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Is Statistical Thermodynamics Helpful in Understanding Smart Grid Behavior?

Dec. 31, 2009

U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

David P. Chassin

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This DOE presentation was presented at the CNLS Smart Grid Seminar Series at Los Alamos National Lab on January 12, 2010. It gives an elementary account of how a statistical thermodynamic approach can help us understand certain economic and physical behaviors of the smart grid.

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