Research, Development, and Testing of a Master Controller with Applications to the Bronzeville Community Microgrid System

Distributed Wind Controls: A Research Roadmap for Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Controls Launchpad (MIRACL)

“…The real-world systems can be modeled using simulation tools and can be simulated in the NREL/Sandia lab environments using RTDS testing, with the DERs at NREL/Sandia assumed to be connected to one of the nodes at the real-world models. Such system modeling can be done for Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM1, PNM2, PNM3) feeder models with >50% DERs (Sandia), national grid feeder models (Sandia), Saint Mary's microgrid in Alaska (Sandia), Cordova microgrid model in Alaska (Sandia), building group NIRE 540 model (suited for behind-the-meter customer-sited distributed wind interconnection testing), Commonwealth Edison's (Illinois) Bronzeville Community microgrid model (NREL) (Bahramirad et al 2018), and Modified Banshee microgrid model (connected with NREL PHIL testing node) (NREL 2017). Additionally, thanks to the industry advisory board members meeting in March 2020, there are several other candidate systems, summarized in Table 2, where we will explore performing field demonstration, starting with modeling their systems at Sandia/NREL, and developing a field test plan based on simulations and lab testing.…”