Collaborative Research: Smart Power Distribution System Curriculum - Multi-Institution Demonstration and Deployment

合作研究：智能配电系统课程-多机构演示与部署

• 批准号: 1226126
• 负责人: Karen Miller
• 金额: $ 25.91万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1226126&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Smart; Power; Distribution

The steady modernization of electric power distribution systems has included the installation of smart grid enabling technology such as intelligent electronic devices (IED) equipped with their own internal sensors, mini-RTU's (remote terminal units) which measure network flows, and Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) for sensing network loads. While these devices have increased the level of digital control available within power distribution networks, they use varied communication protocols. In addition, significant efforts to increase the amount of renewable and distributed energy sources/storage have been made by state and local governments, yet in some areas, network limits have been reached. The proposed power distribution system curriculum is designed to educate students in the operation and planning of smart electric power distribution systems. The curriculum centers around a reconfigurable distribution automation and control (RDAC) laboratory coupled with software programs to visualize collected data and to control the distribution system. Project tasks include teaching and lab materials development, implementation and evaluation as well as faculty development. The project will create mature versions of previous work by making necessary adaptations for implementation and testing at multiple academic institutions. The subsequent evaluation procedure for these enhanced materials will create a process such that new learning materials developed under this project are expected to also yield successful course and laboratory modules that could be widely distributed. The project will contribute to the effort to modernize the curriculum on power distribution system in the nation's universities.

电力配电系统的稳定现代化包括安装智能电网启用技术，例如配备了自己的内部传感器的智能电子设备（IED），Mini-RTU的（远程终端单元），这些技术测量网络流量和自动仪表读数（AMR）用于传感网络负载。尽管这些设备提高了电源分配网络中可用的数字控制水平，但它们使用了多样化的通信协议。此外，州和地方政府已经达成了网络限制，为增加可再生能源和分布式能源/储存量的重大努力。拟议的配电系统课程旨在教育学生对智能电力发电系统的操作和计划。课程围绕可重构分配自动化和控制（RDAC）实验室以及软件程序，以可视化收集的数据并控制分配系统。项目任务包括教学和实验室材料的发展，实施和评估以及教师发展。该项目将通过对多个学术机构进行实施和测试的必要适应来创建以前的工作的成熟版本。这些增强材料的后续评估程序将创建一个过程，以便预计该项目下开发的新学习材料还将产生成功的课程和实验室模块，这些模块可能会广泛分布。该项目将有助于使美国大学的电力分销系统课程现代化。