This paper describes the potential of the power campus located at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio for microgrid development. First, the benefits provided by microgrids to the terrestrial power grid are described, and an overview of Technology Needs for microgrid development is presented. Next, GRC's work on development of autonomous control for manned deep space vehicles, which are essentially islanded microgrids, is covered, and contribution of each of these developments to the microgrid Technology Needs is detailed. Finally, a description is provided of GRC's existing physical assets which can be applied to microgrid technology development, and a phased plan for development of a microgrid test facility is presented.


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    Title :

    Application of Autonomous Spacecraft Power Control Technology to Terrestrial Microgrids


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ; 2014 ; Cleveland, Ohio, United States


    Publication date :

    2014-07-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English