Alpha/Corvus/UBC: Living Lab Program

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1 Alpha/Corvus/UBC: Living Lab Program Developing an Energy Management System (EMS) for a Network of Alpha Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Alpha Technologies May, 2013 Victor Goncalves, Director of Research & Advanced Development

2 Alpha Technologies Ltd Alpha Technologies Ltd Riverfront Gate Burnaby, BC V5J 5M4 Business: Website: Victor Goncalves, Director of Research & Advanced Development BASc, Electrical Engineering, UBC, 1987

3 University of British Columbia (UBC) Living Lab Introduction to Alpha Technologies Ltd (ATL) & Corvus Energy Ltd UBC Living Lab Initiative in Energy Storage Systems (ESS): ATL s Energy Management System Overview:

4 Powering the World s Largest Communications Networks

5 Alpha s Emergency Back up Power Products DC Plant DC Distribution AC UPS AC Loads AC Mains AC converted to DC Charge Backup DC Loads -48VDC Battery DC Battery Bank Bank Alpha AC or DC power systems can provide emergency backup and peak shaving functionality

6 Hank Kenchington, Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

7 Quebec hits all-time high for power consumption during cold snap: CBC News:January 23th, 2013 Hydro-Québec said the province broke a record for energy consumption this morning when the level hit 38,910 megawatts. The previous record was 37,717 megawatts, recorded on Jan. 24, The provincial utility is asking households and businesses to curb their energy use at peak hours, as it expects to set another record for electricity consumption by this time tomorrow. The public is being asked to reduce the use of electricity during peak hours of 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m today and 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Thursday.

8 Ontario electricity's rates for Consumers Time-of-use prices reflect the fact that the cost to provide electricity changes throughout the day. When demand is low, less expensive sources of electricity are used. When demand rises, more expensive forms of electricity production are called upon, making prices higher.

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11 CORVUS TECHNOLOGY Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt chemistry (NMC) 4-10 times the power and capacity of lead acid 5-10 times cycle life of lead acid Maintenance free operation Fully sealed and waterproof Can be safely discharged in as fast as 6 minutes or safely charged in 30 minutes CORVUS batteries are completely sealed and 99% recyclable Corvus Energy Canada Unit 220, Delf Place Richmond, BC V6V 2A2 Phone: (604) Toll Free: (888) Fax: (604) Hour Support: (604)

12 UBC Living Lab Initiative in Energy Storage Systems (ESS):

13 UBC Campus as a Living Lab Campus as a Living Lab means that for the first time, a world-leading University will combine the talent of its researchers and the knowledge of its operators with the expertise of some of the world s most innovative companies many of them based in B.C. Innovative companies using UBC facilities as a living lab to develop and test new sustainable technologies Alpha & Corvus have been chosen to participate in UBC s Living Lab Energy Storage System (ESS) program: Demonstrate that stored energy can be used to reduce energy flow from BC Hydro during peak demand periods Source: UBC Website Campus as a Living Lab

14 UBC as a Living Lab Energy Storage System (ESS) Distributed Power Generation (DERs) is mostly from green technologies aka Variable Energy Resources (VER): Solar but the sun is only shines during the day Wind but wind doesn t blow all day and all night Green technologies require local energy storage for uninterrupted supply of power to the loads 24/7. A Microgrid needs to have the ability to take energy from the utility grid or feed energy to the utility grid in a controlled manner Research: How to deploy and control a microgrid of distributed power generators (DERs) and energy storage devices within the utility grid

15 Controlling the Distributed Grid DER A DER B DER C Internet Microgrid A Microgrid B Microgrid C Future Work Alpha s Microgrid Internet Demand Response Operations Center Internet Arm@da EMS Control Operations Center system

16 University Research - UBC Living Lab Project: Research, develop and demonstrate an Energy Management System (EMS) for a network of Alpha power nodes with Corvus Li-Ion batteries: Budget: $5.1M Energy Storage Demonstration Project Development Team ( 4 new hires, 1 transfer, 1 co-op): Rasvan Mihai: Living Lab Program Manager Colin Coombes: Systems Engineer Glenn Fawcett: Senior Software Developer Ian Wijesinghe: Senior Software Developer Chad Lecompte: Electrical Engineer Soroush Amini: Co-op Student Schedule: Start: October 1 st, 2012 Completion: March 31, 2014

17 UBC as a Living Lab Energy Storage System (ESS) Alpha proposes to install 450kVA of back up power supplies across 3 locations across campus. These UPS s will be supported by Corvus Li-Ion batteries, providing 1 MWh of energy storage. Alpha proposes a centralized monitoring and control system (Energy Management System EMS) for these 3 energy storage systems (ESS)

18 Alpha s UBC living lab goals: : 1. To provide back up to UBC s critical loads using Alpha modular power systems (AMPS) UPS 2. To develop a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) using AMPS (UPS) systems 3. To develop an Alpha Energy Management System (EMS) to control the power in the Distributed Energy Resources (DER s) 4. To demonstrate peak shaving using the installed AMPS systems

19 Peak Demand Charges: Electric power use is metered in two ways: on maximum kw use during a 15 minute and on total cumulative consumption in kilowatt hours (kwh) Peak demand is a surcharge for the biggest peak (max KW during 15 minute period) in a month Cost $8.66/kW in BC about $12.00/kw in Ontario UBC has a peak demand charge of $286k/month. Peak demand to the Utility is like rush hour : lots of stress on the infrastructure for a short period of time

20 AMPS80 as Distributed Energy Resources

21 What is an AMPS80? The Alpha Modular Power System is a high performance AC and hybrid AC/ DC power system that is ideally suited to provide highly reliable back-up power to CATV headends, telecom or server room facilities. Alpha Technologies Ltd. receives Frost & Sullivan s converted Best Business Practice Awards: 2010 North American Industrial UPS Product Line Strategy of the Year Award An Energy Management Controller aka the power node brain manages energy flow

22 AMPS80 Energy Management Features AMPS 80 has the ability to control how much power it can take from the AC grid or DC source and supplies it to the load. 67% 100% 33% A local Energy Management Controller will use this feature along with Alpha rectifiers (battery chargers) to manage energy flow in each of the Alpha s Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).

23 UBC Living Lab: Distributed Energy Resource Site Configurations

24 POWER SYSTEMS UBC CAMPUS Alpha/Corvus Systems Deployment Bio mass Research and Demonstration Facility : 4 x AMPS80 Systems 48 (312kWh) Battery Modules 1 hour full power backup NCE: 1 x AMPS80 System 64 (416kWh) Battery Modules 7 hour full power backup Fred Kaiser building Alpha lab: 1 x AMPS80 System 42 (273kWh) Battery Modules 1 hour full power backup 18 hours of GTI

25 . BRDF (Bio mass Research and Demonstration Facility) 225 kva UPS

26 BRDF (Bio mass Research and Demonstration Facility)

27 NCE The 75 kva AMPS80 UPS with 416kWh of Corvus Energy Storage (64 batteries) at the NCE will be used to back up: Mass spectrometers DNA analyzers Deep freeze specimen freezers

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29 UBC Fred Kaiser Building: Electrical Room Alpha Lab Alpha Lab The power systems installed, in the Alpha lab, in the Kaiser building will be used to: Back up researchers computer Provide a test bed for 24,48 and 380 VDC research Send 10.8kW of stored energy back onto the grid using a grid tied inverter

30 Fred Kaiser Building: Alpha Technologies Lab

31 Fred Kaiser Building: Electrical Room

32 UBC Researcher s Power System in Kaiser Building 4 Quadrant Inverter Installed KAIS2040B with conduit to Lab, balance of power in Alpha Lab Alpha Supplied GTI 2.4kW Rectifiers Corvus Li-Ion 4 8 V D C B u s DC/DC Bidir. 48V to 24V Converters AMPS80 30 kva 2 4 V D C B u s Lab A & B Test Loads Corvus Supplied UBC Research Projects Power Arm@da 380VDC Rectifiers Corvus Li-Ion Conduit to Alpha Lab V D C Command and Control Future Future Solar Panel MPPT B u s GTI Bidir

33 UBC Living Lab: Energy Management System (EMS)

34 There are 3 locations around the UBC campus for Alpha s Distributed energy resources or DER s. Each location is approximately 0.5 km away from each other

35 Monitor UBC Campus power usage Pulse Energy:

36 Monitor UBC Campus power usage Distributed Energy Storage System will be used for Peak Power Shaving Applications in Phase 1 Pulse Energy:

37 POWER SYSTEMS UBC CAMPUS Alpha/Corvus Systems Deployment Arm@da EMS BRDF DER #1 Campus COMM Infrastructure DER #2 NCE KAISER Remote Terminal Arm@da EMS SERVER DER #3

38 Future: External Interfaces of Distributed Energy Management System Demand Response System Management (DRS) Building Management System (BMS) IP Network Distributed Energy Management ADMIN (DEMS) DEMC (Distributed Energy Management Centre) DEMC Server DEMCC Distributed Energy Management System User 1 (DEMS) Legend: BMS -Building Management System DRMS -Demand Response Management System DEMS -Distributed Energy Management System DEMC -Distributed Energy Management Centre DEMCC -Distributed Energy Management Control Commands DERM -Distributed Energy Resource Manager DER -Distributed Energy Resource - may consist of but not limited to AC & DC UPS s, energy storage, green energy generation, local energy generation, solar panels with MPPT GRID / POWER LINES DERM 1 DER 1 IP Network EMCC Distributed Energy Management System User N (DEMS) DERM DERM N N+1 DER N DER N+ 1 BRD FACILITY NCE BUILDING KAISER BUILDING Micro Grid with Energy Management System Control

39 Software Package EXISTING FEATURES Client Interface Site Configuration Tools Data Collecting Tools Data Logging Tools Reporting Tools (Statistics, History, Alarms, ) Operational Tools (Service, Access, System Integrity.) NEW FEATURES System Control Tools Energy Storage Interface Tools Energy Flow Tools Optimization Tools

40 Summary By the end of the project we will have 1. Provided back up to UBC s critical loads using AMPS 2. Developed Distributed Energy Resource (DER) using AMPS (UPS) systems for smart grid applications 3. Developed Alpha EMS to control power flow among DER s and manage a 1MWh of stored energy 4. Demonstrated peak shaving using the installed AMPS systems 5. Created a test bed for 24,48 and 380Vdc research 6. Reduced peak demand and saved money on electrical bill surcharges.

41 Thank You Questions and Answers