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Smart Grid – Research and Technology Demonstrations in UCLA
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Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)
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• Major sponsors • DOE Funded Regional Demo Grant – LADWP, UCLA, USC, JPL-Caltech • KIER-UCLA Smart Grid Grant • California Energy Commission - DR • DOE Funded EPRI, NESCOR Grant – EPRI + several DOE, University partners • SMERC IPP (Industry Partners Program): 18 industry members • CEC – Bi-directional EV charging
• Industry Thought Leadership Forums – every six months, next scheduled for March 28, 2012
• Smart Grid Living Lab (SMERC LL) • UCLA has its own natural gas cogeneration power plant • UCLA gets a fraction of its power from LADWP, the local utility
• External Leadership Council (SMERC LC) • Educational programs (courses, training workshops, demonstration days) • Publish research papers
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UCLA Co-Generation Plant
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Traditional Electricity Flow Model
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Generation Transmission Consumption Distribution
Traditional Hierarchical Model
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New electricity flow model – the opportunity Smart Grid
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Consumption Generation Transmission Distribution
Cloud intelligence
Wireless/ Comm.
Sense & Control
Storage Mobile Devices & UI
Embedded Systems
Renewables: Solar, Wind, BioM, GeoT, Hydro
Technologies?
Non-Traditional Hierarchical Model
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UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)
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WINSmartGrid™ The UCLA WINSmartGrid™ is a network platform technology that allows electricity operated appliances such as plug-in automobile, washer, dryer, or, air conditioner to be wirelessly monitored, connected and controlled via a Smart Wireless hub.
Cyber security of Communications Infrastructure Cyber security is being studied and researched for EVSE infrastructure, HAN, and applications in residential and commercial DR.
Microgrid Comm, sense and control for integrating renewables, EVs and smart loads
EV Integration to the Grid California constitutes a significant automotive market - a place where demanding and energy-conscious consumers come together with creative designers from Hollywood, resulting in an environment rich in ideas on automotive innovation.
Demand Response Automated load control in smart buildings, smart offices, smart homes, smart appliances, renewable integration and local storage.
Transactive Control of Smart Grids Price based high speed control of smart loads, EVs, and storage.
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UCLA Electrical Gateway
UCLA Campus Controllable Loads
Buildings
Labs
Residential Halls
Parking structures
Utility’s Distribution Grid
Los Angeles Districts
TCP/IP
Electricity
LAN, HAN
WAN, NAN, LAN
WAN, NAN, LAN
WAN
Co-Gen
AMI
WINSmartGrid™ Power and Information Flow
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UCLA Electrical Gateway
UCLA Campus Controllable Loads and Generators
Buildings
Labs
Residential Halls
Parking structures
Utility’s Distribution Grid
Co-Gen
Los Angeles Districts
TCP/IP
Electricity
AMI
WINSmartGrid™ Power and Information Flow
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Electric Vehicles – EVs available in todays market
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Scion iQ EV Fiat 500e Toyota RAV4 EV
Chevy Spark EV Smart Electric Drive BMW ActiveE
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Honda Fit EV Ford Focus Electric
Tesla Model S Nissan Leaf Toyota Prius Plug-in Chevy Volt
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EV Smart Grid Integration: Fundamental Approach
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WINSmartEV™ - Mobile Web App
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SMERC Monitoring and Control Center Monitoring & Control
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The current WINSmartEV™ infrastructure at UCLA, LADWP, City of Santa Monica, and City of Pasadena consists of 150 EVSmartPlug™s.
WINSmartEV™ Infrastructure
3G/4G 3G/4G 3G/4G & WIFI 3G/4G
Parking Structure 3 Level 1
x4
Parking Structure 8 Level 1 Level 2 Level 1 – UCLA Fleet
x4
x8
x8
Parking Structure 9 Level 1
x8
Parking Structure 2 Level 1
x4
Sunset Village Parking Level 1 – UCLA Fleet
x42 (84)
City of Santa Monica Level 2 (Monitor Only) Level 1 & 2 (Installing)
x7
x20
City of Pasadena Level 2 (Monitor Only) (Installing)
x33
Control Center
LADWP Level 1
x4
Parking Structure 4 Level 2
x8
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WINSmartEV™ Infrastructure: Los Angeles
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Installation of 42 EVSmartPlugs: Sunset Village Parking
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UCLA Microgrid Intergration
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Energy Storage Roof Top Solar PV Cogeneration
Feeder Substation
Buildings
Labs
Residential Halls
Parking Structures
Control Center
UCLA Campus
Alert Message
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WINSmartEV™ - The Multiplexor – 4 EVs
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WINSmartEV™ - The Multiplexor – 3 EVs
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SMERC EV Team & Level 2 Charging Box (MP-201)
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Vehicle to Grid Testing in lab: V2G
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Vehicle to Grid (V2G)
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Solar Testing in Lab
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WINSmartEV™ device adds smart functionality to Clipper Creek charging box and a fraction of the size.
Clipper Creek – basic EV charging box
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Clipper Creek
Mobile Website Billing
Modular Design for Interoperability with existing Technologies & Standards
Control Center in the cloud
Other Charging
Boxes
Database Level 1
Level 2
3 5
7
4
x Communication Language
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Reads an EV's CAN bus, retrieves state of charge and other important data, and wirelessly transmits the data to the EVSE for subsequent charging control and charge scheduling.
Device Descrip*on
1 EV
2 SOC Meter
3 Charging Sta3on
4 Control System
1
2
3
4
(CAN)
1
2
3
4
(Zigbee) (3G)
Zigbee-Enabled Electric Vehicle State of Charge Remote Meter
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Demand Response – Automation Network
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Gateway Smart Meter
Utility
Small Appliance Controls
HVAC Controls Small Load Controls PHEV/EV Management
Refrigerators, Oven, Dryer
ACs, heat pumps, etc.
TVs, Comps., Lighting, Etc.
Charge Mngt., billing. Etc.
Wire
d &
Wire
less
Protocols Insteon
HomePlug Bluetooth Z-Wave Zigbee
6loWPAN …
Private fixed networks, WA/LAN
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HAN Device Portal Interfaces
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GPRS/GSM WiMAX 802.11n Unlicensed RF Ethernet TCP/IP POTS
Util
ity S
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Cus
tom
er
ANSI 12.xx
Zigbee Z-Wave 802.11x
PLC M-Bus
FlexNet LonWorks
Wireless M-Bus RS232 / RS485
Optional Modules Optional Modules
Gateway
DLMS/COSEM
IEEE P2030 Smart Meter
Latency Data Capacity Cost Density Backhaul Connectivity
Units’ Support Network Design RF Drawbacks
Cost Heterogeneity
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WINSmartGrid™ DR UI – Appliance Control
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Aggregate Power Consumption
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WINSmartGrid™ DR – Wireless Appliance Interface
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HVAC BACNET
Refigerator
Lighting / LED
Dryer
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HVAC BACNET
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Smart Switches
Room Controller (BACnet Compatible)
Plug Load Sockets
Occupancy Sensor
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Smart Appliances in Support of DR
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Smart Thermostat
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May 13, 2011 Dr. Steven Chu Secretary of Energy
Sec. of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu, meeting with UCLA Faculty & Staff at LA Science Center
(including Smart Grid Energy Research Center – SMERC)
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May 2, 2013 Michael Peevey President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Michael Peevey, President of California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), gets a tour and demonstration of the
EVSmartPlug™ installation in Parking Lot 8 in UCLA.
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Roy Doumani (UCLA), Ratan Tata (Chairman Emeritus, The Tata Group) and Rajit Gadh (UCLA SMERC) discuss "Innovation" at UCLA
Discussing “Innovation” at UCLA February 6. 2013
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Frank Gehry & Team visit SMERC Lab Hosted by Prof. Rajit Gadh
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City of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa leads Electric Vehicle 101 Workshop
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October 2011 Ron Nichols General Manager, LADWP With Kathryn Atchison and Rajit Gadh
March 1, 2011 Patricia Hoffman Assistant Secretary, DOE DOE, Keynote Address @ UCLA Engineering 2011 Annual Tech Forum
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