Sustainable Integration of Distributed Energy Resources in Distribution Systems

提出的研究解决了分布式能源大规模整合的主要障碍，这对本世纪的分配系统和整体能源经济产生了变革性的影响。目标是开发系统和控制理论方法，经济分析和数据分析工具，用于分布式能源（DER）的可持续整合，如表后太阳能，分布式存储和配电系统中的需求响应。重点是作为工程创新和受监管的公用事业、新兴能源服务提供商、社区DER和产消者之间的市场互动的结果，DER采用的动态。利用非线性系统理论、最优控制和机器学习工具，本研究旨在表征DER采用的稳定性、内生正反馈诱发的死亡螺旋的可能性、净计量和税收激励等政策处方的影响，以及对公平和公平的经济影响。补充理论分析的是对现行定价机制和新关税建议的实证研究。为此，本研究在开发用于从在线数据中提取模型的数据分析和机床方面具有重要意义。本文研究了配电系统采用分布式存储的一个新问题。拟议的研究有可能有助于对消费者、受监管的公用事业和服务提供商之间的相互作用有一个基本的了解。本研究将提供一套全新的系统与控制理论工具，以分析不同的DER整合模式、市场设计与政策处方。提出的研究推进了最先进的理论和实践，并有助于释放分布式能源的全部潜力，通过一个创新的，经济上可行的，操作上安全的途径，一个新的电力分配范例。本研究的多学科性质为本科生和研究生提供了丰富的经验，并丰富了工程教育这一关键领域的课程开发。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The proposed research addresses a major obstacle to a large-scale integration of distributed energy resources that have transformative impacts on the distribution systems and the overall energy economics of this century. The goal is to develops system and control theoretic approaches, economic analysis, and data analytical tools for the sustainable integration of distributed energy resources (DER) such as behind-the-meter solar, distributed storage, and demand response in distribution systems. The focus is on the dynamics of DER adoption as results of engineering innovation and market interactions among regulated utilities, emerging energy service providers, community DER, and prosumers. Using nonlinear system theory, optimal control, and machine learning tools, the proposed research aims to characterize the stability of DER adoption, the potential of death spiral induced by the endogenous positive feedback, the impacts of policy prescriptions such as net-metering and tax incentives, and economic implications on equity and fairness. Complementing the theoretic analysis are empirical studies of prevailing pricing mechanisms and new tariff proposals. To this end, this research has a significant component in developing data analytic and machine tools for extracting models from online data. This research addresses an emerging problem in DER adoption in distribution system. The proposed Research has potential to contribute a fundamental understanding of the interactions among consumers, regulated utilities, and service providers. The research will provide a set of novel system and control theoretic tools in analyzing different DER integration models, market designs, and policy prescriptions. The proposed research advances the state of the art theory and practices and helps to unleash the full potential of distributed energy resources through an innovative, economically viable, and operationally secure pathway to a new paradigm of power distribution. The multidisciplinary nature of this research provides rich experiences for undergraduate and graduate students and enriches curriculum developments in a critical area engineering education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.