SBIR Phase II: A Highly Efficient GridBridge Grid Energy Router for Grid Modernization

SBIR 第二阶段：用于电网现代化的高效 GridBridge 电网能源路由器

• 批准号: 1430911
• 负责人: Chad Eckhardt
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: GridBridge, Inc
• 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 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1430911&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Highly; Efficient

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the development of a cornerstone for reliable electricity and a modernized grid able to evolve alongside emerging customer demands. Reliable electricity is key component of an industrialized market, critical for the information age, and an enabler for non-industrialized regions evolution and eventual world economic contribution. The societal benefit therefore of GridBridge's commercially feasible Grid Energy Router is colossal, as it is the step-function change required to truly orchestrate a grid to match this era. This project will enable numerous hindered technologies and scientific understanding related to energy storage, photovoltaic and other renewable generation, as well as electric vehicles and their correlated fast chargers. Energy savings are also a monumental aspect and are expected to be in the trillions of dollars. Society needs electricity to maintain civilization and an updated grid is imperative for supplying that electricity to an evolved consumer base. GridBridge?s Grid Energy Router will be the crucial component for the modernized grid an enabler for numerous complementary technologies. GridBridge's GER will eventually replace millions of installed legacy grid technologies throughout the world. Furthermore, the continued GridBridge-ERC relationship establishes FREEDM ERC's commercialization ecosystem, which includes 200 diverse students.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 project combines various research aspects to commercialize the company?s third breakthrough product for electric utilities, the Grid Energy Router (GER). GridBridge?s Grid Energy Router will be cornerstone for an evolved grid that can integrate renewables and storage, offer dynamic efficiency gains, and intelligently route power. Although there has been early work with power electronics merely focusing in the area of high-voltage conversion, the approaches thus far limit commercialization and manufacturability. GridBridge will combine over three years of company market research and utility voice of the customer, a unique product roadmap, and cutting edge research in the areas of feature implementation and voltage conversion. Keeping in mind the end market, electric utility requirements have been incorporated: highly efficient, cost-competitive, manufacturable within a specific market window, and scalable both to high power and high voltage. This project facilitates a cost-effective and electrically-efficient product design ready for industrialization and ultimately grid integration, while simultaneously incorporating valuable features that justify utility expenditure and meet a market window of need.

该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为可靠的电力和能够随着新兴客户需求而发展的现代化电网奠定基础。可靠的电力是工业化市场的关键组成部分，对信息时代至关重要，也是非工业化区域发展和最终对世界经济作出贡献的推动者。因此，GridBridge的商业上可行的网格能源路由器的社会效益是巨大的，因为它是真正协调网格以适应这个时代所需的阶梯函数变化。该项目将使与储能、光伏和其他可再生能源发电以及电动汽车及其相关的快速充电器相关的许多受阻的技术和科学理解成为可能。能源节约也是一个巨大的方面，预计将达到数万亿美元。社会需要电力来维持文明，而更新的电网是为不断发展的消费者群体提供电力的必要条件。GridBridge吗?美国的电网能源路由器将是现代化电网的关键组成部分，是众多互补技术的推动者。GridBridge的GER最终将取代全球数百万已安装的传统电网技术。此外，持续的GridBridge-ERC关系建立了FREEDM ERC的商业化生态系统，其中包括200名不同的学生。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目结合了不同的研究方面，以使公司商业化？该公司的第三个突破性产品是电网能源路由器（GER）。GridBridge吗?美国的电网能源路由器将是一个进化的电网的基石，它可以整合可再生能源和存储，提供动态的效率提升，并智能地路由电力。虽然电力电子的早期工作仅仅集中在高压转换领域，但迄今为止的方法限制了商业化和可制造性。GridBridge将结合三年多的公司市场研究和客户的实用意见，独特的产品路线图，以及在功能实现和电压转换领域的前沿研究。考虑到终端市场，电力公用事业的要求已被纳入：高效率，具有成本竞争力，在特定的市场窗口内可制造，并可扩展到高功率和高电压。该项目促进了具有成本效益和电力效率的产品设计，为工业化和最终的电网整合做好了准备，同时结合了有价值的特性，证明了公用事业支出的合理性，并满足了市场需求。