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0 Distributed Generation
Also known as
“Distributed Resources”
Frank R. Leslie,
B. S. E. E., M. S. Space Technology, LS IEEE
4/2/2010, Rev. 2.0
fleslie @fit.edu; (321) 674-7377
www.fit.edu/~fleslie
In Other News . . .
Massey Energy coal plant at Montcoal WV produced 1.2 million tons
of coal per year, or 48,000 tons per year per killed miner (25 of
them)
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20 Success of a System?
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20.1 Concept of Central
Distribution
Concept of Central Distribution
Early towns and cities had central power plants,
usually steam, but sometimes hydro plants like
the 1882 first commercial plant at Appleton,
Wisconsin; waterwheel & dc generators
Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station could have
been called centralized generation (for six blocks)
Decentralized power is independent power that is
not connected off the premises to a centralized
power plant, and lately, may be grid-connected to
“store” power without batteries
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20.1.1 Central Distribution System Vulnerabilities
070412 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_15
BPA Offering $25,000 Reward for Information on Transmission Tower
Saboteur
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20.1.1.1 Central Distribution System Vulnerabilities
Earth Liberation Front may now be turning to urban sprawl and SUV
attacks instead; burning apartments under construction and 60
SUVs at a CA dealership
Military approach is a small GPS-guided bomb that is wrapped with
many turns of copper wire --- attacking a transformer station causes
many short lengths of wire flying to short the large, hard-to-replace
transformers
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20.1.1.2 Costs of Outages may lead to DG Installation
030412 http://www.eere.energy.gov/der/basics.html
20.2.2 How Distributed Generation Differs from
Conventional Power
Conventional Distributed
High power Very high Limited
capacity >500MW ~1-10MW
Outage No power Some capacity,
replacement but limited
Power sharing One source Utility source
plus locals
Cost Inexpensive, Premium, about
about $0.15/kWhr
$0.12/kWh
Power line Controlled Possible DG
servicing hazards hazard
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20.5.1.1 Multiple Generators
Simpower,
Ltd. ISO
container
power
plants
030412 http://www.simpower.com/simpower_distributed_power_plants.pdf
20.5.1.2 Multiple Generators
These GE trailer
plants require only
three days to
provide power
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20.5.2 Microturbines
070412 http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/pvt/Projects/dg/
20.5.3 Wind
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20.5.4 Solar
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20.5.5 Fuel Cells
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20.7 Islanding of Power
Transformer
Generator
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20.9 Issues and Trends
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20 Conclusion: Distributed Generation
Questions?
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References: Books
Boyle, Godfrey. Renewable Energy, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-26178-4. (my preferred text)
Brower, Michael. Cool Energy. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 1992. 0-
262-02349-0, TJ807.9.U6B76, 333.79’4’0973.
Duffie, John and William A. Beckman. Solar Engineering of Thermal
Processes. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 920 pp., 1991
Gipe, Paul. Wind Energy for Home & Business. White River Junction, VT:
Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 1993. 0-930031-64-4, TJ820.G57, 621.4’5
Patel, Mukund R. Wind and Solar Power Systems. Boca Raton: CRC
Press, 1999, 351 pp. ISBN 0-8493-1605-7, TK1541.P38 1999, 621.31’2136
Sørensen, Bent. Renewable Energy, Second Edition. San Diego: Academic
Press, 2000, 911 pp. ISBN 0-12-656152-4.
Tester, Jefferson W. , Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael J. Driscoll,
Michael W. Golay and William A. Peters
Sustainable Energy Choosing Among Options. Boston: MIT Press, 870 pp.
July 2005 ISBN-10:0-262-20153-4
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References: Books
Brower, Michael. Cool Energy. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 1992. 0-262-02349-0,
TJ807.9.U6B76, 333.79’4’0973.
Duffie, John and William A. Beckman. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes. NY:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 920 pp., 1991
Gipe, Paul. Wind Energy for Home & Business. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea
Green Pub. Co., 1993. 0-930031-64-4, TJ820.G57, 621.4’5
Patel, Mukund R. Wind and Solar Power Systems. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1999, 351
pp. ISBN 0-8493-1605-7, TK1541.P38 1999, 621.31’2136
Sørensen, Bent. Renewable Energy, Second Edition. San Diego: Academic Press,
2000, 911 pp. ISBN 0-12-656152-4.
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References: Websites, etc.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/der/basics.html
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
http://www.bchp.org/news020430.html Distributed energy
http://www.mckenziecorp.com/microturbine.htm
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awea-windnet@yahoogroups.com. Wind Energy elist
awea-wind-home@yahoogroups.com. Wind energy home powersite elist
geothermal.marin.org/ on geothermal energy
mailto:energyresources@egroups.com
rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps/chap2/2-01m.html PNNL wind energy map of
CONUS windenergyexperimenter@yahoogroups.com. Elist for wind energy
experimenters
www.dieoff.org. Site devoted to the decline of energy and effects upon population
www.ferc.gov/ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/otec_hi.html#anchor349152 on OTEC systems
telosnet.com/wind/20th.html
www.google.com/search?q=%22renewable+energy+course%22
solstice.crest.org/
dataweb.usbr.gov/html/powerplant_selection.html
http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=16673
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