MRI: Development of Testbed Platform for Advanced Multi-Stage Automation and Control for Smart and Micro Grid

MRI：智能微电网先进多级自动化与控制测试平台的开发

• 批准号: 1429093
• 负责人: James Momoh
• 金额: $ 87.72万
• 依托单位: Howard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1429093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Testbed; Platform; Advanced

The development of flexible electric power and energy systems that are secure, resilient to attack, sustainable and affordable in an environmentally friendly manner has become a national priority. Industries, government, National Laboratories, and various agencies, such as the military (for its bases), are looking for a testbed to test the design of a flexible micro grid for independent and reliable power supply to meet the increasing local demands which cannot be guaranteed by conventional, central generation based electricity networks, especially during disastrous situations. This MRI project will develop a new state-of-the-art platform for incorporating the micro grid and smart grid technologies, which are urgently needed for deployment of new concepts, methods and tools for smart micro grids. The Howard University (HU), in collaboration with University of Denver (DU), will design, build, and construct real-time, highly flexible testbed and tools that will facilitate advancing the design and implementation of micro grid and smart grid. The testbed will benefit multi-users including students and faculty at HU and other partner universities and local electric power utility companies. In addition, the testbed will also be available as a national asset for standards organization like National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and policy makers in the Washington, DC area to try out their ideas and learn about tools being developed in support of smart- and micro-grid. This will also serve as a research and educational tool to attract, recruit, and retain students in STEM disciplines. The research infrastructure will provide a real time platform that external broad users can utilize for hands-on experience. Minority and underrepresented students and researchers will be attracted to the testbed for advanced studies of important power and energy systems.This MRI Development Project aims at the following objectives: (1) Design and develop a highly reconfigurable micro-grid testbed for testing micro grid designs; (2) Deploy distributed Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) and a smart grid testbed with Real-Time Digital Simulators (RTDS); (3) Develop tools to study the impact and usage of renewable energy resources in the smart grid and micro grid through real time modeling and hardware-in-the-loop simulation; (4) Develop platforms for various standards development, real time visualization, and application development for smart and micro grids. The flexible research and education testbed will facilitate advancing current work in the design and implementation of smart grid that will create opportunities for the study of large interconnected micro grids and smart-grid networks. This will be achieved by having multi-university collaboration with experts who are actively engaged in the design and implementation of micro and smart grid technology. This open-access testbed will be used for decision support, performance study, protocol evaluation, standards developments and testing of security requirements and automation functions with interoperability of new technological devices needed for development of future smart- and micro-grid technologies. This platform will also readily equip students and professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge. The benefit of this collaboration will open doors for many players including the research centers at Howard University, the utility companies, collaborating universities, military bases, and government agencies to use the University micro-grid as a testbed for validating new design, prototypes and research while building new transformational educational courses. The principal investigators and senior personnel of this project will pursue a holistic range of activities to promote the usage of the MRI testbed for research-integrated education and outreach, for training at all levels: from pre-college students through postdoctoral fellow and young faculty to engage creative and innovative ideas. This will promote growth among participants and attract more underrepresented minority to major in power and energy systems.

以环境友好的方式开发安全、抗攻击、可持续和负担得起的灵活电力和能源系统已成为国家优先事项。行业、政府、国家实验室和各种机构，例如军队（为其基地），正在寻找一个试验台来测试灵活的微电网的设计，以实现独立可靠的电力供应，以满足日益增长的当地需求，而这些需求是无法满足的。由传统的、基于中央发电的电力网络保证，特别是在灾难性情况下。该MRI项目将开发一个新的最先进的平台，用于整合微电网和智能电网技术，这是智能微电网部署新概念、方法和工具所迫切需要的。霍华德大学 (HU) 将与丹佛大学 (DU) 合作，设计、构建和构建实时、高度灵活的测试平台和工具，以促进微电网和智能电网的设计和实施。该测试平台将使多用户受益，包括HU和其他合作大学以及当地电力公司的学生和教师。此外，该测试床还将作为国家资产，供美国国家标准与技术研究所 (NIST) 等标准组织和华盛顿特区的政策制定者尝试他们的想法并了解正在开发的支持智能的工具。 - 和微电网。这也将作为一种研究和教育工具来吸引、招募和留住 STEM 学科的学生。研究基础设施将提供一个实时平台，外部广大用户可以利用该平台进行实践体验。少数族裔和代表性不足的学生和研究人员将被吸引到重要电力和能源系统高级研究的试验台。该 MRI 开发项目旨在实现以下目标：（1）设计和开发高度可重构的微电网试验台，用于测试微电网设计; (2) 部署分布式相量测量单元（PMU）、相量数据集中器（PDC）和带有实时数字模拟器（RTDS）的智能电网测试台； (3) 开发工具，通过实时建模和硬件在环仿真来研究可再生能源对智能电网和微电网的影响和使用； （4）开发智能微电网各类标准制定、实时可视化、应用开发平台。灵活的研究和教育测试平台将有助于推进智能电网设计和实施方面的当前工作，这将为大型互连微电网和智能电网的研究创造机会。这将通过与积极从事微电网和智能电网技术设计和实施的专家进行多所大学合作来实现。该开放式测试平台将用于决策支持、性能研究、协议评估、标准开发以及安全要求和自动化功能的测试，以及未来智能和微电网技术开发所需的新技术设备的互操作性。该平台还将随时为学生和专业人士提供最先进的知识。此次合作的好处将为包括霍华德大学研究中心、公用事业公司、合作大学、军事基地和政府机构在内的许多参与者打开大门，使用大学微电网作为验证新设计、原型和研究的测试平台同时建立新的转型教育课程。该项目的主要研究人员和高级人员将开展一系列全面的活动，以促进 MRI 测试台在研究综合教育和推广中的使用，以及各个级别的培训：从大学预科生到博士后研究员和年轻教师，激发创意和创新想法。这将促进参与者的增长，并吸引更多代表性不足的少数群体进入电力和能源系统专业。