Fuel-conserving environmental control strategies for small Islanded microgrids

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Shabshab, Spencer C
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Steven B. Leeb and Peter Lindahl.
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Abstract
In this thesis I designed and deployed a control system that subjects Environmental Control Units (ECUs) at U.S. Army Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) to centralized control, and demonstrated how intelligent operation of the ECU load can result in considerable fuel savings. I also developed a detailed simulation environment to simulate the operation of the FOB under a variety of operating conditions, and used it to investigate other potential solutions for the efficiency problems caused by ECUs. Finally, I formulate a concept for the autonomous and network-free coordination of ECU loads based on microgrid state inferences from local voltage measurements.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-489).
 
Date issued
2018
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118699
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Mechanical Engineering.
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