CAREER: Intelligent Based Performance Enhancement Control of Micropower Energy Systems

下一个时代的替代能源市场需要先进的基于可再生能源的分布式发电系统。改进和可靠的能量转换系统，能量存储需要电能质量要求和与分布式能源系统的兼容性，也被称为微电网或微电力能源系统。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，以自适应、参数不敏感和在线学习能力为目标。本研究项目涉及三个主要问题：(1)高频交流链路（HFAC）微电网系统的小型分布式发电原型开发，(2)行为交互和架构管理的分析和建模，以及(3)智能控制应用。电力电子系统将被设计成将分布式电源连接到hfac。将开发智能控制技术来实现通过感知环境来学习的能力，以达到最佳电源运行，自动功能，自我监控和故障自检以及有效用户界面的检测/恢复的目标。将开发基于行为的分层控制，能够为基于自适应批评设计的最优神经网络控制器生成设定点。一项教育计划的重点是利用科罗拉多矿业学院工程部门的跨学科使命。提出开发教材，使学生有经验地学习智能控制系统的理论基础，通过计算机模拟了解其功能运行，这是有前途的研究方向。这项为期五年的综合发展计划包括研究、教育和推广活动，目的是将智能控制技术纳入住宅和小型企业应用的分布式能源系统的性能改进中。

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.