Transcript Smart Grid Research: UW and WSU Agenda

UW & WSU Research Agenda
Daniel Kirschen
Anjan Bose
Scope
 Focus on system issues
 Not just power system:
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Communications
Cyber security
Software systems
Optimization
Data-driven systems
Sensors and sensor integration
 Provide a bridge from these disciplines
Research directions
Planning
Operation
Architecture
SYSTEM
Protection
Control
Computation
Flexibility
 How much do we
really need?
 Physical or virtual?
 What is the value?
 What portfolio?
 What incentive do
we need to
provide?
 Centralized or
decentralized?
Demand
 What “services” can the demand provide?
 How can we harness these services
without inconveniencing the consumers?
 What can we learn from the vast amounts
of data collected by smart meters?
IT infrastructure
 Specifications of
communications
network?
 Management of
large amounts of
data?
 Distributed
applications?
Uncertainty
 How much
uncertainty?
 Can we continue
operating with
deterministic
security criteria?
 Can we use
corrective control
to deal with
uncertainty?
Wide area control & protection
 Need standardized
methodology
 Can it be justified
for more flowgates
at lower voltage
levels?
 How to implement
wide area voltage
control?
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Analysis and design tools
 Design tools that integrate power and
communications networks
 Combined hardware/software testing
 Integration of demand response
Packet switching energy networks
 When does this
mode of operation
become practical?
 How do we operate
in this mode?
 Optimal sizing and
siting of distributed
storage