Fuel-conserving environmental control strategies for small Islanded microgrids

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.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Shabshab, Spencer C

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Steven B. Leeb and Peter Lindahl.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118699

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/118699