Title :
Design and verification of smart and scalable DC microgrids for emerging regions
Author :
Madduri, P. Achintya ; Rosa, J. ; Sanders, S.R. ; Brewer, Eric A. ; Podolsky, Matthew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Roughly 1.3 billion people in developing countries still live without access to reliable electricity. As expanding access using current technologies will accelerate global climate change, there is a strong need for novel solutions that displace fossil fuels and are financially viable for developing regions. A novel DC microgrid solution that is geared at maximizing efficiency and reducing system installation cost is described in this paper. Relevant simulation and experimental results, as well as a proposal for undertaking field-testing of the technical and economic viability of the microgrid system are presented.
Keywords :
climate mitigation; distributed power generation; smart power grids; fossil fuels; global climate change; scalable DC microgrids; smart DC microgrid system; system installation cost reduction; Aggregates; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Home appliances; Microgrids; Phasor measurement units; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2013.6646683
