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

fYear

2013

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

79

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCE.2013.6646683

Filename

6646683