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