Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons

Mihai Sanduleac; Mihaela Albu; Lucian Toma; João Martins; Anabela Gonçalves Pronto; Vasco Delgado-Gomes

doi:10.1109/ICE.2017.8280070

Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons

Mihai Sanduleac, Mihaela Albu, Lucian Toma, João Martins, Anabela Gonçalves Pronto, Vasco Delgado-Gomes

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Abstract

Todays technological developments are drivers for new solutions towards massive renewables deployments resulting in increased network challenges. The paper presents a new approach for prosumers having such a local PV production and storage devices which allows, with adequate design, the user to change from classic prosumer to consumer-only from grid perspective, with enhanced efficiency and resilience based on a hybrid (AC and DC) architecture. Three use-cases are presented: PV behind the meter, PV and storage behind the meter and a newly proposed UniRCon (Unidirectional Resilient Consumer) architecture. This use-cases analysis considers four timeline horizons (2018, 2020, 2022, and 2025). It is shown for the selected profiles of consumption and production that PV plus storage behind the meter bring savings, as recognized and expected by today trend of business-cases, and that the complete UniRCon architecture steps in even with more savings together with higher resilience against the grid outages. The UniRCon solution gives also better ramp behaviour during the evening period, compared with the duck curve expected to challenge power systems with high PV penetration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings
Editors	J. P. Mendonça , R. Jardim-Gonçalves , J. Martins, A. Zarli, M. Marques, M. Pallot
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1572-1577
Number of pages	6
Volume	2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538607749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2017.8280070
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2018
Event	23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Madeira Island, Portugal Duration: 27 Jun 2017 → 29 Jun 2017

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Conference	23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Madeira Island
Period	27/06/17 → 29/06/17

Keywords

hybrid AC and DC
net metering
resilience
UniRCon

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Sanduleac, M., Albu, M., Toma, L., Martins, J., Pronto, A. G., & Delgado-Gomes, V. (2018). Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons. In J. P. Mendonça , R. Jardim-Gonçalves , J. Martins, A. Zarli, M. Marques, & M. Pallot (Eds.), 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings (Vol. 2018-January, pp. 1572-1577). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2017.8280070

Sanduleac, Mihai ; Albu, Mihaela ; Toma, Lucian et al. / Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons. 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings. editor / J. P. Mendonça ; R. Jardim-Gonçalves ; J. Martins ; A. Zarli ; M. Marques ; M. Pallot. Vol. 2018-January Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018. pp. 1572-1577

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Sanduleac, M, Albu, M, Toma, L, Martins, J , Pronto, AG & Delgado-Gomes, V 2018, Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons. in JP Mendonça , R Jardim-Gonçalves , J Martins, A Zarli, M Marques & M Pallot (eds), 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings. vol. 2018-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1572-1577, 23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017, Madeira Island, Portugal, 27/06/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2017.8280070

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Sanduleac M, Albu M, Toma L, Martins J , Pronto AG , Delgado-Gomes V. Hybrid AC and DC smart home resilient architecture Transforming prosumers in UniRCons. In Mendonça JP, Jardim-Gonçalves R, Martins J, Zarli A, Marques M, Pallot M, editors, 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings. Vol. 2018-January. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2018. p. 1572-1577 doi: 10.1109/ICE.2017.8280070

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