RII Track-4:NSF: Isolated Amorphous Microgrid Design with Accelerated Power System Analysis and Network Layout (IMPALA)

RII Track-4：NSF：具有加速电力系统分析和网络布局的隔离非晶微电网设计 (IMPALA)

• 批准号: 2131696
• 负责人: Phylicia Cicilio
• 金额: $ 17.67万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; NSF; Isolated; Amorphous

Off-grid remote power systems, referred to here as microgrids, are key to providing electricity to rural Alaskans and are also a promising solution that addresses the fact that 10% of the world still lacks access to electricity as of 2019. The UNDP Sustainable Development Goal 7 (``Affordable and Clean Energy'') aims to increase affordable and clean energy access for all by 2030. It is estimated that 30% of newly electrified connections will be served by microgrids by 2030 (up to 70% in rural areas). Numerous microgrid planning and development tools exist. However, there are significant inconsistencies between network design methods and assumptions used in these tools. Such inconsistencies and uncertainty in best practices are detrimental to the rapid deployment of sustainable and stable microgrids necessary to meet the UN Sustainability Development Goal #7. The need for international and national remote isolated microgrid development has driven a flurry of new microgrid tool creation, which has grown in absence of comparative analysis of network layout and power system design assumptions, and standard engineering and economic performance metrics. This EPSCoR RII Track-4 Fellow Proposal entitled "RII Track-4:NSF: Isolated Amorphous Microgrid Design with Accelerated Power System Analysis and Network Layout (IMPALA) will assess remote isolated microgrid development tool methods and associated performance metrics to inform standards and tools that will aid the development of more stable, affordable, and sustainable microgrids.The objective of this project is to inform standards and tools that will aid the development of more stable, affordable, and sustainable microgrids. The project will develop a collaboration between Dr. Cicilio at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and the Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU). Through collaboration with ASU’s Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS) team, Dr. Cicilio will be provided access to the Rapid Mapping Methodology and associated tools developed by the LEAPS team. The Rapid Mapping Methodology will be the baseline microgrid development tool which will be adapted to test variations in network design methods. The Rapid Mapping tool was built with aims to reduce feasibility assessment and engineering planning costs, increase speed, increase data analysis accuracy, improve technical detail in respect to power engineering, and incorporate comprehensive technical and financial analysis into one tool. Dr. Cicilio will bring together several key players in this proposal to drive impactful and applicable resulting metrics and methods to address these needs. This project will leverage the prior established connection with OnePower Africa with the new collaboration with ASU, as the host institution, to increase the geographical diversity and diversity of experience to inform the project’s evaluations. Existing and potential microgrid sites across the globe associated with project partners in Alaska, Lesotho, Niger, and Sierra Leone will be assessed to determine regional characteristics that may impact the performance of these methods. This will lead to more sustainable, affordable, and stable microgrids with implications not just to the African case studies but for rural Alaska as well.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.

离网远程电力系统，在这里被称为微电网，是向阿拉斯加农村供电的关键，也是解决截至2019年世界上仍有10%的人无法获得电力这一事实的一个有希望的解决方案。联合国开发计划署可持续发展目标7（“负担得起的清洁能源”）旨在到2030年使所有人都能获得负担得起的清洁能源。据估计，到2030年，30%的新电气化连接将由微电网提供服务（农村地区高达70%）。存在许多微电网规划和开发工具。然而，在这些工具中使用的网络设计方法和假设之间存在显著的不一致。最佳做法的这种不一致性和不确定性不利于快速部署可持续和稳定的微电网，而这是实现联合国可持续发展目标7所必需的。国际和国内对远程隔离微电网发展的需求推动了一系列新的微电网工具的创建，这些工具在缺乏网络布局和电力系统设计假设的比较分析以及标准工程和经济绩效指标的情况下增长。EPSCoR RII Track-4 Fellow提案题为“RII Track-4:NSF：具有加速电力系统分析和网络布局（IMPALA）的隔离无定形微电网设计”，将评估远程隔离微电网开发工具方法和相关性能指标，以通知有助于开发更稳定，负担得起和可持续的微电网的标准和工具。该项目的目标是提供标准和工具，以帮助发展更稳定、负担得起和可持续的微电网。该项目将发展阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学（UAF）阿拉斯加能源和电力中心的Cicilio博士与亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）能源和电力解决方案实验室之间的合作。通过与亚利桑那州立大学能源和电力解决方案实验室（LEAPS）团队的合作，Cicilio博士将获得由LEAPS团队开发的快速测绘方法和相关工具。快速制图方法学将成为微电网开发的基本工具，它将适应各种网络设计方法的测试变化。快速绘图工具旨在降低可行性评估和工程规划成本，提高速度，提高数据分析准确性，改善电力工程方面的技术细节，并将综合技术和财务分析整合到一个工具中。Cicilio博士将在该提案中召集几位关键参与者，推动有影响力和适用的结果指标和方法，以满足这些需求。该项目将利用之前与“非洲一力”建立的联系以及与亚利桑那州立大学作为主办机构的新合作，增加地理多样性和经验多样性，为项目评估提供信息。将评估与阿拉斯加、莱索托、尼日尔和塞拉利昂的项目合作伙伴有关的全球现有和潜在的微电网站点，以确定可能影响这些方法性能的区域特征。这将带来更可持续、更实惠、更稳定的微电网，不仅对非洲的案例研究有影响，对阿拉斯加农村也有影响。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。