PFI-AIR: Accelerating Commercialization of the Solid State Transformer Through Strategic Partnership

PFI-AIR：通过战略合作伙伴关系加速固态变压器的商业化

• 批准号: 1237805
• 负责人: Alex Huang
• 金额: $ 62.93万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-15 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237805&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; AIR; Accelerating; Commercialization; Solid

This NSF Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) project will develop commercial-grade solid state transformer (SST) related technology and conduct field trials at a major distribution power grid location. Today's existing distribution transformer lacks the ability to send or receive signals, make decisions, regulate power flow, and easily accommodate green technology (including renewable generation). The SST changes this with the use of power electronics and is often assimilated with internet hubs, as information flows similarly and decisions are automatically made at this utility/customer intersection. Named as one of the top ten technologies that can change our life by MIT Technology Review in 2011, the SST is a smart device for integrating renewable energy, electric vehicle, and energy storage into the distribution grid. There is a significant interest to see that this technology is transferred to the market place to benefit U.S. industry and electric utilities. The SST is a critical component for microgrid environments and offers many potential features that will be required in the next generation distribution grid. The AIR project not only is to achieve a comprehensive and impressive list of SST functionalities in smart grid application, but also to do so with an innovative SST design at a cost acceptable to the market place.

该NSF加速创新研究（AIR）项目将开发商业级固态Transformer（SST）相关技术，并在主要配电网位置进行现场试验。当今现有的配电Transformer缺乏发送或接收信号、做出决策、调节电力流以及容易适应绿色技术（包括可再生发电）的能力。SST通过使用电力电子设备改变了这一点，并且经常与互联网中心相融合，因为信息流动类似，并且在这个公用事业/客户交叉点自动做出决策。2011年，SST被《麻省理工学院技术评论》评为可以改变我们生活的十大技术之一，是一种将可再生能源、电动汽车和储能集成到配电网中的智能设备。有一个显着的兴趣，看到这项技术被转移到市场上，以造福美国工业和电力公用事业。SST是微电网环境的关键组件，并提供了下一代配电网所需的许多潜在功能。AIR项目不仅要在智能电网应用中实现全面而令人印象深刻的SST功能列表，而且要以市场可接受的成本通过创新的SST设计来实现。