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Graduate Exam Abstract


Mayank Panwar

M.S. Final
October 19, 2012, 10AM-12PM
ECE Conference Room C101B Engineering
RELIABILITY QUANTIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION FOR ELECTRIC MICROGRIDS

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