Urban Microgrid Demonstration Engineering Technology

What is a microgrid design tool?

The MDT allows designers to model, analyze, and optimize the size and composition of new microgrids or modifications to existing systems. Technology management, cost, performance, reliability, and resilience metrics are all offered by the tool.

What is Microgrid technology?

On the other hand, the practical knowledge for dealing with microgrid technologies, e.g., planning, design, installation, operation, and maintenance, is significant in the utility microgrid cases. In a business microgrid case, microgrid technologies are the showcase of microgrid products, solutions, and services from suppliers.

How to plan urban microgrids?

Planning urban microgrids must consider the possibility of outages affecting critical services at both city and municipal levels, hence decision-making processes in a city must entail assessing social vulnerabilities, household needs and the criticality of critical services (Fig. 2 ).

What are the trends in microgrid tools development?

In general, U.S. microgrid tools development has demonstrated some trends. First, microgrid simulation has evolved from traditional power system-based simulation and optimization to comprehensive power and thermal energy integration modeling.

How are utility microgrid technologies selected?

Participants of utility microgrid development in the field reflected that practical aspects of microgrid technologies, i.e., installation, operation, and maintenance were their main criteria of technology selection. They preferred microgrid worker-friendly technologies.

What is the microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT)?

The Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT) is a software tool developed by the Sandia National Laboratory. MDT is a new effort supported by DOE’s microgrid research . The tool is designed to provide early-stage decision-making for microgrid system planning .