EAGER: New Information Architecture for a Smarter Grid

其目标是开发一种新的通信和计算架构，覆盖电网，使可靠和经济运行所需的真实的时间控制。测量频率的增加和由此产生的真实的时间数据量受到最初在60年代设计的通信计算基础设施的限制。新的体系结构应能够利用更高的通信和计算速度，但也是灵活的，以适应更复杂的广域控制和网络分析工具。知识的优点是在不断发展的通信和数据库技术与新的电网控制和电力供应的可靠性和效率所需的操作工具的跨学科的婚姻。这些智能电网的要求是对传统的可视化、监测和控制电网发展方法的挑战。由此产生的架构必须足够灵活，以适应几十年来不断发展的技术。这项研究的更广泛影响涉及到21世纪电网的实施，使可再生能源的纳入，同时尽量减少对环境的影响。在这样做的同时，必须提高电力供应的可靠性、安全性和效率，以便不妨碍社会所需的经济增长。本研究的结果可以纳入现有的课程和模拟可以用于网格示范在招收新生。

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.