INSTALLATION POWER ANALYSIS: AVAILABILITY OF NANOGRIDS
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Authors
Lynch, Seamus R.
Quatroche, Christopher J.
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microgrid
nanogrid
installation
energy
maintainability
availability
nanogrid
installation
energy
maintainability
availability
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Oriti, Giovanna
Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.
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2024-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has a requirement to improve energy security which includes reliability, efficiency, and resilience for mission critical infrastructure. One approach to improving energy security is to develop secure, efficient, and sustainable energy microgrids for military installations, maritime vessels, and expeditionary/forward operating bases. To support the pursuit of increased resilience for mission critical infrastructure, this capstone report compares the availability of three different microgrid and zonal nanogrid architectures that support increased resilience. Prior research has shown that zonal nanogrids can be nearly as reliable as more traditional installation-level microgrids; however, to support installation investment decisions by DoD stakeholders, it is important to understand if this comes at the cost of availability. The preliminary analysis conducted in this capstone report finds that inherent availability (Ai) is not significantly different between the three different microgrid and zonal nanogrid architectures. Additional analysis is suggested for future work to confirm the assumptions made on the independence of microgrid and zonal nanogrid component failures in the preliminary analysis.
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NAVFAC EXWC Port Hueneme, CA
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