ECE 421/521
Electric Energy Systems
Power Systems Analysis I
Mid-term Project
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Groups
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Fan, Zikai
Ma, Chenwen
Parikh, Neal
Zhang, Yizhou
Biddings, Aaron
Bray, Joseph W.
Zhang, Yichen
Cook, Logan D.
Crowder, Christopher E.
Dutton, Steven D.
Estep, Stephen T.
Duan, Nan .
Jones, Edward A.
Wang, Siqi
Heacker, Jonathan T.
Hoang, Lily M.
Kirby, Steven K.
Newman, Christopher B.
Li, Yalong
Raoufat, Mohammad E.
Group 4:
Holbrook, Adam W.
Holcomb, Kyle E.
Pardue, Phillip E.
Wong, Nina M.
Liu, Bo
Smith, Mitchell T.
Group 5:
Hopf, Lindsey B.
Kelley, Brandon R.
Letsinger, Andrew T.
Reed, Carl W.
Mc Kenzie, Keith J.
Wu, Tong .
Group 6:
Nguyen, Minh N.
Russell, Ryan A.
Stinnett, Mathew J.
Zamudio, Nicholas R.
Liu, Hesen
Till, Micah J.
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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)
Marine power (tidal and wave)
Nuclear power
Energy storage (electric, thermal, compressed-air, etc.)
Synchrophasor (PMU)
Micro-grid
Demand response and smart meter
Electric vehicle
Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR)
Other proposals
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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
*5&6 are recommended for ECE521 students
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Project Deliverables
1. 25 minutes in-class presentation on each topic
– Everyone should present his/her task for 3-4 minutes
– Questions asked by the rest of the class
2. A project report
– 6-8 pages long
– Including all investigation results
– Using IEEE paper template
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Schedule
Dates
Descriptions
9/11
First group meeting to share contacts
9/19 (Thur)
Each group email me your 1st and 2nd options on the
project topic, which will be finalized in 9/20 class
9/27 (Fri)
Each group email me the task assigned to each member
10/28-11/1
Project presentations (order TBD)
11/11
Deadline for the 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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