Abstract: The electric grid in the United States is
undergoing modernization from the state of aging
infrastructure of the past to a more robust and
reliable power system of the future.The primary
efforts in this direction have been enabled by the
US federal government through the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA07) and
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act).The Renewable and Distributed
Systems Integration (RDSI) demonstration projects
were launched with the aim of reducing peak
electricity demand by 15 percent at distribution
feeders. FortZED RDSI aims at 20-30 percent peak
load reduction. The reliability is quantified
through North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) metrics in North America. Some
of the NERC metrics are calculated and interpreted
in this work to quantify performance for a single
asset and group of assets in a microgrid. Two more
metrics are introduced for system level
performance quantification. Visualization of data
is explored in detail and a graphical user
interface (GUI) is developed as a deliverable tool
for the operator to make informative decisions.
Adviser: Dr.Siddharth Suryanarayanan Co-Adviser: N/A Non-ECE Member: Prof.Daniel Zimmele Member 3: Dr.Liuqing Yang Addional Members: N/A
Publications: [1] M. Panwar, S. Suryanarayanan, D. Zimmerle, P. Bauleo, "Data handling and visualization for microgrid operations," under preparation, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Jul 2013
[2] M. Panwar, G.P. Duggan, R.T. Griffin, S. Suryanarayanan, D. Zimmerle, M. Pool, S. Brunner, ”Dispatch in microgrids: Lessons from the Fort Collins Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration demonstration project”, The Electricity Journal (Accepted)
Program of Study: ECE461 ECE565 ECE568 ECE580A6 ECE680A2 ECE514 ENGR510 ECE699