Integrated Energy Initiative: Innovative Power Networks, Demand/Supply side Integration and Nuclear Engineering

Completed

Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution)
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission)
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy

Professor J McDonald
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde

Standard

EPSRC

01 October 2005

30 September 2010

60 months

£2,730,749

Systems engineering

Scotland

Energy : Energy

Professor J McDonald, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Mr P Tyler, Research and Consultancy Services, University of Strathclyde

Project Contact, University of Manchester
Project Contact, University of St Andrews
Project Contact, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Project Contact, University of Edinburgh
Project Contact, University of Worcester
Project Contact, Lakes College West Cumbria

The research streams to be undertaken by the new academic and research staff are as follows:Power System Operation, Management, Control and Protection:The definition and understanding of innovative, self-contained power systems (SCPS); adaptive protection methods for micro-grids and SCPS; power network protection and control system integration; distributed intelligence for system automation; investigation of the 'intelligent power network' concept; system-wide fault management;communications architectures and measurement methods; power electronic systems and their impacts on SCPS design and management.Demand Side & Supply Side Coordination and Energy Efficiency:Optimised demand and supply matching in self-contained power systems (SCPS); integration of small-scale, low carbon technologies (PV, ?CHP, ducted wind turbines, fuel cells etc) within load centres; energy efficiency methods and technologies to reduce demand for energy and to reshape the demandprofile to bettermatch available fuel and power; new frameworks to direct energy source selections; investigation of integrated modelling and simulation methods for both demand and supply domains; impact assessment on the urban environment; multiple criteria analysis of the economic, technical and design elements in energy systems.Nuclear Engineering Process Measurement and Control:Reactor and associated plant monitoring, asset management and life-time assessment; safe/optimised operation andcontrol of existing nuclear plant generations; diagnostics for fission reactors including monitoring of reactor core integrity; investigation of graphite core behaviour and degradation characteristics; core structural integrity assessment; novel SCADA systems and intelligent diagnostic methods; novel sensors to monitor and control experimental fusion reactor operation; optical sensor materials capable of withstanding irradiation with enhanced dynamic ranges and sensitivities.We wish to build onthese three themes in two major respects: the addition of complementary research; and, the combination of these three activities in order to establish an international centre of excellence in integrated energy systems research

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