iGen Smart Fuel Switching Furnace

该研究项目的目的是开发一种基于云的智能双燃料切换控制器，该控制器能够利用iGEN Technologies的i2微型热电联产炉的燃料切换技术，最大限度地减少温室气体（GHG）排放。由于熔炉能够支持可再生能源的辅助输入并提供电池存储，智能控制器将有多种燃料选项可供选择，同时还能够实现负载优先级和调峰等次要目标。基于云的智能控制器的灵活性确保了它可以在世界任何地方的任何运行模式下使用，无论是在农村社区取代柴油发电机，还是在停电时作为孤岛微电网的热电联产厂。在这个项目中，新型iGEN i2炉将部署在多伦多和地区保护管理局（TRCA）的一个研究中心，与现有的传统炉并行。然后，熔炉将由一个基于微处理器的智能控制器进行增强，该控制器将执行由瑞尔森大学开发的基于云的控制算法。基于智能微处理器的控制器还将从系统内的各个点（温度、功率输出、天然气消耗等）获取数据，并将数据推送到一个可访问的、基于云的数据仓库中进行分析。来自模拟的数据将公开提供给其他研究人员，公用事业和房主，以利用他们自己的目的。此外，基于云的门户还将用于远程控制熔炉，以便从参与的公用事业和传输系统运营商（tso）发送控制信号。

The purpose of this research project is to develop a cloud-based smart dual fuel switching controller that is ableto use the capabilities of iGEN Technologies' i2 micro CHP based furnace's fuel-switching technique tomaximize the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With the furnace being able to support theauxiliary input of renewable energy sources and provide battery storage, the smart controller will have amultitude of fuel options to choose from, while also being able to fulfill secondary objectives such as loadprioritization and peak shaving. The flexibility of the smart cloud-based controller ensures that it can be used inany mode of operation in any location of the world, whether to replace diesel generators in rural communitiesor as CHP plants in islanded microgrids when there is an electrical outage. In this project, the novel iGEN i2furnace will be deployed at a research house located at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority(TRCA), in parallel to an existing, conventional furnace. The furnace will then be augmented by amicroprocessor-based smart controller that will execute the cloud-based control algorithm, developed byRyerson University. The smart microprocessor-based controller will also acquire data from various pointswithin the system (temperature, power output, natural gas consumption, etc.) and push the data to aweb-accessible, cloud based data warehouse for analytical purposes. The data from the simulations will bepublicly available for other researchers, utilities, and homeowners to leverage for their own purposes.Additionally, the cloud-based portal will also be used to remotely control the furnace such that control signalscan be sent from participating utilities and transmission system operators (TSOs).