CAREER: Thermoeconomic Modeling as a Tool for Advancing the Electric Power Industry

能源生产的一般概念和各种形式的能源对大多数学生来说都很容易掌握。事实上，环保组织已经有效地与K-12科学项目合作，让今天的孩子意识到并关注美国和世界各地能源生产的环境后果。今天的学生也接触到了能源效率和节能，并可能与这样一个事实有关，即变化伴随着经济后果。因此，各种工程概念可以通过一个他们可以可视化的论坛向各级学生介绍，但更重要的是，看到学生完全理解一个概念通常需要的实际联系。PI建议将他在热力学和经济建模方面的研究整合到课堂上。提出的热力学模型偏离了传统的方法，即通过优化火用损失和经济效率来最大化能效，同时最小化环境影响。建模的结果被用来确定新的概念和未来的研究领域，这些领域将需要克服目前限制电力行业优化的障碍问题。虽然PI是一个新的博士，但他的建模工作将利用在合同研究机构工作期间积累的20多年先进电力系统经验。

The general concept of energy production and the various forms of energy are easy for most students to grasp.In fact, environmental groups have effectively worked with K-12 science programs to make today's children aware of and concerned about the environmental consequences of energy production in the U.S. and around the world. Today's students have also been exposed to energy efficiency and conservation, and can relate to the fact that changes come with economic consequences. Therefore, various engineering concepts can be introduced to students at all levels using a forum that they can visualize, but more importantly, see the practical connection that is often needed for a student to fully comprehend a concept.The PI proposes to integrate his research on thermodynamic and economic modeling into the classroom. Thethermodynamic modeling proposed deviates from the traditional approach of maximizing energy efficiency byfocusing on optimizing exergy losses and economic efficiency while minimizing the environmental impact.Results from the modeling are used to identify novel concepts and future research areas that will be required to overcome barrier issues that currently limit the optimization of the electric power industry. While the PI is a new PhD, his modeling efforts will draw on over 20 years of experience on advanced power systems accumulated while working for a contract research organization.