EPNES: A Holistic Approach to the Design and Management of a Secure and Efficient Distributed Generation Power System

该研究将为设计和管理分布式发电（DG）技术建立概念基础，以实现安全，高效和重组的电力系统。 我们的跨学科工作将由弗吉尼亚理工大学能源重组联盟的成员进行协调，将努力克服DG技术使用中的技术、商业和政策限制。工程研究人员将研究自适应保护和电力电子模块的使用，以实现安全可靠的运行。 他们将研究修改系统运行的方法，以应对自然现象、恐怖袭击和负荷产生变化的威胁。业务研究人员将利用工程研究的结果，为可用于具有DG资产的电网的新业务模型建立参数。社会科学调查人员将收集有关消费者和立法机构对DG系统特征的看法的信息，这些特征由他们的工程和商业同事定义。 他们还将研究代表性不足的群体，如低收入和农村公民，对使用DG技术的关注。 最后，他们将探讨政府施加的限制和机会，通过使用DG technology.Cooperative工作将导致创建新的电网接口的概念，一个框架的业务模拟模型，和文件详细的方法，形成成功的模型，安全和高效的DG电力系统，包括技术，业务和政策的考虑。 合作者还将为能源管理研究的一个小领域制定一个大纲，以纳入本研究中先进的跨学科方法。

The research will create the conceptual foundation for designing and managing distributed generation (DG) technologies for a secure, efficient, and restructured electric utility system. Our interdisciplinary work, to be coordinated by members of Virginia Tech's Consortium on Energy Restructuring, will strive toward overcoming technical, business, and policy limitations in the use of DG technologies.Engineering researchers will investigate the use of adaptive protection and power electronics modules to enable secure and reliable operation. They will examine methods to modify system operation to deal with threats from natural phenomena, terrorist attacks, and load-generation changes.Business researchers will employ the engineering study's results to establish parameters for new business models that can be used in a power grid with DG assets. Social science investigators will gather information on consumer and legislative sentiments regarding characteristics of a DG system as defined by their engineering and business colleagues. They also will study concerns held by underrepresented groups, such as low-income and rural citizens, regarding the use of DG technologies. Finally, they will explore constraints imposed by government and opportunities made possible through the use of DG technologies.Collaborative work will lead to creation of new grid-interface concepts, a framework for a business simulation model, and documents detailing methods for fashioning successful models of secure and efficient DG power systems that incorporate technical, business, and policy considerations. The collaborators will also produce an outline for a minor field of study in energy management to incorporate the interdisciplinary approaches advanced in this research.