MRI: Development of a Reconfigurable Microgrid Test Bed for Resilient and Sustainable Energy Systems Research and Education

目标：该项目的目标是开发一种新颖的、可重新配置的微电网试验台，以促进弹性和可持续能源基础设施系统领域的研究和教育。微电网是一种很有前途的范例，可以整合一组不同种类的分布式能源，最终可能成为未来公用事业电网的基石。智慧的优点：这个项目中开发的独特仪器目前还不存在。开发的微电网试验台提供了一个关键的研究基础设施，用于验证、验证和演示微电网的创新电力系统概念和控制技术，否则在实际的公用事业电网中无法轻易做到这一点。基于这一文书的努力将极大地促进我们在大规模、安全地部署替代能源和可再生能源方面的知识和理解。更广泛的影响：该项目的成功将为研究分布式能源资源的有效集成提供重要平台，包括物理和控制接口要求，并通过示范约束这些标准和接口的性能。目前的几个研究项目和一些潜在的项目将直接受益于这一研究工具。三名博士生和几名本科生直接参与了这个项目，大量其他本科生和研究生将从这一工具中受益。除了科学研究，这台仪器还将用于迈阿密大学本科生和研究生的教育项目，特别是大量的少数民族学生。

Objective: The objective of this project is to develop a novel, reconfigurable microgrid test bed that will promote research and education in the area of resilient and sustainable energy infrastructure systems. The microgrid is a promising paradigm to integrate a heterogeneous set of distributed energy resources and may eventually become the building blocks of future utility power grids.Intellectual Merit: The unique instrument developed in this project does not currently exist. The developed microgrid test bed provides a critical research infrastructure to verify, validate and demonstrate innovative power system concepts and control technologies for microgrids, which otherwise could not be readily done in a real utility power grid. The efforts based on this instrument will greatly advance our knowledge and understanding in large-scale, safe deployment of alternative and renewable energy resources. Broader Impact: The success of this project will provide a significant platform for research in the effective integration of distributed energy resources that includes physical and control interface requirements, and in bounding the performance of those standards and interfaces through demonstration. Several current research projects and a number of potential projects will directly benefit from this research instrument. Three PhD students and several undergraduate students are directly involved in this project and a large number of other undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from this instrument. In addition to scientific research, this instrument will be used for the educational programs of undergraduate and graduate students, especially the large population of minority students, at the University of Miami.