History of changes to: A Low Cost, High Capacity, Smart Residential Distribution Network Enabled By SiC Power Electronics
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Nov. 20, 2023, 2:05 p.m. Updated 35 {"title": ["", "A Low Cost, High Capacity, Smart Residential Distribution Network Enabled By SiC Power Electronics"], "description": ["", "\nOne of the key challenges facing the UK electrical Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) today is the Increasing demand\nfor power being placed on residential networks e.g. general load growth, the proliferation of electrical vehicles (EVs) and\nelectrified heat. At the same time, there are problems associated with voltage limit violations caused by an increase in the\nconnection of distributed generation (DG) and energy storage devices. This project follows on from a TSB Feasibility Study\nwhich showed that a cost effective solution to these problems can be achieved on the existing infrastructure by increasing\nthe local network phase voltage to 400 V (existing cable is rated at 600V). To step the voltage back down to 230 V at each\nhouse, DNO-owned, low-cost, 99% efficient power electronic converters (PECs) will need to be installed in the meter-box.\nOur previous study showed that the 99% efficiency was essential to avoid over-heating in the meter-box and hence new,\nlow-cost SiC devices were mandatory. However, the cost of existing commercially available SiC is very high, which\nconflicts with the need for low-cost. Therefore this project will consider a new, highly innovative fabrication technique for\nSiC power devices namely 3C SiC on Silicon. This system will not only increase network capacity, but also provide\noptimised connections for emerging EV charging, DG and energy storage - the "smart-grid". The project will develop a PEC\nprototype which will be deployed by Western Power Distribution in a small-scale demonstration of the project.\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nThis project is serving to bridge the difficult gaps between the disparate elements of a complex supply chain running all the\nway from a semiconductor device manufacturer to a power distribution company. If successful this new level of coordination\nwill have a substantial impact on the overall competitiveness of UK industry and go some way to the rebalancing\nof the future UK economy towards manufacturing industry. The economic benefits of improving the efficiency,\ncapacity and flexibility of the local distribution network - the so-called smartgrid - have been recently documented in a\nreport by Ernst and Young (April 2012) for SmartGrid GB, a cross-industry stakeholder group, which informs both DECC\nand Ofgem. In this report the forecast savings to the UK are around £19 billion if a smartgrid solution was employed over\nconventional investment. In addition an average of 8000-9000 jobs will be generated up to 2030, and exports of £5 billion\nare possible by deploying smartgrid technology. The combined value to secondary industries such as electric vehicles,\ndistributed generation, electro-heat and renewables is significant. For example the gross value added for electric vehicles\nalone could be £17-52 billion between 2030-2050. This project directly feeds into this aim, by assessing the feasibility of\nnew SiC devices and converters for such a system to become a reality. At a Social and Environmental level as well as the\ncreation of jobs, this project is a key enabler towards the introduction of local, renewable power generation and the wide scale introduction of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, as well as increasing the efficiency of the local\nresidential power network. As such it could play a key role in future plans for the reduction of greenhouse emissions and\nimproving the security of energy supply.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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