Defense Installation Energy Resilience For Changing Operational Requirements
Abstract
A process is proposed to determine the impact of different potential mission scenarios upon energy resilience for mission-critical loads attached to a military bases microgrid infrastructure. This process applies to any institution with changing operational states whose energy resilience requirements necessitates redundant electrical supply. The methodology may be used by energy managers to account for potential mission scenarios that a base may be part of, followed by assessing the microgrid energy resilience to supply the critical loads for said mission scenarios, especially where external grid power may be unavailable and/or damage to facility microgrid systems may be present. In the event a microgrid design is unable to provide sufficient electrical energy, distributed energy resources (DERs), including energy storage systems and renewable energy resources, may be added to improve energy resilience. A case study is conducted with a fictitious military base, microgrid design, and changing operational demands to demonstrate the application of the methodology. This paper contributes a method for energy managers to evaluate energy resilience using microgrids by accounting for potential mission operations, their energy requirements, resulting energy preparedness, and recommendations for improvement as necessary.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1164954
Entities
People
- Janice L. Mallery
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School