CAREER: Intelligent Based Performance Enhancement Control of Micropower Energy Systems

一个先进的基于可再生能源的分布式发电系统是需要为下一个时代的替代能源市场。用于能量转换、能量存储的改进和可靠的系统需要电能质量要求和与分布式能源系统的兼容性，也称为微电网或微功率能源系统。必须开发一种基于智能的控制方法来优化微电网系统的要求，目标是自适应，参数不敏感和在线学习能力的收敛。本研究计画主要探讨三个主要议题：（1）高频交流链接（HFAC）微电网系统之小型分散式发电原型开发;（2）行为互动与架构管理之分析与建模;（3）智能控制应用。将开发智能控制技术，通过感知环境来实现学习能力，以达到最佳功率运行、自动运行、故障自我监测和自我检查以及有效用户界面的检测/恢复的目标。基于行为的分层控制能够产生基于自适应批判设计的最优神经网络控制器的设定点将被开发。教育计划的重点是利用跨学科的使命的工程师在科罗拉多矿业学院。建议开发教育材料，让学生在学习智能控制系统的理论基础方面有经验，通过使用计算机进行有前途的研究方向的模拟来理解其功能操作。该五年综合开发计划包括研究、教育和推广活动，以便将智能控制技术用于提高住宅和小型企业应用中使用的分布式能源系统的性能。

An advanced renewable based distributed power generation system is required forthe next age of the alternative energy market. Improved and dependable systemsfor energy conversion, energy storage requires power quality demands andcompatibility with distributed energy systems, also called by microgrid ormicropower energy systems. An intelligent-based control methodology must bedeveloped to optimize the microgrid system requirements, aiming convergence ofadaptive, parameter insensitive and on-line learning capabilities. This researchproject is concerned with three main issues (1) small distributed generationprototype development of a high frequency ac link (HFAC) microgrid system, (2)analysis and modeling of behavior interactions and architecture management and(3) intelligent control applications.Power electronic systems will be designed to connect distributed sources to theHFAC. Intelligent control techniques will be developed to implement capabilitiesof learning by sensing the environment in order to reach its objective ofoptimum power operation, automatic functioning, self-monitoring andself-checking of failures and detection/recovery for efficient user interface. Abehavior based hierarchic control capable to generate set-points for optimalneural network controllers based on Adaptive Critic Design will be developed.An educational plan is focused to leverage the interdisciplinary mission of theEngineering Division at Colorado School of Mines. It is proposed the developmentof educational material will be developed to allow students to have experiencein studying theoretical foundations of intelligent control systems,understanding their functional operation through the use of computer forsimulation in promising research directions. The five-year, integrateddevelopment plan encompasses research, education and outreach activities inorder to incorporate intelligent control techniques for performance improvementof distributed energy systems used in residential and small businessapplications.