Building Load Aggregation and Adaptive Power Management for Improved Resilience
Abstract
This project will develop adaptive power management methodologies to improve awareness of power usage and power quality on installat,ions, reduce operation and planning expenditures, and enhance network autonomy for installation-wide control and adaptability. Build,ing load and energy asset data aggregation and controls will be integrated with low-cost, open standard building automation systems,developed by private sector partner Climatec. The resulting work and demonstration of minimum-viable-product will be evaluated to de,termine dual-use applications for both military and civilian markets.This topic has been curated for installation applications throu,gh conversations with installation leadership and visits to meet installation staff, see facilities, curate challenges and goals, an,d discuss program planning. This project aims to achieve two common goals of Navy and other DoD branches: 1.) Modernization of insta,llations that are capable of maintaining energy independence and resilienceagainst contingencies 2.) Increased monitoring and contro,l of legacy and new assets within power networks to ensure mission autonomy. Integrating low-cost building automation systems and ad,aptive power management algorithms can make this possible with significant cost savings. One example installation that can benefit i,s Camp Pendleton, which has over 600 buildings and is the largest West Coast expeditionary training facility encompassing more than,125,000 acres with great distances between buildings and training areas. This creates an electrical network of rural load centers th,at have minimal to no ability to be remotely monitored, controlled, and optimized for mission-level benefit.Navy and DoD benefits in,clude: (1) Provides a low-cost solution for improved awareness of power usage and power quality to reduce operation and planning exp,enditures within the facilities, sustainment, restoration, and modernization (FSRM) model as deemed a critical issue in the 38th Com,mandants PlanningGuidance for USMC. (2) Includes load-level energy monitoring, control, and interaction with end-users to raise awa,reness of efficient use of energy resources, an objective indicated by the United States Marine Corps in their Energy Ethos line of,operation within the Installations Energy Strategy. (3) Improves energy network autonomy with the ability to maintain energy indepen,dence and system resiliency against contingencies, and improves energy network flexibility to support continuity of operations durin,g grid outages by balancing/reducing non-critical loads. These benefits align with the Naval Research and Development framework that, prioritizes increased flexibility for integrated and distributed forces through incorporation of autonomous and disaggregated syste,ms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 08, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212125
Entities
People
- Samantha Janko
Organizations
- Arizona State University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy