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Smart Grid Energy Research Center

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Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

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•  Major sponsors •  DOE Funded Regional Demo Grant – LADWP, UCLA, USC, JPL-

Caltech •  KIER-UCLA Smart Grid Grant •  California Energy Commission - DR •  DOE Funded EPRI, NESCOR Grant – EPRI + several DOE, University

partners •  SMERC IPP (Industry Partners Program): 18 industry members •  CEC – Bi-directional EV charging

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UCLA Co-Generation Plant

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Traditional Electricity Flow Model

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Generation Transmission Consumption Distribution

Traditional Hierarchical Model

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New electricity flow model – the opportunity Smart Grid

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Consumption Generation Transmission Distribution

Cloud intelligence

Wireless/ Comm.

Sense & Control

Storage Mobile Devices & UI

Embedded Systems

Renewables: Solar, Wind, BioM, GeoT, Hydro

Technologies?

Non-Traditional Hierarchical Model

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UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

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WINSmartGrid™ The UCLA WINSmartGrid™ is a network platform technology that allows electricity operated appliances such as plug-in automobile, washer, dryer, or, air conditioner to be wirelessly monitored, connected and controlled via a Smart Wireless hub.

Cyber security of Communications Infrastructure Cyber security is being studied and researched for EVSE infrastructure, HAN, and applications in residential and commercial DR.

Microgrid Comm, sense and control for integrating renewables, EVs and smart loads

EV Integration to the Grid California constitutes a significant automotive market - a place where demanding and energy-conscious consumers come together with creative designers from Hollywood, resulting in an environment rich in ideas on automotive innovation.

Demand Response Automated load control in smart buildings, smart offices, smart homes, smart appliances, renewable integration and local storage.

Transactive Control of Smart Grids Price based high speed control of smart loads, EVs, and storage.

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UCLA Electrical Gateway

UCLA Campus Controllable Loads

Buildings

Labs

Residential Halls

Parking structures

Utility’s Distribution Grid

Los Angeles Districts

TCP/IP

Electricity

LAN, HAN

WAN, NAN, LAN

WAN, NAN, LAN

WAN

Co-Gen

AMI

WINSmartGrid™ Power and Information Flow

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UCLA Electrical Gateway

UCLA Campus Controllable Loads and Generators

Buildings

Labs

Residential Halls

Parking structures

Utility’s Distribution Grid

Co-Gen

Los Angeles Districts

TCP/IP

Electricity

AMI

WINSmartGrid™ Power and Information Flow

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Electric Vehicles – EVs available in todays market

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Scion iQ EV Fiat 500e Toyota RAV4 EV

Chevy Spark EV Smart Electric Drive BMW ActiveE

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Honda Fit EV Ford Focus Electric

Tesla Model S Nissan Leaf Toyota Prius Plug-in Chevy Volt

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EV Smart Grid Integration: Fundamental Approach

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WINSmartEV™ - Mobile Web App

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SMERC Monitoring and Control Center Monitoring & Control

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The current WINSmartEV™ infrastructure at UCLA, LADWP, City of Santa Monica, and City of Pasadena consists of 150 EVSmartPlug™s.

WINSmartEV™ Infrastructure

3G/4G 3G/4G 3G/4G & WIFI 3G/4G

Parking Structure 3 Level 1

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Parking Structure 8 Level 1 Level 2 Level 1 – UCLA Fleet

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Parking Structure 9 Level 1

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Parking Structure 2 Level 1

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Sunset Village Parking Level 1 – UCLA Fleet

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City of Santa Monica Level 2 (Monitor Only) Level 1 & 2 (Installing)

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City of Pasadena Level 2 (Monitor Only) (Installing)

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Control Center

LADWP Level 1

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Parking Structure 4 Level 2

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UCLA Microgrid Integration – EVs, solar and stationary storage

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Energy Storage Roof Top Solar PV Cogeneration

Feeder Substation

Buildings

Labs

Residential Halls

Parking Structures

Control Center

UCLA Campus

Alert Message

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Vehicle to Grid (V2G)

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Clipper Creek

Mobile Website Billing

Modular Design for Interoperability with existing Technologies & Standards

Control Center in the cloud

Other Charging

Boxes

Database Level 1

Level 2

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7

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x Communication Language

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Demand Response – Automation Network

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Gateway Smart Meter

Utility

Small Appliance Controls

HVAC Controls Small Load Controls PHEV/EV Management

Refrigerators, Oven, Dryer

ACs, heat pumps, etc.

TVs, Comps., Lighting, Etc.

Charge Mngt., billing. Etc.

Wire

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Wire

less

Protocols Insteon

HomePlug Bluetooth Z-Wave Zigbee

6loWPAN …

Private fixed networks, WA/LAN

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HAN Device Portal Interfaces

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GPRS/GSM WiMAX 802.11n Unlicensed RF Ethernet TCP/IP POTS

Util

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ide

Cus

tom

er

ANSI 12.xx

Zigbee Z-Wave 802.11x

PLC M-Bus

FlexNet LonWorks

Wireless M-Bus RS232 / RS485

Optional Modules Optional Modules

Gateway

DLMS/COSEM

IEEE P2030 Smart Meter

Latency Data Capacity Cost Density Backhaul Connectivity

Units’ Support Network Design RF Drawbacks

Cost Heterogeneity

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Aggregate Power Consumption

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WINSmartGrid™ DR – Wireless Appliance Interface

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HVAC BACNET

Refigerator

Lighting / LED

Dryer