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Projects: Projects for Region Projects in China involving Hoymiles Converter Technology Co., Ltd, China: EP/S001662/2
Reference Number	EP/S001662/2
Title	Plug-and-play Low Voltage DC Microgrid for Cheap and Clean Energy
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Dr Z Lin No email address given Sch of Engineering and Applied Science Aston University
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 August 2019
End Date	30 April 2022
Duration	33 months
Total Grant Value	£414,346
Industrial Sectors	Energy
Region	West Midlands
Programme	ISCF - Skills
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Dr Z Lin , Sch of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University (100.000%)
	Industrial Collaborator	Project Contact , Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , Grid Edge Limited (0.000%) Project Contact , Hoymiles Converter Technology Co., Ltd, China (0.000%) Project Contact , Nidec Control Techniques Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , Dummy Organisation (0.000%)
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Objectives
Abstract	Microgrids are small-scale power subsystems that include distributed energy generations, energy storages, and local loads. Microgrid technology will allow the power grid to accept more clean distributed renewable generations. It has great potential to increase the energy efficiency and security, and contribute to one of the UK industrial strategy priority areas "Cheap and Clean Energy".Compared to alternating current (AC) power systems, direct current (DC) power systems has the advantages of simpler control, higher reliability and efficiency, and has gained a continually increasing interest in the last several years. This Fellowship will work together with UK industries to address the challenge of achieving plug-and-play low voltage DC microgrids, provide ease of use for the technology, and explore new business cases in both building and industrial applications.The plug-and-play concept means the DC microgrid stable operation should not be affected by the connection/disconnection of power converters to the system, and the system control algorithm can be updated after a power converter is connected or disconnected. Also, users should have a group of compatible DC microgrid devices to choose from different manufacturers.In this Fellowship, the fundamental mechanism of DC microgrid stability will be studied, and a novel passive interface filter based solution will be implemented, so that off-the-shelf power converters can be used without changing its design. Design guidelines and software tool will be provided for DC microgrid industrial engineers. A novel simultaneous power and information transfer technology will be developed for DC microgrid control, so that high performance plug-and-play control can be implemented without external communication links. Together with industrial project partners, a reconfigurable DC microgrid research and demonstration platform will be developed to evaluate and demonstrate the developed technology, and support industry to explore potential new business cases in building and industrial applications.
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Added to Database	18/08/21