The Pitt Electric Power Initiative and Electric Power System Laboratories Partnering to Meet Industry Needs through Innovative Education and Collaborative Research

2014 IEEE PES General Meeting Washington, D.C. – July 30, 2014

Gregory Reed and Thomas McDermott Electric Power Initiative and Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.

SWANSON School of Engineering – University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh Electric Power Engineering Program Summary

and Overview of Electric Power Laboratory Facilities

The Pitt Electric Power Initiative Education • Undergraduate Electric Power Engineering Concentration

• BS degree in EE with EPE Concentration – requires 4 power electives • 32% of all graduating EE’s completing the EPE Concentration • Approximately 75 awarded since inception in Fall 2007 • Strong enrollments – e.g., 52 in ECE-1769 in Fall 2013 • National IEEE PES scholarships – 5 Pitt recipients 2011 - 2013 • Award winning undergraduate research projects and papers • Industry participation – senior design projects, co-op assignments, … • 100% job placement – in the power/energy sector or graduate school

• Graduate Electric Power Engineering Program • M.S. and Ph.D. degrees offered with EPE Concentration • Student demographics are approximately 50%-50% full-time students and part-time industry students –

great classroom environment! • New course developments each year – renewable energy, power electronics, smart grids, etc.; with plans

for more in future terms • Strong enrollments – averaging 20-25+ students in many courses • Graduate/Post-baccalaureate certificate program in electric power via synchronous distance learning –

unique to Pitt • Industry-sponsored graduate scholarships and other support

Undergraduate (BSEE) Power Concentration – Est. Fall 2007

• Required Courses:

ECE 1769 Power System Engineering & Analysis I (Fall) ECE 1673 Linear Control Systems (Spring) • Two additional elective to be selected from:

ECE 1773 Power Generation, Operation, & Control (Spring) ECE 1710 Electric Distribution Engineering and Smart Grids (Summer) ECE 1771 Electric Machines and Laboratory (Fall) ECE 1700 Construction and Cost of Electrical Supply (varies) ENGR 1071 Electrical Power Transmission, Distribution, & Grid Technologies (Summer) ECE 2250 Power Electronics {with permission} (Spring) ENGR 0051 Thermodynamics (Mech.E. course) ENGR 1700 Intro. to Nuclear Engineering (Mech.E. course)

Electric Power Curriculum

Graduate (MS/PhD) Power Concentration – Est. Fall 2009

• Core Courses:

ECE 2774 Power System Engineering & Analysis II ECE 2777 Power System Transients I ECE 2250 Power Electronics Circuits & Applications ECE 2795 Special Topics: Renewable & Alternative Energy Systems ECE 2795 Special Topics: Power Electronics (FACTS & HVDC Systems) ECE 2795 Special Topics: Smart Grid Technologies and Applications ECE 2795 Special Topics: Sustainable Modeling ECE 3775 Power System Steady State Control ECE 3776 Power System Stability ECE 3777 Power System Transients II ECE 3795 Advanced Topics in Power Engineering

• In planning/development stages:

ECE xxxx Power & Energy Industry Practices ECE xxxx Protective Relaying and Substation Automation

ECE xxxx Electrical Distribution System Engineering & Analysis II

Electric Power Curriculum

• Launched Fall 2013 Term

• Graduate / Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program

• Offered via live distance learning (synchronous)

• Sequence of 5 graduate electric power courses (15 credits), selected from the following:

ECE 2774 Power System Engineering & Analysis II ECE 2777 Power System Transients I ECE 2250 Power Electronics Circuits & Applications ECE 2646 Linear Control System Theory ECE 2795 Special Topics: Renewable & Alternative Energy Systems ECE 2795 Special Topics: Power Electronics (FACTS & HVDC Systems) ECE 2795 Special Topics: Smart Grids - Protection, Automation, Comm., & Control with new course developments in future terms

• Certificate credits can be applied toward full M.S./Ph.D.

Post Baccalaureate/Graduate Certificate Program in Electric Power Engineering

The Pitt Electric Power Initiative Research • Electric Power Research Group

• 35 Personnel – 15 FT GSRs (PhD and MS); 8 PT PhD; 5 Faculty; 7 UGRs • New faculty hire in power in fall 2012; and current search in power • Research program focus on: Power Electronics (FACTS and DC), Micro-grids,

Renewable Energy, DC Infrastructure, Smart Grids, Power Systems Analysis • Established academic leadership and pioneering efforts in the area of DC-based power technologies and

systems, microgrids, and controls

• Research Funding and Support • Diversity – Government, Industry, Foundation

• ARPA-e; DOE– OEDER, EERE, NETL; DOC; NSF; PA-BFTDA • ABB, Eaton, FirstEnergy, Mitsubishi Electric, Pitt-Ohio Express, Siemens Energy, Westinghouse,… • RK Mellon Foundation, Henry L. Hillman Foundation, Heinz Endowments,

• Facilities and Laboratories • Power System Simulation and Modeling Lab; Electric Machines Lab • Electric Power Systems Lab – Dedicated Jan. 2014

• Renewable Energy, Smart Grids, Power Electronics, Power Quality, etc. • Includes BEH solar installation and other plans for ‘micro-grid’

• Newly planned high voltage Electric Power Technologies & Micro-grid/Micro-energy Lab – 2015/2016

Electric Power Technologies R&D • Advanced technology development for electric power grid and energy generation,

transmission, distribution, and utilization

• Focus is on advancements in power electronics based technologies, AC/DC hybrid systems, and associated controls and devices for applications at all levels of the grid, toward a future clean energy environment

– High Voltage and Medium Voltage DC Systems (HVDC, MVDC)

– Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)

– Microgrid Developments (DC, AC, Hybrid Systems)

– Renewable Energy Integration

– Energy Storage Applications

– Smart Grid Developments

Electric Power Technologies R&D • Faculty Contributors and Researchers

Gregory Reed Power electronics, power T&D systems/analysis, DC, renewable energy integration and storage, microgrids, education

Tom McDermott Power distribution systems and analysis, smart grids, power electronics, power quality, renewable energy integration

Alexis Kwasinski * *(joins Pitt in fall 2014) – Microgrid technologies and systems, power electronics, power system reliability and resiliency, cyber-physical security

George Kusic Power system operation, real-time digital control, electric machines, renewable energy integration, power electronics

Zhi-Hong Mao Advanced control and systems integration, optimization, smart grids, multi-agent systems

William Stanchina Wide band-gap semiconductor technologies, GaN technology and characterization, advanced sensors and circuits

Mahmoud El Nokali Power electronics circuits and devices, semiconductor modeling

Kevin Chen Advanced gas sensors for power generation applications

Yiran Chen Energy harvesting, renewable energy development

• Adjunct Faculty and Key Collaborators

John Paserba – Mitsubishi Electric Dan Carnovale – Eaton

Bill Vilcheck – Eaton Robert Kerestes– Emerson

Electric Power Systems Lab

Benedum Hall – University of Pittsburgh

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Facility Dedicated January, 2014

• AC/DC Micro-grid facility

• 480-V, 200-A, 75-kW maximum capacity

• Mix of Generation: PV, Gas, Wind, Grid

• Customized workbenches

• Variable system strength

• Integrated laboratory workbenches

• Motor Control Centers

• Advanced controls

• UPS and Datacenter

• Power factor correction

• Sag/Surge generators

• 6 MHz metering

• Multi-media capabilities

• Industry sponsorship (Eaton) Benedum Engineering Hall – 8th Floor

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Layout and One-Line Diagram

75 kVA

480V/208V

Delta/Wye

PX

Main IFS Switchboard (208 V, 60 Hz)

PX8000

PX

Sag

Generator

(Future)

100 kA

208 V

Wye

SPD

Lab Feeder

Cable

Tray

LB1 LB2 LB3 LB4 LB5

UPS

Servers

AutoVar

480 V Panel in Main IFS for Special Testing (480V fed from 8HL1-13,15,17)

EPO

SPD

250 kA

480 V

Wye

480V Panelboard in Main IFS

Reactor

Z=18%

Reactor

Z=5%

75 kVA

Lab Feeder

480V 100A

30A

3P

30A

3P

20A

3P

20A

3P

100A

75A20A

1P

20A

1P

20A

1P

20A

1P

20A

3P

20A

1P

30A

3P

225A

30A

3P

200A 200A

200ANormal

Source

100A160A

200A

Special

Testing

(480V)

100A

PowRCommand

Lighting Panel

and “Normal”

Power Loads

200A

ATS

25 kW

80A

Rooftop

Generator

100A

30A

3P

30A

3P

20A

3P

20A

3P

20A

1P

20A

1P

40A

2P

60A

3P

60A

3P

20A

1P

208V Panelboard #1 in Main IFS (PNL-1 – larger panel next to 480V panel)

208V Panelboard #2 in Main IFS (PNL-2 – smaller panel below 480 V panel)

5 kW

Solar

Inverter

DC

from

Roof

(Future)

Combiner

Box

in Lab

Combiner

Box

on Roof

20A

1P

200A

LB660A

PX8000

60A 60A 60A 60A 60A

to

MG

SETS

MCC 1

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Phase

Shifting Tx

(optional/

typical)

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 1

to

MG

SETS

MCC 2

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 2

to

MG

SETS

MCC 3

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 3

to

MG

SETS

MCC 4

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 4

to

MG

SETS

MCC 5

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 5

to

MG

SETS

MCC 6

Soft

Start

Drive

ATL

Cable

Tray

Cable

Tray

Lab

Bench 6

to

MG

SETS

5hp

Collector

MCC

Cable

Tray

100A

3P

To

Collector

MCC

5hp

5hp

5hp

5hp

5hp

ATL with

C441

Overloads

To future

wind input

40A

2P

120V “normal”

power to lab

benches

120V

“normal”

power

(typical)

150A 150A

100A

Existing Solar

(Microinverters)

PRC-1

Circuits 2, 4, 6, 8 – lights

Circuits 1, 3, 5, 7

UPS (switchboard control

power)

100A

3P

3 Position

Switch (Roof)

To Load

From Lab

Source 1

Source 2 20A

3P

20A

3P

20A

3P

100A

3P

20A

3P

PC-3 Panel (Roof)

Wire nut

connection

RLP-2 Panel (Roof)

30 kVA

RLP-1 Panel (Roof)

Fed from 8LDP2 – 2, 4, 6 (Southeast electrical closet)

Fed from PC 4 – East Penthouse 100 A

100A

HMTDelta/

Wye

Isolation transformers

for use with benches

for phase shifting

100A

100A

Fed from 8HL1-13, 15, 17

MCC

6

MCC

5

Return MCCMCC

3

MCC

4

MCC

2

MCC

1

Main IFS

Motors

4

5

6

Lab Bench

6

Lab Bench 5

Lab Bench

3

Lab Bench 2

Lab Bench4

Lab Bench1

Motors

1

2

3

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Objectives

• Educate – Power system issues, especially power quality problems, are difficult to understand – provide hands-on leaning to supplement classroom theory

• Demonstrate – Full scale equipment and metering to allow students and researchers to thoroughly evaluate results of experimentation

• Demystify – Allows complex power systems, power quality and transient problems to be explored in detail

• R&D – Provides an environment for cutting edge electric power systems and technology research, prototyping, development, and demonstration

• Test – Evaluate and test equipment produced by the manufacturing community

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Included Lab Equipment

• Main switchboard and isolation transformer

• Integrated lab workbenches with load banks

• Automated metering and control

• Distributed generation

• Photovoltaic panels, natural gas generator

• Data center model

• Server rack, UPS

• Power quality equipment

• Surge generator, sag generator, harmonic sources, capacitor bank

• 8 Motor Control Centers with soft starters and VFDs

• 6 integrated motor-generator sets

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Lab Layout

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Workbenches

Purpose – interactive laboratory workstations that incorporate load

banks with advanced interactive controls and essential safety features.

• New laboratory bench design (8’ x 4’ x 40”)

• 208 V, 3-phase power and 120 V, 1-phase control connections

• Automated PLC and manual controls

• Real, reactive, and capacitive load banks (10kVA each)

• Bank of 9 compact fluorescent bulbs for harmonic injection

• Capable of running 5-15 hp motors through MCC

• Auxiliary outlets (1-phase and 3-phase)

• Clear top for circuit observation

• Integrated safety features

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Education and Research

Provide hands-on education for undergraduate and graduate level students

• Immerses students in integrated, hands-on learning environment

• Provides the capability to create new courses and expand curriculum in those

that already exist

• Complex topics can be explored manually and visually, such as:

• Distribution systems

• Power electronics

• Smart grids

• Micro-grids

• Energy storage

• Renewable energy

• Power quality

• Etc.

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Curriculum Component Integration

Planned Experiments (Examples)

No. Experiment/Project Category

1) Safety Training and

Metering/Monitoring Orientation

Lab Introduction

2) Variable Frequency Drives Power Electronics

3) Motors/Soft Starting Power Electronics

4) UPS/Conversion Power Electronics

5) Solar Energy Integration and

Inverters/Balance-of-System

Renewable

Energy/Storage

6) Wind Energy Integration and

Inverters/Balance-of-System

Renewable

Energy/Storage 7) Power Factor Correction Power Quality

8) Programmable Logic Controller

(PLCs) and Industrial Controls

Smart Grid

9) Distribution Relaying and

Protection/SKM

Smart Grid

10) Transformer and Cable Losses Power Quality 11) Battery and Energy Storage Systems Renewable

Energy/Storage

12) Lightning Smart Grid 13) Home Automation and Smart

Outlets/Breakers

Smart Grid

14) Power Quality – Sags, Swells, Harmonics

Power Quality

15) Advanced Metering Smart Grid

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory Dedication Ceremony – January 9, 2014

The Electric Power Systems Laboratory NBC (WPXI Pittsburgh) – Our Region’s Business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_6QVem8aY&feature=youtu.be

Electric Power Technologies and Micro-grid/Micro-energy Lab

Newly Proposed Off-Campus Facility

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

• Off-Campus Research and Development Facility – Vision:

– University research & development …and… independent industry activities

– Concept/vision is for high voltage capability and multiple use facility:

• Plan for 15 kV-ac, 5 MVA and 1 kV-dc, 1 MVA capacity

• Micro-Grid/Micro-Energy Environment at Utility Distribution Level • Resource, Distributed Generation, and Load Integration • Renewables (Solar PV, Wind, …), Energy Storage, EV-2-Grid, etc.

• Distribution Feeder Infrastructure • Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) • SCADA and Systems Operations

• Protective Relaying and Substation Automation • Advanced Control and Communications • Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis

• FACTS and HVDC control system testing and development • Power electronics converters and other power technologies development, prototyping, and testing

(e.g., IEEE 1547 certification) • DC standards development (IEC SG 4)

• Integration of feeder analytics, technology testing and certification, etc.

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

Proposed Location – Energy Innovation Center, Pittsburgh PA

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

EIC – Facility Layout

Conceptual

Layout

12 Rack Bays, 1m Deep

Bookshelves

Lab Mgr.

12 Rack Bays, 1m Deep

Bookshelves

Workbench

Cooper 5 MV

APEA

K Transformer

≈ 23,700 lbs.

54 ft. 8.0 in. x 41 ft.

Room

27 ft. 4.0 in. x 23 ft. 8.0 in.

Room

27 ft. x 10 ft.Room

27 ft. 4.0 in. x 32 ft.

Room

27 ft. 4.0 in. x 32 ft.Room

23 kV

Micro-G

rid Lab

Conference/Media

Shop

SCAD

A Lab

RTD

S Lab

Unused

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

Conceptual Layout of Lab – Approx. 7,500 sq. ft. (5,000 sq. ft. initial build out)

MVDC

MVAC

MVAC

5 MVA23/13.8 kVDuquesne

Light

480 V

208 V

Conceptual One-Line

Example Feeder Configuration

G

MV/LV AC MV/LV DC

Bi-directionalConverter

AreaEPS

DieselGenerator

Storage

PhotovoltaicMicro-turbine

Type 3, 4 or 5Wind

AC Loads DC Loads

VoltageRegulator

Heartbeat Signal

mGridControl

ACSensors

DCSensors

One-Line Diagram

Example Test Configuration

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

Opportunities:

- Industry collaborative research & development

- DOE (OR, EERE) and other government programs e.g., Regional grid hub, Microgrid/energy center, DER, Renewables, DC technologies, Power electronics, etc.

- NETL-RUA Grid Technologies Collaborative growth

- NSF (I/UCRC or ERC in electric power technologies)

- NIST (standards and testing activities)

- Technology prototyping, development, and commercialization

- Standards development, testing, and certification

- Witness testing services and third party verification

- Training and courses / distance learning / certificate programs

- Other Services – consulting, business development, etc.

Electric Power Technologies and Microgrid Laboratory (2015/2016)

Industry Engagement – initial discussions and significant interest in participation/support:

- Eaton - Dominion VP

- Duquesne Light - FirstEnergy

- Emerson - ANSYS

- Mitsubishi Electric - Siemens Energy

- DOE NETL - Alstom Grid

- RTDS - S&C Electric

- OSISoft - Tollgrade Communications

- Aquion Energy - SEL

- General Electric - Concurrent Technologies

- others……………..

Contact Information

Gregory Reed, Ph.D.

Director, Electric Power Initiative and Electric Power Systems Laboratory; Associate Director, Center for Energy; Professor of Electric Power Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

SWANSON School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh __________________________________

Tele: 412-383-9862 Cell: 412-389-7503 E-mail: gfr3@pitt.edu Web: http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Gregory_Reed/