Below are the meeting minutes, presentations, posters and photos from the GRAPES meeting.
Meeting Minutes
PRESENTATIONS
- Welcome and GRAPES Center Update; Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas
- Industry Presentation: Advance Power Electronics Systems Enable Utility Industry Transformation; Wanda Reder, S&C Electric
- Industry Presentation: LGE Energy Business; Kong woo Lee, LG Electronics
- Industry Presentation: Introduction to DHI; Minyeong Jang, Doosan Heavy Industry
- Collaborative Project Presentation: Methods for Improved PV and Wind Generation Capagility in Distribution & Transmission Operations; Yong-June Shin, Yonsei University; Roy McCann, University of Arkansas
- GRAPES Needs Document & Technical Road Mapping: Roy McCann, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-16-02: High Step-Up/Down Resonant SiC Transformerless Modular-Multilevel DC-DC Converter for Renewable Energy Applications; Roy McCann, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-17-02: Development of Protective Relaying Methods for Microgirds; Robert Cuzner, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Project Presentation: GR-17-03: SiC-Based Direct Power Electronics Interface for Battery Energy Storage System into Medium Voltage Distribution System; Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-17-04: Optimized Gate Drivers for High-Voltage Power Devices; Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-17-08: Coordinated Optimal Voltage Regulation for the Next-Generation Distribution Grids with High Penetration of PV Generation; Yue Zhao, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-17-10-UA: A Distributed Autonomous Control Concept and Architecture for Microgrids; Juan Carlos Balda, University of Arkansas
- Project Presentation: GR-17-10-UWM: Distributed Energy Resources: Decentralized Autonomous Control Concept and Architecture for Microgrids; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Project Presentation: GR-17-11: Multi-Port Solid State Transformer Design and Implementation for Microgrids and Distribution Systems; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Project Presentation: GR-17-12: Extensive Comparative Study on high Power Inverters Using Various Switching Devices; Rob Cuzner, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Project Presentation: GR-17-14: Decentralized Energy Management and Robust Decisions for Networked Microgrids in Next-Generation Distribution Systems; Lingfeng Wang, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
POSTERS
- GR-16-02 High Step-Up/Down SiC Transformerless Modular MultiLevel
PI: Roy McCann, University of Arkansas - GR-17-02 Development of Protective Relaying Methods for Microgrids
PI: Rob Cuzner, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Herb Ginn, University of South Carolina; Andrea Benigni, University of South Carolina - GR-17-03 SiC-Based Direct Power Electronics Interface for Battery Energy Storage System into Medium Voltage Distribution System (13.8 kV)
PI: Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas - GR-17-04 Optimized Gate Drivers for High Voltage Power Devices
PI: Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas - GR-17-08 Coordinated Optimal Voltage Regulation for the Next-Generation Distribution Grids with Extremely High Penetration of PV Generation
PI: Yue Zhao, University of Arkansas - GR-17-10-UA A Distributed Autonomous Control Concept and Architecture for Microgrids
PI: Juan Balda, University of Arkansas - GR-17-10-UWM Distributed Energy Resources: Decentralized Autonomous Control Concept and Architecture for Microgrids
PI: Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - GR-17-11 Multi-Port Solid State Transformer Design and Implementation for Microgrids and Distribution Systems
PI: Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - GR-17-12 Extensive Comparative Study on High Power Inverters Using Various Switching Devices
PI: Rob Cuzner, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - GR-17-14 Decentralized Energy Management and Robust Decisions for Networked Microgrids in Next-Generation Distribution Systems
PI: Lingfeng Wang, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Hybrid AC/DC Data Centers: Project 5 & 6: Integration of Wide Band-Gap Devices into DC Powered Datacenters
PI: Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas
PI: Juan Balda, University of Arkansas - Solid-State Technolgoies for Fault Protection & Fast Arc Detection in DC-Powered Data Centers
PI: Juan Balda, University of Arkansas - NSF-15-06 Physics-Based Compact Modeling of GaN Power Devices
PI: Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas - Online Calibration of Generator Parameters via PMU based Event Playback
PI: Yong-June Shin, Yonsei University, Korea - Energy Storage System Scheduling based on Bin Packing Problem considering Demand Response
PI: Yong-June Shin, Yonsei University, Korea - Offline Fault Localization Technique on HVDC Submarine Cable via Time-Frequency Domain Reflectometry
PI: Yong-June Shin, Yonsei University, Korea - PMU Data Management: Multiscale Compression based on Wide-area Event Detection
PI: Yong-June Shin, Yonsei University, Korea - PV STATCOM Control and Wind Turbine FRT for Grid Security
PI: Kyeon Hur, Yonsei University, Korea
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