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

所有指标都表明，运输电气化和将可再生能源纳入能源系统是未来的关键技术战略。由于对燃烧化石燃料的不利环境影响、油价上涨、对政治上不安全的现有石油供应的依赖、油藏枯竭、以及传统车辆系统中能量转换效率低。交通电气化和可再生能源的整合在很大程度上取决于电机、储能、电力电子、风力涡轮机和光电等技术。其中，电力电子作为功率调节和多源集成的使能技术受到特别关注。基于多年来对用于各种可再生能源和车辆相关应用的电力电子转换器拓扑结构和控制技术的研究所获得的广泛知识和经验，申请人提出了一项研究计划，该研究计划解决了汽车和电力公用事业行业在开发高性能插电式车辆和将可再生能源集成到孤立的柴油发电主导的微电网中所面临的挑战。

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.