MRI: Development of Testbed Platform for Advanced Multi-Stage Automation and Control for Smart and Micro Grid

MRI：智能微电网先进多级自动化与控制测试平台的开发

• 批准号: 1429093
• 负责人: James Momoh
• 金额: $ 87.72万
• 依托单位: Howard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1429093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Testbed; Platform; Advanced

The development of flexible electric power and energy systems that are secure, resilient to attack, sustainable and affordable in an environmentally friendly manner has become a national priority. Industries, government, National Laboratories, and various agencies, such as the military (for its bases), are looking for a testbed to test the design of a flexible micro grid for independent and reliable power supply to meet the increasing local demands which cannot be guaranteed by conventional, central generation based electricity networks, especially during disastrous situations. This MRI project will develop a new state-of-the-art platform for incorporating the micro grid and smart grid technologies, which are urgently needed for deployment of new concepts, methods and tools for smart micro grids. The Howard University (HU), in collaboration with University of Denver (DU), will design, build, and construct real-time, highly flexible testbed and tools that will facilitate advancing the design and implementation of micro grid and smart grid. The testbed will benefit multi-users including students and faculty at HU and other partner universities and local electric power utility companies. In addition, the testbed will also be available as a national asset for standards organization like National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and policy makers in the Washington, DC area to try out their ideas and learn about tools being developed in support of smart- and micro-grid. This will also serve as a research and educational tool to attract, recruit, and retain students in STEM disciplines. The research infrastructure will provide a real time platform that external broad users can utilize for hands-on experience. Minority and underrepresented students and researchers will be attracted to the testbed for advanced studies of important power and energy systems.This MRI Development Project aims at the following objectives: (1) Design and develop a highly reconfigurable micro-grid testbed for testing micro grid designs; (2) Deploy distributed Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) and a smart grid testbed with Real-Time Digital Simulators (RTDS); (3) Develop tools to study the impact and usage of renewable energy resources in the smart grid and micro grid through real time modeling and hardware-in-the-loop simulation; (4) Develop platforms for various standards development, real time visualization, and application development for smart and micro grids. The flexible research and education testbed will facilitate advancing current work in the design and implementation of smart grid that will create opportunities for the study of large interconnected micro grids and smart-grid networks. This will be achieved by having multi-university collaboration with experts who are actively engaged in the design and implementation of micro and smart grid technology. This open-access testbed will be used for decision support, performance study, protocol evaluation, standards developments and testing of security requirements and automation functions with interoperability of new technological devices needed for development of future smart- and micro-grid technologies. This platform will also readily equip students and professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge. The benefit of this collaboration will open doors for many players including the research centers at Howard University, the utility companies, collaborating universities, military bases, and government agencies to use the University micro-grid as a testbed for validating new design, prototypes and research while building new transformational educational courses. The principal investigators and senior personnel of this project will pursue a holistic range of activities to promote the usage of the MRI testbed for research-integrated education and outreach, for training at all levels: from pre-college students through postdoctoral fellow and young faculty to engage creative and innovative ideas. This will promote growth among participants and attract more underrepresented minority to major in power and energy systems.

柔性电力和能源系统的开发是安全的，有弹性的攻击，可持续和负担得起的，以环保的方式已成为国家优先事项。工业，政府，国家实验室和各种机构（例如军方（其基地））正在寻找一个测试台，以测试灵活的微电网设计，以实现独立和可靠的电力供应，以满足不受传统，中央一代的电力网络无法保证的当地需求，尤其是在灾难性的情况下。该MRI项目将开发一个新的最新平台，用于结合微电网和智能电网技术，这些技术迫切需要用于部署新概念，方法和工具的智能微网格。霍华德大学（HU）与丹佛大学（DU）合作，将设计，构建和构建实时，高度灵活的测试床和工具，这些工具将有助于推进微电网和智能电网的设计和实施。测试台将使HU和其他合作伙伴大学和当地电力公司的学生和教职员工在内的多用户受益。此外，TestBED还将作为标准组织的国家资产提供，例如国家标准技术研究所（NIST）和华盛顿特区地区的政策制定者，以尝试他们的想法并了解为支持智能和微网络提供开发的工具。这也将作为一种研究和教育工具，以吸引，招募和留住STEM学科的学生。研究基础架构将提供一个实时平台，外部广泛用户可以利用该平台进行动手体验。少数群体和代表性不足的学生和研究人员将被吸引到重要权力和能源系统的高级研究的测试床上。该MRI开发项目的目的旨在以下目标：（1）设计和开发高度重新配置的可用于测试微电网设计的高度重新配置的微电网测试床； （2）使用实时数字模拟器（RTDS）部署分布式的相量测量单元（PMU），相分子数据集中器（PDC）和智能网格测试； （3）开发工具来研究智能电网中可再生能源的影响和使用，并通过实时建模和循环模拟硬件模拟来研究微网格和微电网； （4）为智能和微电网的各种标准开发，实时可视化以及应用程序开发开发平台。灵活的研究和教育测试床将促进智能电网设计和实施的当前工作，这将为研究大型互连的微电网和智能电网网络创造机会。这将通过与积极从事微型和智能电网技术的设计和实施的专家进行多元大学合作来实现。此开放式测试床将用于决策支持，绩效研究，协议评估，标准发展以及对安全要求和自动化功能的测试，并具有开发未来智能和微网格技术所需的新技术设备的互操作性。该平台还将很容易为学生和专业人员提供最先进的知识。这项合作的好处将为包括霍华德大学的研究中心，公用事业公司，合作大学，军事基地和政府机构在内的许多参与者打开大门，以使用大学微网格作为验证新的设计，原型和研究的测试台，同时构建新的变革性教育课程。该项目的主要研究人员和高级人员将从事一系列活动，以促进MRI测试床位的研究综合教育和外展，以在各级培训中进行培训：从大学前学生到博士后同学和年轻教师，从而参与创造性和创新的想法。这将促进参与者的增长，并吸引更多代表不足的少数群体，专业的能源和能源系统。