Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. <WRAP center 50% centeralign> [[http://curent.utk.edu/|{{wiki:CURENT_Logo_FullOnTrans.png ? 400|CURENT Website}}]] </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> ---- <WRAP left leftalign> //**<color #007800>What Is CURENT?</color>**// </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round left leftalign 50%> CURENT stands for **Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks**. It is a **National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center** that is jointly supported by NSF (National Science Foundation) and the DoE (Department of Energy). A collaboration between academia, industry, and national laboratories, **CURENT is led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville**. Partner institutions include Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Tuskegee University. </WRAP> <WRAP center centeralign 30%>[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iGHJpDMsX1sgLj7cznF2FXR8ur2DT-0gz1Hv__5h1Rk|{{wiki:CURENTFAQ.png ? 145|CURENT Frequently Asked Questions}}]] </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> ---- <WRAP left leftalign> //**<color #007800>Lead CURENT Faculty</color>**// </WRAP> <WRAP leftalign 100%> <WRAP left 100%> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:kevinTomsovic.png?125|Dr. Tomsovic}} ===Director:=== ===Dr. Kevin Tomsovic=== </WRAP> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:yiluLiu.png?125|Dr. Liu}} ===Deputy Director:=== ===Dr. Yilu Liu=== </WRAP> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:leonTolbert.png?125|Dr. Tolbert}} ===Thrust Leader:=== ===Dr. Leon Tolbert=== </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP left 100%> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:fredWang.png?125|Dr. Wang}} ===Technical Director:=== ===Dr. Fred Wang=== </WRAP> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:franLi.png?120|Dr. Li}} ===UTK Campus Director:=== ===Dr. Fran Li=== </WRAP> <WRAP centeralign box round left> {{wiki:cheinFeiChen.png?200|Dr. Chen}} ===Director of Education & Outreach:=== ===Dr. Chien-fei Chen=== </WRAP> </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> ---- <WRAP left leftalign> //**<color #007800>Timeline</color>**// </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round left leftalign 50%> INSERT TIMELINE GRAPHIC HERE </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> ---- <WRAP left leftalign> //**<color #007800>Education</color>**// </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round left leftalign 50%> INSERT Pre-College, Undergraduate, and Graduate Info HERE </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> ---- <WRAP left leftalign> //**<color #007800>Summary of CURENT Research Areas</color>**// </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Integration of Renewable Energy Sources</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Adaptive control for intemittent wind energy and STATCOM\\ - Ocean thermal energy conversion dynamic study (OTEC, Lockheed Martin)\\ - Power electronics control with high penetration of renewables in the utility grid\\ - Converter control for wind turbines\\ - Multilevel converters interface with solar panels and grid\\ - Integration of energy storage with wind generation for improved dynamics (Sandia National Lab) </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Distributed Generation and Microgrids</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Voltage control using multiple distributed energy resouces (DOE/ORNL)\\ - Frequency and voltage control for microgrid (DOE/ORNL)\\ - Decentralized control of DE for voltage regulation in distribution systems\\ - Microgrids and DC distribution\\ - Impedance-based modeling and control of power electronics for grid integration of renewable energy (GE GRC)\\ - DC micro grid for the integration of renewable energy and energy storage technologies (NYSERDA, Ultralife)\\ - Smart grid voltage stability and control (NSF)\\ - Offshore wind farm system architecture and control; small-signal stability of offshore wind with HVDC transmission (GCEP/Stanford University)\\ - Stability and power quality of distribution network with deep penetration of renewable energy and distributed generation (NYSTAR)\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Wide-Area Measurements and Control</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - FNET - Frequency Monitoring Network (NSF, EPRI, DOE, ABB, TVA, FNET Industry Consortium)\\ - NERC Frequency response initiative (ORNL/DOE)\\ - Magnetic field and electric field based non-contact PMUs (EPRI)\\ - Oscillation and islanding detection (MISO)\\ - Wide-Area measurement applications (ISO-NE, First Energy, PJM, AEP, NYISO)\\ - Authentication of digital evidence using power system frequency measurements (NIJ)\\ - Advanced reactive power dispatch of multiple FACTS controllers to enhance the voltage stability of a large metropolitan load area (EPRI, KEPRI)\\ - Control of power grid with large penetration of renewable energy (GCEP/Stanford University)\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Electricity Markets</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Ensuring security and reducing price volatility with high penetration controllable loads and renewable energy (NSF)\\ - Modeling of long-term transmission expansion and investment\\ - Network-based simulation of the effects of power-sector environmental policies, including Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative\\ - Econometric estimation of air pollution transfer coefficients for Canada and econometric test for carbon dioxide emissions leakage resulting from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative\\ - Experimental testing of automatic wholesale electricity price mitigation and of market designs for reactive power and reliability\\ - Design of restructured electricity markets in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Maine, Nevada, Delaware, and nationally, and prediction of effect of electric-sector restructuring on prices in Colorado\\ - Design of State of Maryland renewable energy portfolio standard, rules for environmental labeling of electricity, and energy efficiency standards for equipment and appliances, subsequently adopted in other states and nationally.\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Modeling and Analysis</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Data driven dynamic modeling of Eastern Interconnection Power Grid (EPRI)\\ - Modeling of induction motor loads and prevention of stalling using distributed energy resources (DERs)\\ - Power transformer modeling, diagnosis, and monitoring (multiple sponsors: NSF, EPRI)\\ - Phasor measurement unit (PMU) measurements: Their incorporation into state estimation, observability analysis and bad data processing\\ - Modeling of external systems using sparsely distributed PMU measurements\\ - Multi-area very large scale state estimation\\ - Robustness in state estimation\\ - Computational issues in very large scale network analysis\\ - Development of a non-iterative state estimator, an integrated phasor data concentrator, and cyber security aspects of phasor data communications (NYSERDA, NYPA)\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Power Systems Operation</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Responsive load demonstration for smart grid application (EPRI)\\ - Optimal power system restoration\\ - An electric grid situational awareness toolkit\\ - Congestion prediction in power system operation and planning\\ - Self-healing power grid realization based on PSS/E 30 cascading failure simulation and analysis\\ - Multiple FACTS device coordination and control (NSF)\\ - Analysis of societal events' Impact on the power system frequency using FNET measurements\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> <WRAP box round 100% center leftalign> <WRAP 20% left> <color #007800>Power Conversion</color> </WRAP> <WRAP 75% left> - Vehicle to Grid (V2G) reactive power compensation from plug in hybrid electric vehicles\\ - Power quality – active filtering, STATCOMs\\ - High efficiency converters for data centers\\ - Modeling and application of SiC and GaN power electronics\\ - High-density converters for vehicle and aerospace applications\\ - High-temperature, high-density packaging for power electronics\\ - Ultra-reliable deepwater electrical power distribution system and power components\\ - Fault tolerant electromechanical energy converters for naval applications\\ - Integrated design methodologies for high performance electric drives\\ - Vibration-based energy harvesting systems\\ </WRAP> </WRAP> <WRAP clear /> wiki/whatiscurent.txt Last modified: 2018/08/14 18:30by scochra6