RII Track-4:NSF: Isolated Amorphous Microgrid Design with Accelerated Power System Analysis and Network Layout (IMPALA)

RII Track-4：NSF：具有加速电力系统分析和网络布局的隔离非晶微电网设计 (IMPALA)

• 批准号: 2131696
• 负责人: Phylicia Cicilio
• 金额: $ 17.67万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; NSF; Isolated; Amorphous

Off-grid remote power systems, referred to here as microgrids, are key to providing electricity to rural Alaskans and are also a promising solution that addresses the fact that 10% of the world still lacks access to electricity as of 2019. The UNDP Sustainable Development Goal 7 (``Affordable and Clean Energy'') aims to increase affordable and clean energy access for all by 2030. It is estimated that 30% of newly electrified connections will be served by microgrids by 2030 (up to 70% in rural areas). Numerous microgrid planning and development tools exist. However, there are significant inconsistencies between network design methods and assumptions used in these tools. Such inconsistencies and uncertainty in best practices are detrimental to the rapid deployment of sustainable and stable microgrids necessary to meet the UN Sustainability Development Goal #7. The need for international and national remote isolated microgrid development has driven a flurry of new microgrid tool creation, which has grown in absence of comparative analysis of network layout and power system design assumptions, and standard engineering and economic performance metrics. This EPSCoR RII Track-4 Fellow Proposal entitled "RII Track-4:NSF: Isolated Amorphous Microgrid Design with Accelerated Power System Analysis and Network Layout (IMPALA) will assess remote isolated microgrid development tool methods and associated performance metrics to inform standards and tools that will aid the development of more stable, affordable, and sustainable microgrids.The objective of this project is to inform standards and tools that will aid the development of more stable, affordable, and sustainable microgrids. The project will develop a collaboration between Dr. Cicilio at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power and the Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU). Through collaboration with ASU’s Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS) team, Dr. Cicilio will be provided access to the Rapid Mapping Methodology and associated tools developed by the LEAPS team. The Rapid Mapping Methodology will be the baseline microgrid development tool which will be adapted to test variations in network design methods. The Rapid Mapping tool was built with aims to reduce feasibility assessment and engineering planning costs, increase speed, increase data analysis accuracy, improve technical detail in respect to power engineering, and incorporate comprehensive technical and financial analysis into one tool. Dr. Cicilio will bring together several key players in this proposal to drive impactful and applicable resulting metrics and methods to address these needs. This project will leverage the prior established connection with OnePower Africa with the new collaboration with ASU, as the host institution, to increase the geographical diversity and diversity of experience to inform the project’s evaluations. Existing and potential microgrid sites across the globe associated with project partners in Alaska, Lesotho, Niger, and Sierra Leone will be assessed to determine regional characteristics that may impact the performance of these methods. This will lead to more sustainable, affordable, and stable microgrids with implications not just to the African case studies but for rural Alaska as well.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

离网远程电力系统（此处称为微电网）是为阿拉斯加农村地区提供电力的关键，也是解决截至 2019 年世界上 10% 的地区仍然缺乏电力这一事实的一个有前途的解决方案。联合国开发计划署可持续发展目标 7（“负担得起的清洁能源”）旨在到 2030 年为所有人提供负担得起的清洁能源。预计 30% 的新建电气化连接将由微电网提供服务到 2030 年（农村地区高达 70%），存在大量微电网规划和开发工具，但这些工具中使用的网络设计方法和假设之间存在显着的不一致，不利于快速部署。实现联合国可持续发展目标 7 所必需的可持续和稳定的微电网 对国际和国家远程隔离微电网开发的需求推动了一系列新的微电网工具的创建，并且这些工具不断增长。缺乏对网络布局和电力系统设计假设以及标准工程和经济绩效指标的比较分析，该 EPSCoR RII Track-4 研究员提案题为“RII Track-4：NSF：采用加速电力系统分析和网络的孤立非晶微电网设计”。 Layout (IMPALA) 将评估远程隔离的微电网开发工具方法和相关性能指标，以提供有助于开发更稳定、负担得起和可持续的微电网的标准和工具。该项目的目标是告知该项目将帮助阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校 (UAF) 能源与电力中心的 Cicilio 博士与能源实验室开展合作。通过与亚利桑那州立大学 (ASU) 的能源和电力解决方案实验室 (LEAPS) 团队的合作，Cicilio 博士将能够使用 LEAPS 团队开发的快速绘图方法和相关工具。快速测绘方法将成为基准微电网开发工具，适用于测试网络设计方法的变化。快速测绘工具的构建目的是减少可行性评估和工程规划成本、提高速度、提高数据分析准确性、改进技术细节。西西利奥博士将在一项工具中汇集全面的技术和财务分析，以推动有效且适用的结果指标和方法来满足这些需求。与 OnePower Africa 建立新的合作关系亚利桑那州立大学作为主办机构，将评估与阿拉斯加、莱索托、尼日尔和塞拉利昂的项目合作伙伴相关的全球现有和潜在微电网站点，以确定区域多样性和经验多样性。这将导致更可持续、更经济、更稳定的微电网，不仅对非洲案例研究，而且对阿拉斯加农村地区也有影响。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的。通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来提供支持。