388.pdf?temp=x</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>However a public domain EMS/Scada to control power grids is not yet
available.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.hitachi.com/rev/1998/revoct98/r4_110.pdf">http://www.hitachi.com/rev/1998/revoct98/r4_110.pdf</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>A grid computing architecture may make EMS/Scada simulations more
widely available.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.ida.liu.se/~kajny/papers/gps-sims2004-kajny.pdf">http://www.ida.liu.se/~kajny/papers/gps-sims2004-kajny.pdf</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Nightlife may be able to pioneer a public domain tool for power
grid monitoring/modelling.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>By using modelica to build grid models locally a decentralized
power grid may be possible.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Using these tools might allow displays of power grids on
sandtables, etc. for public use.</DIV>
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href="http://www.sandtable.org/">http://www.sandtable.org/</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Public displays of electric utilization and CO2 production may
educate customers on electric demand and global warming.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>A Nightlife power grid simulator may allow utilities and power
coops to compete using new technology (renewables, intelligent metering, etc.)
Linux and server farms exasperate this problem by creating electric demand for
cooling of server farms for web services(Google, Microsoft, etc.).</DIV>
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href="http://www.thegreengrid.org/home">http://www.thegreengrid.org/home</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Could Nightlife be used to model power grids during peak load
periods?</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Plugin electric vehicles will charge at night and could
compete with air conditioners. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>This would cause coal burning plants to run at full capacity.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Without adequate modelling more coal plants will be built.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The power grid in CA, CO, AZ and NM are
centralized around coal.<BR></FONT><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Change/power_generation.htm"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Change/power_generation.htm</FONT></A><BR><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2003/04/07/story2.html"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2003/04/07/story2.html</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Centralized power grids are based on fossil fuel economics.
Power grids were created to distribute power over long distances to share costs,
improve reliability, and reduce energy costs. <BR>Fossil fuels are burned at
great distance from cities and high power transmission lines move the power
losing 10-20% in resistance. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Utility grids have largely been built by
local utilities in pieces. Utilities grids interconnect to meet FERC guidelines
for reliability.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Centralized power has many problems. Recent
power corruption scandals in 2001 California power market caused Governor Gray
Davis to be replaced. SW Electric utility cartels inflated prices by shutting
down plants on hot days.<BR></FONT><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/RangerRick/11273"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/RangerRick/11273</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another scenario is the decentralization of
power production using the pre-existing gas turbine model. These peak load power
plants can deliver power locally to areas requiring power. Gradual replacement
of large power grids with small local grids running clean fusion systems may be
an example. Other alternative solar or wind power would need to compete for
these local markets. </FONT><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/34906"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/34906</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recent articles have ignored power grid
management problems. <BR>This game shows how power grids work. Used for
students.<BR></FONT><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.amazon.com/Power-Grid-Rio-Grande-Games/dp/B0007YDBLE"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.amazon.com/Power-Grid-Rio-Grande-Games/dp/B0007YDBLE</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Game Description<BR>The object of the game is to supply the
most cities with power. Players must acquire the raw materials, like coal, oil,
garbage, uranium, fusion to power their plants (except for the highly valuable
renewable energy wind/solar plants), making it a constant struggle to upgrade
your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to
quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grid Security </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Decentralized power grids would be more
difficult to destabilize. Redundancy and reliability would be increased with
local power production. Efficiency and a reduction in carbon dioxide would
improve customer public relations for utilities. This could provide US with a
stable, clean and secure power grid.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Biggest Power Grid Problem</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right of way problems in many power
grids have forced utilities to decentralize systems. Very few new power lines
will be built in the US due to these legal problems. Example: In Santa Fe NM the
local utility (PNM) has placed a gas turbine on Richards Ave. to balance loads
in the Santa Fe. PNM had wanted to gain rights of way on the rail trail to build
another high voltage line to sell coal plant power. Due to local resistance PNM
placed a gas turbine on Richards Ave.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>A Utility Power Control center is used to
manage a multistate power grid.<BR>Power operators monitor changing power
requirements and adjust power plants accordingly.<BR>A series of smaller power
grids in cities powered locally by fusion power plants could eventually replace
the larger grids.<BR>The fossil cost model would be replaced by a fusion cost
model.<BR>A series of distributed small fusion reactors could come online as
peak load was required.<BR>Utility control rooms would be replaced by automated
small grid systems balancing loads locally.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/77493"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/77493</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Modelling Fusion reactions with
Nightlife</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The rate limiting bottleneck in fusion
reactor energy break even relates to stability in magnetic fusion reactors.
Plasma interactions may be anticipated by using models of magnetic flux in
Polywell reactors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=203&highlight"
target=_blank>http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=203&highlight</A>=</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><U><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></U> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Fusion reactors use magnets to contain and control
plasmas.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>These magnets must be monitored and managed in their own small
scale power grid.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Power inflow and outflow must be monitored and managed to reach
electric power breakeven.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>A Modelica Fusion power simulation running on Nightlife may be an
example.</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Decentralized power may be realized through small scale EMS/Scada
systems running on low cost distributed Linux systems. Could Nightlife be an
example?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>References:</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>SCADA references:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></A></DIV><U><FONT
color=#800080></FONT></U><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jan05/2407" target=_blank><FONT
face=Arial size=2>http://spectrum.ieee.org/jan05/2407</FONT></A><BR><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://science-community.sciam.com/thread.jspa?threadID=300005637%26messageID=300017361"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://science-community.sciam.com/thread.jspa?threadID=300005637&messageID=300017361</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Polywell Fusion
references:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.emc2fusion.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.emc2fusion.org/</FONT></A><BR><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>
</FONT><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/Robert_Bussard__1928_2007_Physicist_known_for_pursuits_into_fus"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/Robert_Bussard__1928_2007_Physicist_known_for_pursuits_into_fus</FONT></A><BR><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/</FONT></A><BR>Virtual Polywell
Simulation</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.mare.ee/indrek/ephi/">http://www.mare.ee/indrek/ephi/</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=203%26highlight"
target=_blank>http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=203&highlight</A>=</FONT></U><A
href="/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion"
target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=2></A></FONT></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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