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Research  ::  Year 1 Funded Projects

Year 1 Direct Support Projects

Direct support projects are funded by NSF and Industry Membership to support the strategic vision of the center. Details of these projects are available to our industry members at our industry intranet.

Fundamental Science Thrust

  • System Theory, Modeling and Control (SMC) subthrust
    • Y1.F.C1.  Notional FREEDM System Model for Simulation and Analysis
    • Y1.F.C2.  Circuit interruption requirements
    • Y1.F.C3.  Attainability of Power Distribution System Reliability through FREEDM Concepts
    • Y1.F.C4.  Agent Technologies For Power Distribution Control
  • Advanced Storage (AS) Subthrust
    • Y1.F.C5.  High-Power and Long-Cycle Life Rechargeable Batteries
    • Y1.F.C6.  Investigation of Capacity Degradation in Rechargeable Batteries
  • Post-silicon Device (PSD) subthrust
    • Y1.F.C7.  100A, 300 to 1200 V GaN Power Device Development
    • Y1.F.C8.  GaN Impact Ionization Characterization for Generation 2 Power Devices
    • Y1.F.C9.  Gen 2 SiC Power Devices
    • Y1.F.C10. GaN Materials Research and Process Development for Power Devices
    • Y1.F.C11. Process Modules for SiC Devices
    • Y1.F.C12. High Voltage and High Temperature Packaging of SiC power devices
    • Y1.F.C13. Simulation and Design of AlGaN/GaN vertical HEMT devices

Enabling Technology Thrust

  • Distributed Energy Storage Device(DESD) subthrust
    • Y1.E.C1.  Equivalent Circuit Modeling of Li-ion Battery-Ultacapacitor Hybrid Energy System
  • Distributed Grid Intelligence (DGI) subthrust
    • Y1.E.C2.  Distributed Control & Management of FREEDM
  • Fault Isolation Device (FID) subthrust
    • Y1.E.C3.  FID Technology Development
  • Reliable and Secured Communication (RSC) subthrust
    • Y1.E.C4.  First Generation Communication Backbone for FREEDM System
  • Solid State Transformer (SST) subthrust
    • Y1.E.C5.  Design and Development of Gen-1 Silicon based SST
    • Y1.E.C6.  Optimal topology and control for SST
    • Y1.E.C7. DC/DC converter hardware development for 10kVA single phase SST
    • Y1.E.C8. PWM Cycloconverter for Isolated AC-AC Conversion
    • Y1.E.C9. Swift Design and Development of a 7200V Ac-to-Dc Converter

System Demonstration Thrust

  • Intelligent Fault Management (IFM) subthrust
    • Y1.F.C1.  Defining IFM Using A Downscaled Demonstration Test Bed

Year 1 Indirect Support Projects

Indirect support projects are funded by other state, federal agenices and industry sponsors, and support the center's strategic plan. Details of these projects are available to our industry members at our industry intranet.

Fundamental Science Thrust

  • Y1.F.A1.  Modeling and coordianted digital control for PV power conversion
  • Y1.F.A2.  Multiple FACTS device coordination using synchronized wide area measurements
  • Y1.F.A3.  Y1.F.A3. EFRI-RESIN: A Multi-Scale Design and Control Framework for Dynamically Coupled Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, with Applications to Vehicle-to-Grid Integration
  • Y1.F.A4.  Optimization of specific capacity of Li-Air Batteries Using Carbon Nanotube Sheets as Air Electrodes
  • Y1.F.A5.  Investigation of Fluoride Based Electrode for High Energy Density Li-Ion Rechargeable Batteries

Enabling Technology Thrust

  • Y1.E.A1.  High Power Building Block for Affordable Power System
  • Y1.E.A2.  Distributed Power Flow Controller (DPFC)
  • Y1.E.A3.  Advanced power devices and converters
  • Y1.E.A4.  Development and validation of advance energy management control algorithms for short or long term energy storage
  • Y1.E.A5.  Design Modeling and Control of High Power Density Multi-Port Power Electronics Module for Hybrid Energy Systems
  • Y1.E.A6.  High Frequency Bi-Directional Power Converter – Phase II
  • Y1.E.A7.  iEMS for PHEV Municipal Parking Deck
  • Y1. E.A8.  Optimization of the power delivery architecture
  • Y1. E.A9.  Bi-directional battery charger
  • Y1. E.A10. Battery modeling and fast charge algorithm development

System Demonstration Thrust

  • Y1.D.A1. 10 MVA ETO-based STATCOM: Digital Controller Hardware In the Loop (CHIL) Test with the Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS)
  • Y1.D.A2. Renewable Energy Demonstration at Troop I Headquarters
  • Y1.D.A3. Emergency Drinking Water System Powered by Renewable Energy Systems

The 2010 FREEDM Annual Conference and NSF Site Visit will be held May 18-20 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida!