Development of Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources – SuPER System EE 563 Graduate Seminar September 30, 2005 James G. Harris, Professor EE Department and CPE Program Outline • Background • Technical Description of SuPER System • Feasibility Analysis • Five Year Plan for Development • Faculty Participating in SuPER Project • Student Involvement • Facilities, Equipment, and Resources • Status and Plans Background - Electrification • Electrification – National Academy of Engineering’s top engineering achievement for the 20th Century • Estimated 1/3 of population (now, 6B) do not have access – Significant proportion of remainder does not have reliable access to battery or grid – 18,000 occupied structures on Navajo Nation lack electrical power (2001 legislation) Background - Significance • Impact of electrification significant – Transformation of Western world • Thomas Hughes: Networks of Power – People who caused change – Social Impact – standard of living • Recognized by National Renewable Energy Laboratory in late 1990s – Village Power Program – Development of microfinancing Background – Solar Insolation • Goal to provide electrical resources to people in • underdeveloped countries Leapfrog technology – no need for 100 years of development – Example of cell phone in Asia • Review of global insolation map – Poorest people ($1-2 a day income) – Within plus or minus 30 degree of latitude • Highest values of solar insolation (minimum W hr/sq m/day) Background – DC Power • Solar photovoltaic systems inherently DC • History of DC (Edison) versus AC (Westinghouse and Tesla) at end of 19th century – DC versus AC for generation, distribution, and utilization – Initially, applied to lighting • Lighting today – 60W incandescent bulb and 20W compact fluorescent bulb lumens – Equivalent to 3W LED technology, and improving Background – DC power loads • Efficiency of electrical motors: few horsepower – Permanent magnet DC motors • Electrical appliances – – – – Computer: 50W laptop (DC) TVs, radios use DC power RV 12V DC market: kitchen appliances Portable power tools – battery powered (DC) • Computers: wireless connection – Internet, phone (voice over IP), TV, radio, – Education: MIT Media Lab $100 laptop project Background – Moore’s Law • Stand-alone solar photovoltaic system • technology is mature, e.g., Sandia Handbook Application of Moore’s Law to development of SuPER system – Solar cell development: commercial and research lab • Estimate 5% per decade with base of 16% in 2005 • Implies 25% efficiency in 2025 – DARPA RFP: 1000 units of 50% efficiency Commercial Module Range Laboratory Cells Histories of Silicon Photovoltaic Module and Cell Efficiencies Ref.: Martin A. Green; "Silicon Photovoltaic Modules: A Brief History of the First 50 Years"; Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. 2005; 13:447–455 (Published online 18 April 2005 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/pip.612) April Allderdice and John H. Rogers; Renewable Energy for Microenterprise; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; November 2000 Antonio C. Jimenez, Tom Lawand; Renewable Energy for Rural Schools; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; November 2000 Jonathan O.V. Touryan and Kenell J. Touryan; Renewable Energy for Sustainable Rural Village Power; Presented at the American Scientific Affiliation Conference Arkansas August 1, 1999 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Background – Solar and DC Power • Conclusion – Solar photovoltaic is poised for leapfrog technology • Many development tools available • Expectation of future efficiencies • Sustainable power source • Digital control of standalone system – DC is power of future • Decentralized • Matched to source and loads Technical Description of SuPER System • Modular design: four subsystems • Stand-alone solar photovoltaic system design very mature Solar Panel Control and Status Energy Storage (Battery) DC Interface Technical Description of SuPER System – approach and goals • Approach to design from first principles • Created set of five sets of requirements – Overall, and a set for each subsystem • Overall goal: – Mean time between failures (MTBF): 25 years – Mean time to repair (MTTR): 1 hour – Design lifecycle of 20 years – Cost: less than $500 for 1 sq m PV module including battery replacements Technical Description of SuPER System - requirements • Overall system requirements (abbreviated) – Total power/energy budget: input, storage, output – Measurements and definition of state – Safety: NEC/standards code, grounding – Mechanical design: enclosure/packaging – Startup and shutdown, error detection/recovery – Documentation: General Public License (Open Source) Technical Description of SuPER System - requirements • Solar Panel requirements (abbreviated) – Size: 1, 2, 4 sq m modular design – Voltage (DC); 12V, 24V, 48V – Fixed tilt @ latitude + or – 15 deg – Modularity: parallel/series, interface DC sources – Maintenance – Measurements: voltage/current; spectral and temporal characterization; temperature Technical Description of SuPER System - requirements • Energy storage requirements (abbreviated) – Type: deep cycle, AGM-gel, Ni-Cd – Maintenance minimal (clean terminals) – Replacement schedule: every 5-10 years – Safety and sustainability – Measurements: charging and discharging – Grounding and mechanical Technical Description of SuPER System - requirements • DC interface requirements (abbreviated) – Single or multiple DC outputs: model of AC 110V input service bus with multiple circuits – Currents: use of AWG 12 or 14 implies 15A – Circuit breakers, GFI, overload for motors – Characterization of DC electrical loads – Modular design for load growth – Forum for DC standarization: model of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Technical Description of SuPER System- requirements • Control and status module requirements (abbreviated) – Digital development technology: example is Altera FPGA/NIOS with uclinux OS, internet I/F – Switching of array power with conditioning – User display/interface – Digital control algorithms: maximum power point tracking (MPPT), softstart for power switching – Safety and grounding – Enclosure with environmental conditioning Feasibility Analysis • Worst case global solar radiation: 4 KW h / sq m • • • per day Solar cell efficiency of 10% yields 400 W h / sq m Solar module of 1 sq m for 400 W h per day Energy storage at 12V with discharge of 50% yields 66 A h battery – Car/truck battery – Five year replacement Feasibility Analysis • Lighting: 5 LED lamps @ 3W for 4 hours yields 60 W h • Water pump: ¼ HP (187 W) for one hour – 565 liters at maximum heigth of 7.62 m (garden hose) • Computer and communication: 50 W for one hour • Refrigerator (12V DC) @ 50 W h • Portable battery charging @ 50 W h Feasibility Analysis Daily Source (W h) Solar energy production 400 Total energy use allocation Lighting Pump/motor Computer/communications Refrigerator Portable battery charging 397 60 187 50 50 50 Energy storage: 12V AGM lead acid battery rated at 66 A h (one day supply for 50% discharge) Feasibility Analysis • Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) – SunWize Systems model DC30 75/100 – Manufacturer suggested retail price $1469 – Solar power generator system • Self-contained 12V DC with battery storage • 190 W h with input solar radiation of 4 K w h / day • Marketed for emergency power applications • AC output models available Five Year Plan for Development • Summary of development process – First three years for prototype development • Three generations at one year for each • Use of Electric Power Institute for administration – Last two years for field testing – Five years for completed design and testing • Includes business plan, documentation and dissemination Five Year Plan for Development • First year activities – First generation functional design • Use of 20-101 power senior project lab • Set up development environment – FPGA and uclinux OS • Using EE/CPE senior project and thesis • Prototype goal: satisfy all functional requirements – Marketing plans with OCOB students • Winter 06 client for BUS 454 Developing and Presenting Marketing Plans/Senior Project – At least three marketing plans proposed: USA investors for SuPER development Indigenous entrepreneurs business opportunity Indigenous consumers for SuPER system Five Year Plan for Development • Second year activities – Second generation prototype addressing: • modularity, manufacturing, reliability, maintainability, cost, packaging – Development of involvement of student clubs – Extensive system testing and evaluation – Initiation of business plan – Establishment of DC standards forum Five Year Plan for Development • Third year of activities – Third generation SuPER prototype addressing: • • • • Packaging Satisfies all functional and performance requirements Cost requirements satisfied Extensive testing and evaluation – Complete open source documentation of SuPER System: GPL compliant – Growth of DC standard forum development activities – Business plans disseminated • Targeted entrepreneurs within countries of interest – Plan for field testing in fourth year • Potential of Navajo Nation developed Five Year Plan for Development • Fourth and fifth year of activities: – Assessment of SuPER system • Improvement of design and construction • MTBF of 25 years, MTTR of 1 hour • 20 year lifecycle cost < $500 • Update of SuPER system open source documentation – Pilot projects initiated and evaluated – DC standards forum publishes DC standard – Revised business plan disseminated Faculty Participating on SuPER Project • Administrated by Electric Power Institute – Dr. Ahmad Nafisi, Director • Collaboration with CENG Center for Sustainability in Engineering – Dr. Deanna Richards, Director • EE/CPE faculty initially involved: – Drs. James G. Harris, Ahmad Nafisi, Ali Shaban, Taufik • OCOB faculty initially involved: – Dr. Doug Cerf, Associate Dean – Dr. Norm Borin, Chair of Marketing Area Student Involvement • EE graduate students for thesis work in system engineering – Overall system requirements, design, integration and testing – System design for status and control • EE and CPE students for senior projects in subsystem development – Design and testing of subsystems • OCOB students for senior projects in BUS 454 for • marketing plans Development of a Cal Poly SuPER team Student Involvement • Initially work with resources available – Adequate for start, just lengthens schedule • Plan to acquire support for not only additional resources, but also students • Faculty to provide continuing direction through “generations” of students working on SuPER project Facilities, Equipment and Resources • Solar panel system available in EE Department – • • • see photo Development laboratory to be established in power senior project laboratory (20-101) Resources of Power Electronics Laboratory available (20-104) Basic infrastructure for system development exists at Cal Poly 450-W 24-V Solar Panels on mobile station, 40-Amp charge controller, Solar Boost MPPT, and 2 Deka Solar Sealed Electrolyte Batteries; lab also has a 3.5 kW Outback All-In-One (MPPT, Charge Controller, and Inverter) to accommodate future expansion of the solar panel system. Status and Plans - foundations • Support solicited over summer from foundations: – – – – – – – – – MacArthur Rockefeller Brothers Energy Foundation Ford Hewlett Packard Clairborne (Liz) and Art Ortenbery Gates Kaufman • “it does not fall within either of their current funding priorities and/or guidelines.” Status and Plans - NSF • Submitted proposal to National Science Foundation on September 23, 2005 – RUI: Development of Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources – SuPER System – Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Program Announcement within its Faculty Research Projects area for three years and total of $240K – Submitted to Control, Networks & Computation Intelligence (CCNI) program within Electrical & Communications and Systems (ECS) Division of the Engineering Directorate Status and Plans - start • Initiate the effort with existing resources – Senior projects and thesis work • Engineering – technical • Business – economic – Establish DC web-based forum – Continue to involve other faculty and students Why? Broader Impact of SuPER Project • Provides family owned electrical power source – Only electrical power source for family – Increasing power resource with time – With financial business plan: $2-3 per month for all electrical power needs • Decentralized, sustainable development of • electrical power in poorest countries SuPER system potential resource for raising standard of living of poorest to par with rest of world Broader Impact • Priority and focus on developing sustainable • electrical resource for poorest people Success will provide model for people in developed nations – – – – Recognize commitment to status quo Centralized AC power generation with distribution Review current PG&E bill Replace with sustainable distributed DC power Interested in Participating? • Check out SuPER website: http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/~jharris/research/research.html – Announcement of opportunities – White Paper – Graduate Seminar Presentation • Visit with faculty involved: – EE: Jim Harris, Ahmad Nafisi, Ali Shaban, Taufik – OCOB: Doug Cerf, Norm Borin References • • • • • • • • • 1. George Constable, Bob Somerville; A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements that Transformed our Lives; National Academy of Engineering; 2003; overview available at http://www.greatachievements.org/ 2. Jonathan O.V. Touryan, Kenell J. Touryan; "Renewable Energy for Sustainable Rural Village Power"; Presented at the American Scientific Affiliation Conference Arkansas August 1999, available from NREL as NREL/CP-720-26871 [hybrid system for nrel village power program report 3. Begay-Campbell, Sandia National Laboratories; "Sustainable Hybrid System Deployment with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority"; NCPV and Solar Program Review Meeting 2003 NREL/CD-52033586 Page 541; available at http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv_prm/pdfs/33586073.pdf [estimated date 2003, describes program resulting from "On November 5, 2001, President Bush signed the Navajo Nation Electrification Demonstration Program (Section 602, Public Law 106-511) into Law. This law directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a 5-year program to assist the Navajo Nation in meeting its electricity needs for the estimated 18,000 occupied structures on the Navajo Nation that lack electric power."] 4. Thomas P. Hughes; Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983 5. Thomas P. Hughes; American Genesis A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870-1970; Penguin Books; 1989 6. David Nye; Electrifying America Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940; MIT Press; 1990 References • • • • • • • • • • • • 7. Antonio C. Jimenez, Tom Lawand; "Renewable Energy for Rural Schools"; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; November 2000 [report from village power program at nrel – covers all renewable sources] 8. April Allderdice, John H. Rogers; Renewable Energy for Microenterprise; NREL: November 2000; available from http://www.gvep.org/content/article/detail/8508 [microfinance introduction for renewable energy in underdevelopment countries] 9. Ulrich Stutenbaumer, Tesfaye Negash, Amensisa Abdi; "Performance of small scale photovoltaic systems and their potential for rural electrification in Ethiopia"; Renewable Energy 18 (1999) pp 35-48 [authored by locals, but dated – example of early recognition of possibilities] 10. Sunwize Technologies; http://www.sunwize.com/; insolation map available at http://www.sunwize.com/info_center/insolmap.htm [on-line catalog and interactive planning support; global insolation map] 11. Evan Mills; "The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting"; Science; v. 308, 27 May 2005, pp 12631264 12. E. Fred Schubert, Jong Kyu Kim; "Solid-State Light Sources Getting Smart"; Science; v. 308, 27 May 2005, pp 1274-1278 13. 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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) BAA05-21 posted Feb. 25, 2005 RFP— Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program announcement with deadline on 3/29/2005, which will be open at least a year from this date; see http://www.darpa.mil/ato/solicit/VHESC/index.htm References • 21. H. Spanggaard, F.C. Krebs; "A brief history of the development of organic and • polymeric photovoltaics"; Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 83 (2004) 125–146 • [overview in context of inorganic (si) pv's) • 22. T. Givler, P. Lilienthal; "Using HOMER® Software, NREL’s Micropower Optimization • • • • • Model, to Explore the Role of Gen-sets in Small Solar Power Systems Case Study: Sri Lanka"; Technical Report NREL/TP-710-36774; May 2005. 23. David L. King, Thomas D. Hund, William E. Boyson, Mark E. 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