Integration of alternative energy sources into digital micro-grids

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

We overview different alternative energy resources and comment on their benefits and challenges. We highlight some features of alternative and sustainable energy resources and discuss some challenges for their integration into the power grid. In view of global trend toward blending alternatives and conventional energy resources in electrical power grids, a more robust energy distribution approach is necessary. Here, we present an alternative to the power grid with great potential for integrating alternative energy sources and defining microgrids—the Controlled-Delivery Grid (CDG). We comment how this new digital approach enhances the distribution of energy may help to resolve those challenges. We also examine the role of energy storage elements (batteries, super-capacitors), and sustainable energy resources in this new approach to the power grid. We provide some numerical analysis on the performance of energy distribution of the CDG and some experimental results that highlight some of its features. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 37: 155–164, 2018.

Identifier

85040718191 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.12725

e-ISSN

19447450

ISSN

19447442

First Page

155

Last Page

164

Issue

1

Volume

37

Grant

1641033

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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