MRI: Acquisition of Integrated Electric Power System Test Bed

研究目标和方法本研究的目标是开发创新的建模、操作和规划方法，以提高“智能”电力系统的效率、可靠性和可再生性。这项工作的关键是电力系统综合试验台，它为研究人员提供了物理实现和测试的硬件。它模拟了一个具有数字通信、可再生能源和储能能力的三相系统。研究将采用以下方法：1)将基于测量的技术应用于负荷建模，2)实施有效需求响应，3)将快速状态估计和最优潮流分析应用于运营和规划，以及4)利用存储来增加可再生能源的渗透率。智力价值主要研究员在智能电网技术和可再生能源方面拥有丰富的研究经验。他的最新作品被IEEE智能电网会刊和爱思唯尔国际电力与能源系统杂志接受发表。这项拟议的研究建立在他以前工作的基础上；然而，它也探索了使用物理实验来为这些领域做出更大的贡献。这项工作是独一无二的，因为它使用了美国很少有学术机构提供的硬件。广泛影响电力系统试验台每年将支持多个高级Keystone项目，并在研究员S的“电力系统与可再生性”课程中发挥重要作用。此外，它还将用于与学院的科学、技术、工程和数学卓越中心合作的高中生外展项目，这些项目将使当地的中下阶层青年受益。

Research Objectives and ApproachesThe objective of this research is the development of innovative modeling, operation, and planning methods for increased efficiency, reliability, and renewability in "smart" electric power systems. Essential to this work is the integrated electric power system test bed, which provides researchers with hardware for physical implementation and testing. It emulates a three-phase system with digital communication, renewable energy, and energy storage capabilities. The following approaches to research will be employed: 1) application of measurement-based techniques to load modeling, 2) implementation of effective demand response, 3) application of fast state estimation and optimal power flow analyses to operation and planning, and 4) utilization of storage to increase penetration of renewable energy.Intellectual MeritThe principal investigator has significant research experience in smart grid technology and renewable energy. His most recent works are accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and Elsevier International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems. The proposed research builds upon his previous work; however, it also explores the use of physical experimentation to make even greater contributions to these fields. This work is unique, because it employs hardware present at few academic institutions in the United States.Broader ImpactsThe power system test bed will support multiple senior keystone projects per year as well as play significant role in the investigator?s "Power Systems and Renewability" course. Additionally, it will be utilized for high school student outreach programs in conjunction with the College's Center for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics which will benefit local lower and middle class youth.