CATALYST AWARD: FOSSIL FUEL FREE AND RESILIENT NETWORK FOR DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING

Catalyst项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCU）提供支持，以建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学，技术，工程和数学本科教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高该教员的研究能力，提高该机构的研究和教学水平。让本科生参与研究体验。田纳西州立大学的项目旨在发现无化石区域供热和制冷（DHC）网络的弹性机制。无化石燃料的DHC网络有潜力满足未来智能社区的空间制冷和供暖需求。该项目的目的是发现无化石燃料DHC网络弹性的机制。该项目承诺回答以下问题：(1)如何配置网络拓扑以提高可再生能源燃料区域网络的系统弹性；(2)是否有一种与可再生能源DHC网络更兼容的特殊建筑机械系统？该项目将通过开发一个整体的双层动态建模框架来调查系统的弹性。该项目的成功将为空间供暖和制冷需求提供无化石燃料的解决方案。这项研究的潜在贡献在于提高人们对使用可再生能源的适应性的认识。项目成果将为清洁能源发电计划的明智决策提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to work towards establishing research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution. and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. The project at Tennessee State University seeks to discover the mechanism of the resilience of fossil-free district heating and cooling (DHC) networks. Fossil-fuel free DHC networks have potentials to satisfy space cooling and heating demands in future smart communities. The goal of this project is to discover the mechanism of the resilience of fossil-fuel free DHC network. The project promises to answer the following questions: (1) how to configure network topologies for better system resilience of renewable-energy fueled district networks; (2) is there a special building mechanical system more compatible to renewable-energy fueled DHC network? The project will investigate the system resilience by developing a holistic and bi-level dynamic modeling framework. The success of the project would provide a fossil-fuel free solution for space heating and cooling demand. The potential contribution is to advance the knowledge on the resilience of using renewable energy. The project outcomes will support informed decision-making regarding clean energy power plans.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.