Paper Info
Title
Smart grid communication and information technologies in the perspective of Industry 4.0: Opportunities and challenges.
Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution known as Industry 4.0 has paved the way for a systematical deployment of the modernized power grid (PG) to manage continuously growing energy demand by integrating renewable energy resources. In the context of Industry 4.0, a smart grid (SG) by employing advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), intelligent information processing (IIP) and future-oriented techniques (FoT) allows energy utilities to monitor and control power generation, transmission and distribution processes in more efficient, flexible, reliable, sustainable, decentralized, secure and economic manners. Despite providing immense opportunities, SG has many challenges in the context of Industry 4.0 (I 4.0). To this end, this paper presents a comprehensive presentation on critical smart grid components with international standards and information technologies in the context of Industry 4.0. In addition, this study gives an overview of different smart grid applications, their benefits, characteristics, and requirements. Also, this research investigates and explores different wired and wireless communication technologies used in smart grid with their benefits and characteristics. Finally, this article discusses a number of critical challenges and open issues and future research directions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.cosrev.2018.08.001
Computer Science Review
Keywords
Field
DocType
Internet of Things,Industry 4.0,Big data,Cloud computing,Smart grid,Wireless sensor network
Software deployment,Information processing,Wireless,Renewable energy,Telecommunications,Smart grid,Information technology,Computer science,Information and Communications Technology,Industry 4.0,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
30
1574-0137
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.86
72
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhammad Faheem1122.27
Syed Bilal Hussain Shah2174.42
Rizwan Aslam Butt391.56
Basit Raza44310.67
Muhammad Anwar5101.60
M. Waqar Ashraf6111.57
M. A. Ngadi7163.70
Vehbi Cagri Gungor864440.14