IRES: USPRISM: U.S.-Scotland Program for Research on Integration of renewable energy resources and SMart grid

IRES：USPRISM：美国-苏格兰可再生能源资源与智能电网整合研究计划

• 批准号: 1559518
• 负责人: Ali Mehrizi-Sani
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559518&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; USPRISM; U.S.; Scotland; Program

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program, organized by Professors Ali Mehrizi-Sani and Chen-Ching Liu from Washington State University (WSU), in collaboration with Prof. Stephen McArthur and his colleagues from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), provides six US students with the opportunity to participate in the diverse smart grid research atmosphere at one of leading, most highly funded, and most entrepreneurial European universities. This program is developed out of a 20-year collaborative relationship between WSU and the University of Strathclyde. The students will undertake projects to address challenges in renewable energy integration. Ultimately, the research performed in this program will help increase the utilization of distributed renewable energy resources in the power system of the future, the smart grid. This research benefits our society and environment by (i) increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, (ii) increasing career interest in power system and the smart grid, and (iii) improving the quality and quantity of the power engineering workforce in the United States. These benefits directly translate into a more capable and larger student intake that can address the workforce shortage problem; it also helps the transition to a modern power grid with higher efficiency, reliability, and resiliency.The students in this program will perform research relevant to smart grid and the electric power system. Electrical power is critical to the U.S. economy. However, most of the current U.S. electric infrastructure is outdated. What exacerbates this problem is that this infrastructure still runs mainly on legacy control, monitoring, and protection systems that may not realize its full potential. While environmental concerns and energy independence recommend utilizing renewable resources in the power system, one of the U.S. grand energy challenges remains to integrate large amounts of renewable energy. These challenges also add to the difficulty of enforcing resiliency of the power system to major disturbances and events. The research to be undertaken in this project seeks to address this challenge through activities on (i) accurate and fast controllers for integration of renewables, (ii) resilient distribution systems, and (iii) and system-agnostic controls of microgrid resources. Compared to the United States, many European countries have a more mature experience in the utilization of renewable energy resources. The University of Strathclyde maintains one of the largest power programs in Europe and, as a prime example of an institution with proven track record in research and industry collaboration, is an ideal partner in this project that combines an international research experience for students with outstanding research capacity.

由华盛顿州立大学（WSU）的教授Ali Mehrizi-Sani和Chen-Ching Liu组织的这项国际研究经验（IRES）计划与Stephen McArthur教授及其同事合作，来自Strathclyde（苏格兰）（苏格兰大学（苏格兰）（苏格兰大学），大多数人都可以参与研究氛围，并在大多数智能氛围中融资了各种各样的学生。欧洲企业家大学。该计划是由WSU与Strathclyde大学之间的20年合作关系开发的。学生将开展项目，以应对可再生能源整合的挑战。最终，在该计划中进行的研究将有助于增加未来电力系统中分布式可再生能源资源的利用，即智能电网。这项研究通过（i）增加可再生能源资源的渗透，（ii）增加对电力系统和智能电网的职业兴趣，以及（iii）提高美国动力工程劳动力的质量和数量。这些好处直接转化为一种更有能力，更大的学生摄入量，可以解决劳动力短缺问题；它还有助于过渡到具有更高效率，可靠性和弹性的现代电网。该计划的学生将进行与智能电网和电力系统相关的研究。电力对美国经济至关重要。但是，目前的大多数美国电力基础设施都过时了。加剧了这个问题的原因是，该基础架构仍然主要运行在传统控制，监视和保护系统上，这些系统可能无法实现其全部潜力。尽管环境问题和能源独立性建议在电力系统中利用可再生资源，但美国盛大的能源挑战之一仍将整合大量可再生能源。这些挑战还增加了使电力系统对重大干扰和事件的弹性的困难。该项目要进行的研究旨在通过（i）（i）对可再生能源，（ii）弹性分配系统以及（iii）和（iii）以及微电网资源的系统 - 无知控制的活动进行的活动来应对这一挑战。与美国相比，许多欧洲国家在利用可再生能源资源方面具有更成熟的经验。 Strathclyde大学维持了欧洲最大的电力计划之一，作为具有研究和行业合作方面有良好往绩记录的机构的一个典型例子，是该项目的理想合作伙伴，它结合了具有出色研究能力的学生的国际研究经验。