I-Corps: Solid State Circuit Breakers Technology to Market

I-Corps：固态断路器技术推向市场

• 批准号: 2316031
• 负责人: Fei Lu
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316031&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Solid; State; Circuit; Breakers

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a technology that addresses the limitations of current circuit breakers, at a competitive cost. The technology facilitates renewable energy integration by direct current power systems and helps to accelerate the development of the electrification industry to cope with the world-wide effort in minimizing carbon footprints. The global circuit breaker market has been reported as $16.04 billion in 2019 and is estimated to reach $25.85 billion in the US by 2027. Among this market, direct current circuit breakers are estimated to grow at an annual rate of 6.54% from 2019 to 2024. The pain points of the current circuit breaker technology include, but are not limited to, slow operation, low power density, low flexibility and reliability, no scalability, and limited monitoring and controlling functions. In addition to these drawbacks, the existing circuit breaker technology cannot respond to the urgent needs of emerging electrified technologies, e.g., aerospace, marine, and electric vehicle applications.This I-Corps project is based on the development of emerging solid state circuit breaker technologies to isolate fault in an electric system. The technology aims to utilize state-of-the-art, wide bandgap, solid-state devices to increase compactness, enhance efficiency, and operate faster. The solution includes both software and hardware which can be adjusted for various applications with different electrical power. The combinations of performance, design simplicity, and low-price make this technology broadly accessible and manageable for various applications. The technology provides scalability by presenting a modular structure. This feature helps to push up power limitation of the current technology.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.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发以有竞争力的成本来解决当前断路器局限的技术。该技术促进了直接电源系统的可再生能源整合，并有助于加速电气化行业的发展，以应对全球范围的努力，以最大程度地减少碳足迹。 The global circuit breaker market has been reported as $16.04 billion in 2019 and is estimated to reach $25.85 billion in the US by 2027. Among this market, direct current circuit breakers are estimated to grow at an annual rate of 6.54% from 2019 to 2024. The pain points of the current circuit breaker technology include, but are not limited to, slow operation, low power density, low flexibility and reliability, no scalability, and limited monitoring and controlling功能。除这些缺点外，现有的断路器技术无法满足新兴电气化技术的紧急需求，例如航空航天，海洋和电动汽车应用。该I-Corps项目基于开发新兴的固态断路器技术，以隔离电气系统中的故障。该技术旨在利用最先进的宽带盖，固态设备来提高紧凑性，提高效率并更快地运行。该解决方案包括软件和硬件，可以针对具有不同电力的各种应用程序进行调整。性能，设计简单性和低价的组合使得这项技术可在各种应用程序中广泛访问且可管理。该技术通过呈现模块化结构提供可扩展性。此功能有助于提高当前技术的功率限制。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来支持。