Technologies Integration to Achieve Resilient, Low-Energy Military Installations
Abstract
This work demonstrated the energy master planning (EMP) concept that meets installation/community's framing energy goals and integrates development of a highly resilient "backbone" of energy systems that allow communities to maintain critical missions and service operations during extended outages over a range of emergency scenarios. The Energy Resilience of Interacting Networks (ERIN) tool, developed to support this process, allows the assessment of the resilience of energy supply systems to various Design Basis Threats. The tool operates over networks that supply both individual buildings and districts. Although ERIN is a valuable standalone tool for assessing arbitrary energy networks for energy resilience, it was designed for use with other tools and processes. ERIN was demonstrated at two Army installations (Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Wainwright) in conjunction with a web-based application created for energy managers, master planners, and policymakers to allow them to simplify the analysis and reduce the time required to ~35% of that required by the alternative current best practice. Lessons learned from the project were used to clarify the EMP process and to make many user interface changes to facilitate the process, ease data entry, and produce useful relevant output reports.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1217061
Entities
People
- Alexander Michael Zhivov
- Angela Urban
- Bjorn Oberg
- Brianna Morton
- Michael P. Case
- Richard Liesen
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center