Collaborative Research: A Holistic Approach to Customer-driven Microgrids

这项工作的目的是研究一种新的范例，在这种范例中，电力客户在他们的家庭或设施中安装公用事业兼容的发电源，每个发电源都作为具有经济、技术和社会反应的自主代理。在这个微电网中，公用事业公司充当促进者的角色，允许客户在紧急情况下组建临时网络。该方法是利用多智能体系统理论开发一个框架，并通过使用实时数字模拟器进行高保真建模来证明它。智力价值：智力价值在于广泛开发、测试和演示一种全新的、完全自主的微电网新范式。在紧急情况下，允许任意安装发电机组作为自治系统孤岛进行合作的技术迄今尚未得到广泛研究。这项研究将发展必要的理论，并证明支持岛屿自治运作的概念。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响包括在可靠、安全和可持续电力系统的新兴解决方案方面的潜在突破；通过高保真仿真来发现隐藏问题的控制器特性，以便与制造社区共享以开发鲁棒控制器；让下一代劳动力为未来的先进技术系统做好准备。具有高度分布式资源渗透率的自主微电网预计将构成未来可靠和安全的能源输送基础设施的重要组成部分。广泛使用的微电网减轻了电网的压力，并提供了安全保障，防止风暴或恶意意图等意外事件造成的中断。这种微电网的发展需要像这个项目这样的基础研发，以及能源技术、公共政策和公用事业商业模式的进步。

The objective of this work is to investigate a new paradigm wherein electricity customers install utility-compatible generation sources in their homes or facilities, each acting as an autonomous agent with economic, technical and social responses. In this microgrid, the utility acts as a facilitator, allowing customers to form ad hoc networks in emergencies. The approach is to develop a framework using multi-agent systems theory, and demonstrate it through high-fidelity modeling using a real-time digital simulator.Intellectual Merit:The intellectual merit is in extensive development, testing and demonstration of a new paradigm for a novel, completely autonomous, microgrid. Techniques that allow arbitrary installation of generation to cooperate as autonomous systems islands during emergencies have not been heretofore investigated extensively. This research will develop requisite theory, and demonstrate concepts that support autonomous operation of islands. Broader Impact:The broader impact includes a potential breakthrough in an emerging solution to reliable, secure and sustainable electric power systems; controller characterization through high-fidelity simulations to uncover hidden issues for sharing with manufacturing community to develop robust controllers; and preparing the next generation workforce for tomorrow's technologically advanced systems. Autonomous microgrids with high penetration of distributed resources are expected to constitute a significant part of the reliable and secure energy delivery infrastructure of tomorrow. Widespread microgrids mitigate the stress on power grids, and provide security against disruption caused by inadvertent events such as storms, or malicious intent. The development of such microgrids requires fundamental R&D such as this project, and progress in energy technologies, public policy and utility business models.