Medium-Voltage Power Conditioning Systems (PCS) to enable Grid-Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities

This project is sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to North Carolina State University (NC State).

This project seeks to develop a novel high-voltage silicon carbide based multi-megawatt medium-voltage power conditioning system to facilitate grid-dispatchable and resilient manufacturing facilities. This system has the potential to deliver electricity and energy storage to the grid by utilizing the chemical, thermal and mechanical energy of manufacturing sectors, while also providing resilience and flexibility to the manufacturing sector. A concept of PCS implementation between the grid and manufacturing process interface is proposed to enable bidirectional power flow and control. This project is sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation to NC State.

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Subhashish Bhattacharya

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The objective is to develop a novel HV SiC based MV Power Conditioning System used for enabling the Grid Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities. Manufacturing process draws multiple energy resources for end use. The Multi Megawatt MV Power Conditioning Systems (PCS) also have the potential to deliver the electricity and energy storage to the grid by utilizing the chemical, thermal and mechanical energy of manufacturing sectors. PCS MV converters will also provide resilience and flexibility to the manufacturing sector because of their capacity to control the power flow across grid-manufacturing process interface. Fig.1 represents the concept of PCS implementation between the grid and manufacturing process interface to enable the bi-directional power flow and control.