Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Grid Transformation |
Large-scale Autonomous Microgrid Operated at
Constant Frequency
Technology that offers a method for designing autonomous microgrids in the scale of several megawatts using renewable energy and storage . Conventional synchronous generators and renewable energy based generation are harmonised using zonalisation approaches , allowing systems to handle large load changes . Integration with large power systems is also possible through paralleled solid-state transformers . |
Competitive Advantage • Improved power quality in large-scale autonomous microgrids
• Heavier loads ’ switch-in and switch-off
• Significant reduction in using fossil fuels for synchronous generators
• Affordable and convenient energy storage
Impact • Alleviate pressure from fossil fuel depletion
• Reverse air pollution in some countries that rely heavily on less fine coal-fired generation
• Allow more inhabitants and factory zones to be built with self-sufficient power supply
• Successful Applications
• Laboratory proved concepts at several Kilowatt power levels
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Our Collaborators • OCET
More Information Dr Daming Zhang School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication T : + 61 2 9385 4070 E : daming . zhang @ unsw . edu . au
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Capabilities and Facilities |
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• Detailed design |
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• Comprehensive modelling |
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• Guidelines for choosing hardware to implement the large-scale microgrid |
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