Collaborative Research: A Holistic Approach to Customer-driven Microgrids

这项工作的目标是调查一个新的范例，其中电力客户安装公用事业兼容的发电源在他们的家庭或设施，每个作为一个自主代理人的经济，技术和社会的反应。在这个微电网中，公用事业公司充当了促进者的角色，允许客户在紧急情况下形成自组织网络。该方法是开发一个框架，使用多智能体系统理论，并通过高保真度的建模使用实时数字simulator.Intellectual优点：智力优点是在广泛的开发，测试和演示一个新的范例，一个新的，完全自主的，微电网。在紧急情况下，允许任意安装发电机以作为自治系统岛进行合作的技术迄今尚未得到广泛研究。这项研究将发展必要的理论，并展示支持岛屿自主运营的概念。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响包括在可靠，安全和可持续的电力系统的新兴解决方案中取得潜在突破;通过高保真模拟来揭示控制器特性，以发现隐藏的问题，与制造业社区共享，以开发强大的控制器;并为明天的技术先进系统准备下一代劳动力。分布式资源高度渗透的自主微电网预计将成为未来可靠和安全的能源输送基础设施的重要组成部分。广泛的微电网减轻了电网的压力，并提供了安全性，以防止风暴等意外事件或恶意意图造成的中断。这种微电网的发展需要像本项目这样的基础研发，以及能源技术、公共政策和公用事业商业模式的进步。

The objective of this work is to investigate a new paradigm wherein electricity customers install utility-compatible generation sources in their homes or facilities, each acting as an autonomous agent with economic, technical and social responses. In this microgrid, the utility acts as a facilitator, allowing customers to form ad hoc networks in emergencies. The approach is to develop a framework using multi-agent systems theory, and demonstrate it through high-fidelity modeling using a real-time digital simulator.Intellectual Merit:The intellectual merit is in extensive development, testing and demonstration of a new paradigm for a novel, completely autonomous, microgrid. Techniques that allow arbitrary installation of generation to cooperate as autonomous systems islands during emergencies have not been heretofore investigated extensively. This research will develop requisite theory, and demonstrate concepts that support autonomous operation of islands. Broader Impact:The broader impact includes a potential breakthrough in an emerging solution to reliable, secure and sustainable electric power systems; controller characterization through high-fidelity simulations to uncover hidden issues for sharing with manufacturing community to develop robust controllers; and preparing the next generation workforce for tomorrow's technologically advanced systems. Autonomous microgrids with high penetration of distributed resources are expected to constitute a significant part of the reliable and secure energy delivery infrastructure of tomorrow. Widespread microgrids mitigate the stress on power grids, and provide security against disruption caused by inadvertent events such as storms, or malicious intent. The development of such microgrids requires fundamental R&D such as this project, and progress in energy technologies, public policy and utility business models.