PFI-AIR: Accelerating Commercialization of the Solid State Transformer Through Strategic Partnership

NSF加速创新研究(AIR)项目将开发商业级固态变压器(SST)相关技术，并在一个主要配电网位置进行现场试验。今天现有的配电变压器缺乏发送或接收信号、做出决策、调节潮流以及轻松适应绿色技术(包括可再生能源发电)的能力。SST通过电力电子技术的使用改变了这一点，并经常被互联网枢纽同化，因为信息流类似，决策是在这个公用事业/客户交汇点自动做出的。2011年，SST被《麻省理工学院技术评论》评为能够改变我们生活的十大技术之一，它是一种将可再生能源、电动汽车和能量存储集成到配电网中的智能设备。人们非常有兴趣看到这项技术被转移到市场上，使美国的工业和电力公用事业公司受益。SST是微电网环境的关键组件，提供了下一代配电网所需的许多潜在功能。AIR项目不仅是为了在智能电网应用中实现一系列全面和令人印象深刻的SST功能，而且还将以市场可以接受的成本通过创新的SST设计来实现这一目标。

This NSF Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) project will develop commercial-grade solid state transformer (SST) related technology and conduct field trials at a major distribution power grid location. Today's existing distribution transformer lacks the ability to send or receive signals, make decisions, regulate power flow, and easily accommodate green technology (including renewable generation). The SST changes this with the use of power electronics and is often assimilated with internet hubs, as information flows similarly and decisions are automatically made at this utility/customer intersection. Named as one of the top ten technologies that can change our life by MIT Technology Review in 2011, the SST is a smart device for integrating renewable energy, electric vehicle, and energy storage into the distribution grid. There is a significant interest to see that this technology is transferred to the market place to benefit U.S. industry and electric utilities. The SST is a critical component for microgrid environments and offers many potential features that will be required in the next generation distribution grid. The AIR project not only is to achieve a comprehensive and impressive list of SST functionalities in smart grid application, but also to do so with an innovative SST design at a cost acceptable to the market place.