Computer Sciences and Information Technology
Title : | A Software Tool for the Planning and Design of Smart Micro Power Grids |
Area of research : | Computer Sciences and Information Technology |
Focus area : | CAD for Reliability and Safety |
Principal Investigator : | Arnab Sarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati |
Contact info : | arnabsarkar@iitg.ernet.in, santosh_biswas@iitg.ernet.in, soumya@cse.iitkgp.ac.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | Future smartgrids are expected to become interconnected networks of small-scale and self-contained microgrids, which would be an integral add-on to the centralized primary electric power backbone. Since microgrids will mainly focus on supplying electrical and heat loads in a small geographical area with specific climatic conditions (e.g., wind speeds or solar radiation), geographical terrain / water sources, consumer behavior patterns etc., a plethora of design alternatives seem possible depending on the variations in these parameters. The project aims at the development of a design space exploration tool for microgrid design which can probably guarantee a performance measure in terms of say, QoS in electricity, operator revenues, etc in the face of design perturbations like addition/removal of components (say, generation unit, feeder line or operations control algorithm). New electricity scheduling and operations control algorithms and hardware testbed for a prototype microgrid will also be developed as part of the project. |
Co-PI: | Santosh Biswas, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Soumyajit Dey, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, Alok Kanti Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Ranjan Kumar Behera, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, Arijit Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna |
Total Budget (INR): | 2,02,92,000 |
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