Advanced Grid Emulation and Monitoring for Building-Scale Energy Systems

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The equipment will support the research program on energy storage and grid-tie power injection within the Campus as a Living Lab, UBC. Our laboratory secured an in-kind contribution of a custom, fully-controllable energy system that includes a 30 kW active rectifier battery charger for a large 250kWh Li-Ion battery system, and a DC bus distribution system coupled with a grid-tie inverter. The objective of the research program is to investigate building-scale energy systems to address: a) building peak shaving and power factor correction; b) efficiency of battery charging/discharging and life cycle; c) grid-tie power flow control and harmonics injection; and d) supply and backup for the facility with AC and high efficiency DC distribution buses (380V, 48V and 24V). This is a joint effort by the professors in the power/energy area at UBC and aims to develop technology/techniques to reduce building-scale electricity cost by increasing power quality and efficiency.