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Sensors with Intelligent Measurement Platform & Low-Cost Principal Investigator:
Shay Bahramirad
Equipment (SIMPLE) for Monitoring and Control of Medium 2 Lincoln Centre
Voltage Distribution Systems with High Penetration of Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Intermittent Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) 630-437-3705
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Project Description DOE/NETL Project Officer:
The primary focus of this project is to develop voltage/current sensors with Mario Sciulli
enhanced, accuracy, bandwidth and harmonic range; and high measurement 626 Cochrans Mill Rd
granularity for medium voltage distribution system monitoring, protection, and PO Box 10940
control. The enhancements will be added to commercially available sensors from Pittsburgh, PA 15236
selected vendors. These “intelligent sensors” will be combined with an “intelligent 412-386-5435
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measurement device (IMD)” for sensor performance compensation/correction; and
to interface/communicate with advanced SCADA devices and power quality
measurement units/analyzers. The resulting SIMPLE system incorporates data PARTNERS
management and object models for a message bus, as required for an open source Quanta Technology
communication architecture. This approach facilitates data sharing and data University of Denver
San Diego Gas & Electric
utilization by all distribution feeder monitoring/control apparatus while reducing
deployment cost and achieving interoperability among multiple devices.
PROJECT DURATION
10/01/2017 – 03/31/2020
Goals/Objectives
 Develop sensors that address deficiencies identified in commercially available
current/voltage transformers (CTs/VTs) used for real-time monitoring of
BUDGET
Total Project Value
distribution systems with high penetration of intermittent DERs. $2,249,811
 Replaces multiple, proprietary systems, with an open system based on the DOE/Non-DOE Share
Internet Protocol (IP). $1,500,000 / $749,811

Key Milestones PROJECT IMPACTS

 System design completed (November 2018)  Real-time monitoring and
management of distribution
 Prototype delivered to the laboratory (December 2018) systems with time synchronized
 Voltage testing completed (June 2019) local processing of key voltage
and power quality variables and
 Field demonstration installed at the utility (September 2019) high sampling rates.
 Field demonstration completed (March 2020)  Detect events that would go
unnoticed when using
Benefits conventional SCADA technology.
 Captures events that may impact distribution system operations but that would  Reduced data traffic and required
go unnoticed by conventional technologies. communications bandwidth due to
transmission of key metrics-based
 Reduces the amount of data traffic and required communications bandwidth by data to substations and control
filtering data transmitted to substations and control centers. centers only.
Milestone Completion Date
1: System specification approval January 2018 CID: DE-OE0000874
2: System design completion November 2018
3: Prototype delivery December 2018
4: ITF testing complete March 2019
5: High voltage testing complete June 2019
6: System design acceptance framework August 2019
Managed by the National Energy
7: Demonstration system installed September 2019 Technology Laboratory for the Office of
8: Demonstration complete March 2020 Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

 
     
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