EAGER: New Information Architecture for a Smarter Grid

目标是开发一种覆盖电网的新型通信和计算架构，以实现可靠和经济运行所需的实时控制。不断增加的测量频率和由此产生的实时数据量受到60年代最初设计的通信计算基础设施的限制。新的架构应该能够利用更高的通信和计算速度，同时也能够灵活地适应更复杂的广域控制和网络分析工具。智力上的优点在于将不断发展的通信和数据库技术与新的电网控制和操作工具相结合，以确保电力供应的可靠性和效率。这些智能电网的要求对传统的电网可视化、监测和控制方法的发展提出了挑战。最终的体系结构必须足够灵活，以适应几十年来不断发展的技术。这项研究的更广泛的影响与21世纪电网的实施有关，该电网使可再生能源的结合成为可能，同时最大限度地减少对环境的影响。这必须在提高电力供应的可靠性、安全性和效率的同时进行，以使社会所需的经济增长不受阻碍。本研究的结果可以整合到现有课程中，模拟结果也可以在招收新生时用于网格演示。

The objective is to develop a new communications and computation architecture that overlays the electric power grid to enable the real time control needed for reliable and economic operation. The increasing frequency of measurements and the resulting volume of real time data are being constrained by the communications-computation infrastructure that was originally designed in the 60s. The new architecture should be able to take advantage of the higher communications and computation speeds but also be flexible to accommodate more sophisticated wide area controls and network analysis tools.The intellectual merit is in the interdisciplinary marriage of the evolving communications and database technologies with the new power grid controls and operational tools needed for the reliability and efficiency of the electric supply. These smart grid requirements are a challenge to the traditional methods of development of visualization, monitoring and control of the grid. The resulting architecture must be flexible enough to be useful for several decades of evolving technologies.The broader impacts of this research pertain to the implementation of the 21st century electric grid that enables the incorporation of renewable energy sources while minimizing environmental impacts. This has to be done while increasing the reliability, security and the efficiency of electric supply so that the economic growth needed for society is not impeded. The results of this research can be incorporated into existing courses and the simulations can be used for grid demonstrations in the recruitment of new students.