Center for Energy Systems Research

Laboratory-Research Capabilities

Presented here is a brief bullet list of research capabilities utilizing the smart grid laboratory.

• Power grid emulation
  • Study propagation of disturbances
  • Study synchrophasors on power grid testbed
  • Study intelligent means of recovering from faults, i.e. self-healing

• Solar Emulators
  • Study grid stability due to intermittency
  • Study non-inertial effects on grid behavior
  • Study synthesis of inertial effects
  • Study reactive power synthesis in inverter design

• Wind Emulators
  • Study grid stability due to intermittency
  • Study reactive power effects and synthesis

• Islanding mitigation/prevention
• Island creation
• Load shedding
• Protection
• Frequency Control
• Intelligent automatic generation control with high penetration of renewables
• Microgrids
• UAS charging/autonomous navigation/inspection