EFRI-RESIN: The Interface of Infrastructures, Markets, and Natural Cycles - Innovative Modeling and Control Mechanisms for Managing Electricity, Water and Air Quality in Texas

PI名称：David AllenInstitution：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校提案编号：0835414该奖项是作为新兴前沿研究与创新(NSF 07-579)征集活动的一部分，在副主题弹性和可持续基础设施(REST)下进行的竞赛的结果。该项目的目标是证明，通过将空气质量和可用水评估纳入发电调度决策，可以使发电和供水基础设施的运作更具弹性和可持续性。该项目建议：1)使用德克萨斯州作为数据源和地理和时间试验台，创建综合基础设施/市场/自然循环模型。2)评估综合系统对一系列挑战或“冲击”的复原力，以测试复原力和可持续性。3)评估将空气质量和水的可用性评估纳入发电系统运行的替代技术、经济和体制机制；这些变化将包括对现有电力批发市场、空气质量监管和排放市场的变化，以及水市场的潜在发展。这项研究的结果将为提高电力和水基础设施的复原力提供新的方法。这项工作的一个主要成果将是下一代框架的原则证明，该框架通过将先进的气象信息与发电、空气质量管理和供水方面的现有和潜在市场发展相结合，来管理发电对排放和用水的影响。这一框架还将有助于了解综合系统中扰动产生的更广泛的一系列影响。通过展示空气质量、用水和发电综合管理的下一代框架，该项目将为案例研究区域的决策者提供替代方案。此外，该项目产生的信息将用于开发教育模块，这些模块将在德克萨斯大学和麻省理工学院的能源系统、空气污染控制和环境法规和政策课程中使用。此外，项目人员将参加介绍项目成果的科学和政策会议/讲习班，包括麻省理工学院“骑士科学新闻研究员”等论坛，记者们将在麻省理工学院工作一年。最后，该项目将被用来继续德克萨斯大学对女学生的接触，特别是通过邀请德克萨斯大学工程女性项目(WEP)的参与者作为项目实习生。

PI name: David AllenInstitution: University of Texas at AustinProposal Number: 0835414This award is an outcome of the competition as part of the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (NSF 07-579) solicitation under the subtopic Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN). The goal of this project is to demonstrate that the operation of electricity generation and water supply infrastructures can be made more resilient and sustainable by integrating assessments of air quality and water availability into electricity generation dispatching decisions. The project proposes to:1) Create integrated infrastructure/markets/natural cycles models using the state of Texas as a source of data and as a geographic and temporal test-bed.2) Evaluate the resiliency of the integrated system to a series of challenges or "shocks" to test resiliency and sustainability3) Assess alternative technical, economic and institutional mechanisms for incorporating assessments of air quality and water availability into the operation of electricity generating systems; these alterations will include changes to existing wholesale power markets, air quality regulation, and emissions markets, as well as potential developments in water markets.The results of this research would provide new methods for improving the resilience of electrical and water infrastructures. A major outcome of the work will be the proof of principle for a next-generation framework for managing the impact on emissions and water use of electricity generation by integrating advanced meteorological information with existing and potential market developments in electricity generation, air quality management, and water availability. This framework will also help in understanding a broader set of impacts from perturbations in the integrated system.By demonstrating a next-generation framework for the integrated management of air quality, water use, and electricity generation, the project will provide alternatives for policy-makers in the case study region. In addition, the information generated by this project will be used to develop educational modules that will be used in classes in energy systems, air pollution control and environmental regulation and policy at both UT and MIT. Further, project personnel will participate in scientific and policy meetings/workshops at which project results will be presented, including forums such as MIT's "Knight Science Journalism Fellows", in which journalists spend a year at MIT. Finally, the project will be used to continue the University of Texas' outreach to female students, specifically by engaging participants in UT's Women in Engineering Program (WEP) as project interns.