Research on Enabling Technologies for Electrification of Transportation and Integration of Renewables in Remote Communities' Microgrids

所有指标都指出，交通运输电气化和可再生能源在能源系统中的一体化是未来的关键技术战略。由于担心燃烧化石燃料对环境的不利影响、油价上涨、对政治上不安全的现有石油供应的依赖、储油罐的枯竭以及传统车辆系统中能源转换的低效率，车辆技术的范式从基于内燃机(ICE)的传统转向纯电动，以及发电行业从以化石燃料为基础的转向整合可再生能源是不可避免的。交通的电气化和可再生能源的整合在很大程度上依赖于电机、储能、电力电子、风力涡轮机和光伏发电等技术。其中，电力电子作为功率调节和多源集成的使能技术，受到了特别的关注。基于多年来在各种可再生能源和车辆相关应用的电力电子转换器拓扑和控制技术研究方面积累的丰富知识和经验，申请人提出了一项研究计划，旨在解决汽车和电力公用事业行业在开发高性能插电式汽车和在以柴油发电为主的孤立微电网中整合可再生能源方面面临的挑战。

All indicators point to electrification of transportation and integration of renewables in the energy systems as key technological strategies for the future. Paradigm shifts from conventional, internal combustion engine (ICE)-based to purely-electric in vehicle technology, and from fossil fuel-based to renewable-integrated in electricity generation industry are inevitable due to concerns about adverse environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels, rising oil prices, dependence on politically-insecure existing oil supplies, depletion of oil reservoirs, and low efficiency of energy conversion in conventional vehicular systems. Electrification of transportation and integration of renewables heavily depend on technologies such as electric machines, energy storage, power electronics, wind turbines and photovoltaics. Among these, power electronics is receiving special attention, as the enabling technology for power conditioning and multi-source integration. Based on extensive knowledge and experience accured over many years of research on power electronic converter topologies and control techniques for various renewable energy- and vehicle-related applications, the applicant proposes a research program addressing the challenges faced by the automotive and electric utility industries in development of high-performance plugin vehicles and integration of renewables in isolated diesel generation-dominated microgrids.