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

催化剂项目为历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）提供支持，努力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教师的研究能力，改善该机构的研究和教学。并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燃料区域供热和制冷（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。本项目的目标是发现无化石燃料DHC网络的弹性机制。该项目承诺回答以下问题：（1）如何配置网络拓扑结构，以提高可再生能源燃料的区域网络的系统弹性;（2）是否有一个特殊的建筑机械系统更兼容可再生能源燃料的区域供热网络？该项目将通过开发一个整体和双层动态建模框架来研究系统弹性。该项目的成功将为空间供暖和制冷需求提供一个无化石燃料的解决方案。潜在的贡献是提高对使用可再生能源的复原力的认识。 该项目成果将支持有关清洁能源发电计划的知情决策。该奖项反映了NSF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.