ECE 421/599
Electric Energy Systems
Teamwork Project
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Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Beau, Justin R.
Blalock, Clifton M.
Frye, Elizabeth F.
Harley, Forrest C.
Odom, Chandler N.
Lu, Haoyang (599)
Zhao, Jiecheng (599)
Beilstein, Brian J.
Germick, Robert J.
Haney, James P.
Joss, Alexander L.
Murphy, Matthew P.
You, Shutang (599)
Favory, Jacob A.
Honey, Michael D.
Lumpkins, Randall W.
Mills, Benjamin E.
Stow, Robert G.
Wang, Yajun (599)
Synchrophasor Group 4 Lusby, Derek B.
Storage
Mcgraw, Tyler R.
Palmer, Edward B.
Peck, Nathan A.
Woods, Jacob L.
Wang, Lu (599)
Group 5 Asbury, Alexander M.
EV
HVDC
Bowles, Bradley F.
Bruffey, Christopher .
Clinard, Ryne N.
Ju, Wenyun (599)
Wu, Ling (599)
Group 6 Huff, Ryne J.
Solar
Marine
Layfield, Blake D.
Leitner, Stefan
Zhang, Xinyue
Alharbi, Abdulelah Y. (599)
Yao, Wenxuan (599)
The first student is the team lead
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Project Topics
Each group choose one from the following technologies
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Wind power (onshore and offshore)
Solar power (PV and concentrated): Group 6
Marine power (tidal and wave): Group 3
Energy storage (electric, thermal, compressed-air, etc.): Group 4
Synchrophasor (Phasor Measurement Unit): Group 1
Micro-grid
Demand side response and smart meters
Electric vehicle: Group 5
HVDC: Group 2
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Tasks
Each member is responsible for at least 1 task:
1. History and basic theory of the technology
2. State-of-the-art designs/products
3. Impacts (technical and social)
– Benefits and values
– Concerns and problems
4. Challenges or R&D focus in next 5-10 years
5. 1-2 true (successful or not) stories of its application or
demonstration
6. 1-2 related research papers published in recent 5 years
*ECE599 students need to choose from 5&6
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Project Deliverables
1. Each team give 20 minutes in-class presentation
– Each student has 3 minutes to present
– Questions asked by the rest of the class
– Dates:
•October 27: Groups 1&4
•October 29: Groups 2&3
•October 31: Groups 5&6
2. A project report
– 6-8 pages long
– Including all investigation results
– Using IEEE paper template (posted)
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Project 1 Presentations
We will start at 11:10am for the class. Each student has 3
minutes (3-5 slides) to present.
•October 27
– Group 1: Synchrophasor
– Group 4: Energy Storage
•October 29
– Group 2: HVDC
– Group 3: Marine Power
•October 31:
– Group 5: Electric Vehicle
– Group 6: Solar Power
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Schedule
Dates
Descriptions
9/5-9/8
First group meeting to share contacts
9/16 (Tue)
Each group email me your 1st and 2nd options on the project
topic, which will be finalized in 9/17 class
9/24 (Wed)
Each group email me the task assigned to each member
Oct.27-31
Project presentations in class
Nov. 10
Final project report
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Resources
•General knowledge:
– Google
– Wikipedia.org
•R&D activities:
– IEEEXplore
•Application & Success stories:
– EPRI Smart Grid Demonstration Initiative 2-5yr updates
(http://smartgrid.epri.com/Demo.aspx)
– Other EPRI reports at http://www.epri.com (search for a keyword)
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