JEST 2011 - Special Issue on Smart Grid Technologies

The electric industry is being transformed from a centralized network to one that is less centralized and allows more consumer interaction in the form of a smart grid. A smart grid is a power transmission and distribution network that can incorporate millions of sensors all connected through an advanced, two-way communications and data acquisition system to provide real-time monitoring, diagnosis and control. Smart grid enables more efficient, reliable and secure energy service, facilitate grid-integration of renewable systems and energy storage, better routing of power and demand management. The move to a smarter grid promises to change the industry's entire business model and its relationship with all stakeholders, involving and affecting power companies, regulators, energy service providers, technology and automation vendors and all consumers of electric power.

Journal of Electronic Science and Technology (JEST) invites manuscript submissions in the area of innovative Smart Grid Technologies. Topic scopes related to Smart Grid Technologies to be covered include:

Ø Smart sensors and remote measurement and monitoring systems for smart grids

Ø Smart grid component technology design

Ø Control methodologies in smart grids

Ø Applications of renewable energy, superconductors, storage, power electronics and diagnostics in smart grid

Ø Advanced control methods, to monitor essential components, enabling rapid diagnosis and precise solutions appropriate to any event

The Guest Chair Editor for this issue is Prof. Danny Sutanto, School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia.

The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 10 October 2010 and the publication of this issue is scheduled for March 2011. All submissions are encouraged to send directly by Email to: journal-AT-uestc.edu.cn, or online at http:// www.intl-jest.com:88/index.php?p=paper. All submissions will be reviewed in accordance with the normal procedures of the Journal.

For inquiries for this Special Issue, please contact:
JEST Editorial Office, UESTC
No. 4 Section 2, North Jianshe Road, Chengdu, 610054, China
Phone: 86-28-83200199, 83200028
Email: journal-AT-uestc.edu.cn

The following supporting documents are required for preparing manuscripts:
1) JEST Information for Authors: available at http://www.intl-jest.com:88/index.php?p=category&c....
2) JEST Template, Editing Notes, and Registration Form: all available at http://www. intl-jest.com:88/ index.php?p =category&category_id=34. All manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word. And biographies with photographs of all authors are mandatory.
3) JEST Copyright Form: http://www. intl-jest.com:88/ index.php?p =category&category_id=34. Please scan the signed form and send it via Email journal-AT-uestc.edu.cn.