MRI: Acquisition of Unique, High-Power Instrumentation for Future Distribution Systems Test and Evaluation

eccs - 0723195 h吗。阿肯色大学曼穆思位于阿肯色大学的国家可靠电力传输中心将利用最先进的再生驱动器来实现一个高度灵活的6000千伏安电力测试设施，该设施提供独特的能力，以现实的方式评估新型和新兴的电力电子设备和电路，通过广泛采用分布式能源系统来维持可靠的电力供应。储能系统及快速电力保护装置。该测试设施将成为国家资源，供小型和大型企业、国家实验室和其他大学在灵活、可编程但安全的环境中测试额定功率的原型。这将是一个独特的测试设施，用于研究我们国家的电网。研究的目标包括为未来电网的应用开发先进的电力电子系统，为配电级电压（15 kv级）和大电流（300 a）的先进电力电子系统建立最先进的测试设施，并为电力部门提供急需的人力资源，了解新兴技术和国家电网的未来需求。建议研究的更广泛影响包括：(a)为大学和工业界建立全国用户设施，以便进行分配一级的测试和原型评价，从而能够验证研究成果，从而加速在电网中采用新的固态设备；(b)培训能够开发下一代电力系统的学生和实习工程师；(c)将研究与教育结合起来，建立新的课程，让我们的学生超越竞争，拥有独特的技能和知识；(d)创新的电力电子研究（设计、建模、控制和包装），最终帮助为美国所有家庭提供可靠的电力。

ECCS-0723195H. MANMOOTH, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASIntellectual Merit: The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission at the University of Arkansas will make use of state-of-the-art regeneration drives to enable a highly flexible 6,000 kVA electric power test facility that provides unique capability to evaluate, in a realistic manner, new and emerging power electronic devices and circuits being envisioned to sustain reliable electric power supply through wide adoption of distributed energy systems, energy storage systems and fast electric utility protection devices. The test facility will be a national resource for small and large businesses, national laboratories, and other universities to test their prototypes at rated power in a flexible and programmable, but safe and secure environment. This will be a unique test facility for research involving our nation's power grid. The objectives of the research include the development of advanced power electronics systems for applications in the power grids of the future, the establishment a state-of-the-art test facility for advanced power electronic systems for distribution-level voltages (15 kV-class) and high currents (300 A), and providing much needed human resource for the electric power sector with understanding of emerging technologies and the future needs of the nation's power grid.The broader impacts of the proposed research include: (a) a nationwide user facility for universities and industry for distribution-level testing and prototype evaluation enabling validation of research findings and thus accelerating the adoption of new solid-state equipment in the power grids, (b) training of students and practicing engineers who will be able to develop the next generation of power systems, (c) integrating research with education to establish new courses to take our students beyond being competitive to that of possessing unique skills and knowledge, and (d) innovative power electronics research (design, modeling, controls, and packaging) that ultimately helps to provide reliable electric power for all households in the United States.