I-Corps: Commercialization of Microgrid Controllers

I-Corps：微电网控制器的商业化

• 批准号: 1506772
• 负责人: David Wenzhong Gao
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Denver
• 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: 2014-11-15 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1506772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Commercialization; Microgrid; Controllers

Microgrid technology (an emerging technology to enhance power system reliability) is essential to manage the transition to tomorrow's energy supply model. The United States power grid is evolving into a network of new technologies with increased reliance on a diversity of energy resources - resources that are sustainable, renewable and abundant to power homes, businesses, military installations and industry. Yet, the resources are at the same time fluctuating and inconsistent. The proposed technology aims to reduce dependence on the utility grid, and the possibility of major blackouts reduces to infinitesimal for customers. The successful implementation of the proposed technology will pave way for more advanced research and development in this field and contribute to transforming the current energy infrastructure to becoming more resilient. The benefits of the proposed technology can and will be felt throughout the spectrum of generators and consumers: generators will deliver their energy in an optimal and efficient way; and consumers will receive uninterruptible power supply. With lesser wastage of power, higher power quality, good storage management at reasonable costs, the proposed technology resonates with the current demands of the energy market target customers.This technology is based on novel control strategies for various elements of the microgrid system (such as different energy resources, energy storage systems, and customer loads, etc.). This I-Corps team has developed a unique smart microgrid controller that will enable resource optimization as well as increase stability of renewable microgrid. With the advent of this technology, the microgrid will become more robust and efficient. In addition, the goal is to minimize the total operation cost so that microgrids can be widely adopted in the energy market. The controller has the ability to effectively synchronize among different energy resources such as diesel, solar, wind, hydro, etc. under different operating conditions. The possibility of major blackouts is thereby reduced to infinitesimal. Thus, the proposed controller equips the microgrid with higher stability, efficiency, better power quality, reliability and resiliency. Some distinct features of this smart microgrid controller include: user-friendliness; increased penetration of renewable energy sources; better co-ordination and optimal utilization of different energy sources such as wind, solar, diesel, hydro, etc.; enhanced stability and power quality; effective battery storage management. The controller works as an intelligent unit and supports the entire microgrid system thereby enabling customers to save energy and money.

微电网技术（一种增强电力系统可靠性的新兴技术）对于管理向未来能源供应模式的过渡至关重要。美国电网正在演变成一个新技术网络，越来越依赖多种能源资源——可持续、可再生且丰富的资源，可为家庭、企业、军事设施和工业提供电力。然而，资源同时存在波动和不一致。 所提出的技术旨在减少对公用电网的依赖，并将客户发生大停电的可能性降至极小。拟议技术的成功实施将为该领域更先进的研究和开发铺平道路，并有助于改变当前的能源基础设施，使其变得更具弹性。所提出的技术的好处可以并且将会被整个发电商和消费者所感受到：发电商将以最佳和高效的方式提供能源；消费者将获得不间断的电力供应。所提出的技术具有更少的电力浪费、更高的电能质量、良好的存储管理和合理的成本，与能源市场目标客户的当前需求产生共鸣。该技术基于针对微电网系统各个元件（例如不同的能源资源、储能系统和客户负载等）。 I-Corps 团队开发了一种独特的智能微电网控制器，可实现资源优化并提高可再生微电网的稳定性。随着这项技术的出现，微电网将变得更加强大和高效。此外，目标是最大限度地降低总运营成本，以便微电网能够在能源市场上得到广泛采用。该控制器能够在不同的工况下有效同步柴油、太阳能、风能、水力等不同能源。从而将大停电的可能性降至极小。因此，所提出的控制器使微电网具有更高的稳定性、效率、更好的电能质量、可靠性和弹性。该智能微电网控制器的一些显着特点包括： 用户友好性；可再生能源的普及率提高；更好地协调和优化利用风能、太阳能、柴油、水力等不同能源；提高稳定性和电能质量；有效的电池存储管理。该控制器作为一个智能单元工作，支持整个微电网系统，从而使客户能够节省能源和金钱。