TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-port power router and its impact on resilient power grid systems
AU - Kado, Yuichi
AU - Iwatsuki, Katsumi
AU - Wada, Keiji
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - We propose a Y-configuration power router as a unit cell to easily construct a power delivery system that can meet many types of user requirements. The Y-configuration power router controls the direction and magnitude of power flow among three ports regardless of DC and AC. We constructed a prototype three-way isolated DC/DC converter that is the core unit of the Y-configuration power router and tested the power flow control operation. Experimental results revealed that our methodology based on the governing equation was appropriate for the power flow control of the three-way DC/DC converter. In addition, the hexagonal distribution network composed of the power routers has the ability to easily interchange electric power between autonomous microgrid cells. We also explored the requirements for communication between energy routers to achieve dynamic adjustments of energy flow in a coordinated manner and its impact on resilient power grid systems.
AB - We propose a Y-configuration power router as a unit cell to easily construct a power delivery system that can meet many types of user requirements. The Y-configuration power router controls the direction and magnitude of power flow among three ports regardless of DC and AC. We constructed a prototype three-way isolated DC/DC converter that is the core unit of the Y-configuration power router and tested the power flow control operation. Experimental results revealed that our methodology based on the governing equation was appropriate for the power flow control of the three-way DC/DC converter. In addition, the hexagonal distribution network composed of the power routers has the ability to easily interchange electric power between autonomous microgrid cells. We also explored the requirements for communication between energy routers to achieve dynamic adjustments of energy flow in a coordinated manner and its impact on resilient power grid systems.
KW - autonomous microgrid cell
KW - power delivery system
KW - recursive structure
KW - resilient power grid system
KW - three-way isolated DC/DC converter
KW - Y-Configuration power router
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2211513
DO - 10.1117/12.2211513
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84986879671
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Broadband Access Communication Technologies X
A2 - Tsukamoto, Katsutoshi
A2 - Dingel, Benjamin B.
PB - SPIE
T2 - Broadband Access Communication Technologies X
Y2 - 16 February 2016 through 17 February 2016
ER -