IRES: USPRISM: U.S.-Scotland Program for Research on Integration of renewable energy resources and SMart grid

IRES：USPRISM：美国-苏格兰可再生能源资源与智能电网整合研究计划

• 批准号: 2017301
• 负责人: Ali Mehrizi-Sani
• 金额: $ 12.02万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-16 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2017301&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; USPRISM; U.S.; Scotland; Program

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program, organized by Professors Ali Mehrizi-Sani and Chen-Ching Liu from Washington State University (WSU), in collaboration with Prof. Stephen McArthur and his colleagues from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), provides six US students with the opportunity to participate in the diverse smart grid research atmosphere at one of leading, most highly funded, and most entrepreneurial European universities. This program is developed out of a 20-year collaborative relationship between WSU and the University of Strathclyde. The students will undertake projects to address challenges in renewable energy integration. Ultimately, the research performed in this program will help increase the utilization of distributed renewable energy resources in the power system of the future, the smart grid. This research benefits our society and environment by (i) increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, (ii) increasing career interest in power system and the smart grid, and (iii) improving the quality and quantity of the power engineering workforce in the United States. These benefits directly translate into a more capable and larger student intake that can address the workforce shortage problem; it also helps the transition to a modern power grid with higher efficiency, reliability, and resiliency.The students in this program will perform research relevant to smart grid and the electric power system. Electrical power is critical to the U.S. economy. However, most of the current U.S. electric infrastructure is outdated. What exacerbates this problem is that this infrastructure still runs mainly on legacy control, monitoring, and protection systems that may not realize its full potential. While environmental concerns and energy independence recommend utilizing renewable resources in the power system, one of the U.S. grand energy challenges remains to integrate large amounts of renewable energy. These challenges also add to the difficulty of enforcing resiliency of the power system to major disturbances and events. The research to be undertaken in this project seeks to address this challenge through activities on (i) accurate and fast controllers for integration of renewables, (ii) resilient distribution systems, and (iii) and system-agnostic controls of microgrid resources. Compared to the United States, many European countries have a more mature experience in the utilization of renewable energy resources. The University of Strathclyde maintains one of the largest power programs in Europe and, as a prime example of an institution with proven track record in research and industry collaboration, is an ideal partner in this project that combines an international research experience for students with outstanding research capacity.

这项学生国际研究经验 (IRES) 项目由华盛顿州立大学 (WSU) 的 Ali Mehrizi-Sani 教授和 Chen-Ching Liu 教授与斯特拉斯克莱德大学（苏格兰）的 Stephen McArthur 教授及其同事合作组织，为六名美国学生提供了在欧洲领先、资金最多、最具创业精神的大学之一参与多元化智能电网研究氛围的机会。该项目是在 WSU 和斯特拉斯克莱德大学长达 20 年的合作关系的基础上开发的。学生们将开展项目来应对可再生能源整合的挑战。最终，该计划中进行的研究将有助于提高未来电力系统（智能电网）中分布式可再生能源的利用率。这项研究通过（i）提高可再生能源的渗透率，（ii）提高对电力系统和智能电网的职业兴趣，以及（iii）提高美国电力工程劳动力的质量和数量，使我们的社会和环境受益。这些好处直接转化为能力更强、规模更大的学生入学，从而解决劳动力短缺问题；它还有助于向具有更高效率、可靠性和弹性的现代电网过渡。该项目的学生将进行与智能电网和电力系统相关的研究。电力对美国经济至关重要。然而，美国目前的电力基础设施大部分已经过时。加剧这一问题的是，该基础设施仍然主要运行在遗留控制、监控和保护系统上，而这些系统可能无法充分发挥其潜力。尽管环境问题和能源独立建议在电力系统中使用可再生资源，但美国面临的重大能源挑战之一仍然是整合大量可再生能源。这些挑战也增加了电力系统应对重大扰动和事件的弹性的难度。该项目将进行的研究旨在通过以下方面的活动来应对这一挑战：(i) 用于可再生能源整合的准确快速控制器，(ii) 弹性配电系统，以及 (iii) 微电网资源的与系统无关的控制。与美国相比，欧洲许多国家在可再生能源利用方面拥有更为成熟的经验。斯特拉斯克莱德大学拥有欧洲最大的电力项目之一，作为在研究和行业合作方面拥有良好记录的机构的典范，它是该项目的理想合作伙伴，该项目将学生的国际研究经验与杰出的研究相结合容量。