Phase II I/UCRC University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES)

威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校（UWM）正在申请加入现有的第二阶段I/UCRC中心，并网先进电力电子系统（GRAPES），该中心成立于2009年，由阿肯色大学领导，南卡罗来纳大学作为基地。GRAPES通过提高并网电力电子技术的知识水平和开发知识产权，为会员和国家带来了巨大的利益。UWM站点的目标是补充和补充现有的专业知识、能力和设施，以更好地实现GRAPES的使命，加速电力电子设备进入电网的采用和插入，以提高系统的稳定性、灵活性、稳健性和经济性。UWM将为GRAPES增加另一个地理区域和人口中心，多样性，电力电子，微电网，保护，能源效率和能源存储的尖端设施。密尔沃基历来是全国最大的电力电子中心之一，是许多大中型电力公司的所在地。拟议的UWM站点的大部分重点将放在分布式发电集成，交流和直流微电网，配电和保护，辅助服务，智能配电，并网储能系统和基于sic的转换器。UWM将为GRAPES带来中西部市场和地区。这些设施包括一个350千伏安的微电网系统、可持续电力系统中心、储能系统和接口、高压宽带隙设备的测试装置、直流保护装置。UWM学院在转换器级宽带隙器件、故障和保护、电力电子系统、能源效率、电力电子可靠性和分布式发电集成方面的专业知识极大地支持了GRAPES现有的活动和能力。威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校（UWM）将加入现有的第二阶段I/UCRC中心，并网先进电力电子系统（GRAPES）。GRAPES的目标有三个方面：(i)为并网电力电子、配电和智能负载开发先进技术，（ii）为电力电子转换器和系统开发软件和嵌入式控制，以及（iii）为电力和能源转换和控制行业发展劳动力。在电力电子转换器、控制和系统方面拥有丰富经验和专业知识的四名核心教师和更大的附属教师团队，以及工业界的大力支持，将在并网电力电子设备和系统的设计、建模、仿真、实施和测试方面进行前沿研究。其目标是在发电、配电和智能负荷的各个层面增加电力电子设备对公用电网的渗透，以提高效率、可靠性、可持续性和降低成本。UWM网站将主要关注分布式发电集成、交流和直流微电网、配电和保护、辅助服务、智能配电、并网储能系统和基于sic的转换器。更广泛的主要影响是提供最高质量的综合教育、研究和工程，以满足新兴的劳动力和国家的需求。美国能源工业。为了进行研究，包括教授、研究生和本科生以及行业专家在内的团队成员将进行合作。UWM GRAPES网站将在许多层面产生更广泛的影响：高中生、UWM学生、在职专业人士、少数民族和代表性不足的群体以及会员公司。项目的研究成果将整合到学生课程中，并通过每月网络研讨会、半年度会议、短期课程和出版物向行业传播。该中心的活动还将通过开发新技术和知识产权，对威斯康星州和更广泛的中西部地区的能源转换和控制行业产生深远的影响。

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is requesting to join an existing Phase Two I/UCRC center, Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES), which was established in 2009 with University of Arkansas as a lead and University of South Carolina as a site. The GRAPES has been providing significant benefits to the members and nation through advancing the knowledge in grid-connected power electronics and developing intellectual properties. The goal of the UWM site is to supplement and complement the existing expertise, capabilities, and facilities to better achieve mission of GRAPES to accelerate the adoption and insertion of power electronics into the grid in order to improve system stability, flexibility, robustness, and economy. UWM will add another geographical area and population center, diversity, cutting edge facilities of power electronics, microgrids, protection, energy efficiency, and energy storage into GRAPES. Milwaukee has traditionally been one of the largest power electronics hubs in the nation, home to many large and medium power companies. Majority of focus at the proposed UWM site will be on distributed generation integration, AC and DC Microgrids, distribution and protection, ancillary services, smart distribution, grid connected energy storage systems, and SiC-based converters. UWM will bring Midwest market and region to GRAPES. The facilities include a 350 kVA microgrid system, center for sustainable electrical energy systems, energy storage systems and interface, test setups for high voltage wide band gap devices, DC protection setups. UWM faculty expertise in converter level wide band gap devices, fault and protection, power electronics systems, energy efficiency, power electronics reliability, and integration of distributed generation greatly support the existing activities and capabilities at GRAPES. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) will join an existing Phase Two I/UCRC center, Grid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES). The objectives of GRAPES are three folds: (i) develop advanced technologies for grid-connected power electronics, power distribution, and smart loads, (ii) develop software and embedded controls for power electronics converters and systems, and (iii) develop workforce for the power and energy conversion and control industry. A group of four core faculty and a larger group of affiliated faculty at UWM with extensive experience and expertise in power electronics converters, controls, and systems, and strong support from industry will conduct cutting edge research on design, modeling, simulation, implementation, and testing of grid-connected power electronics devices and systems. The goal is to increase the penetration of power electronics into utility grid at all levels of generation, distribution, and smart load, in order to increase efficiency, reliability, sustainability, and to lower cost. UWM site will mainly focus on distributed generation integration, AC and DC Microgrids, distribution and protection, ancillary services, smart distribution, grid connected energy storage systems, and SiC-based converters. The main broader impact is to provide the highest quality integrated education, research, and engineering to meet the emerging workforce and needs of the nation?s energy industry. To conduct research, team members including professors, graduate and undergraduate students, and industry experts will collaborate. UWM GRAPES site will have broader impacts at many levels: high school students, UWM students, working professionals, minority and underrepresented groups, and member companies. Research results from projects will be integrated with courses for students and will be disseminated to industry through monthly webinars, semi-annual meetings, short courses, and publications. The center activities will also have profound impacts on the energy conversion and controls industry in Wisconsin and broader Midwest by developing new technologies and intellectual properties.