2022 Spring General Meeting

March 23rd – 24th, 2022

Hosted by Clemson University

Location:  Watt Family Innovation Center Auditorium

Theme: “Rapid Decarbonization Impacts on the Electric Grid”

(Note: The following schedule is based on Eastern Standard Time)

March 23, 2022 General Meeting
 

7:30 – 8:00 am

Registration and breakfast, Welcome  

 

 

7:50 – 8:00 am

Welcome Moment  

Dr. Johan Enslin and Dr. Hai Xiao / Clemson University

8:00 – 8:15 am Safety, Objectives of the meeting and In the News Steve Whisenant / CSC Chair
8:15 am  

Plenary Session – The Zero Carbon Grid of the Future

Dr. Johan Enslin / Center Co-Director
8:15 – 8:45 am · Insights on Generation Planning to Achieve Rapid Decarbonization  

John Gaertner / Lead Author, Climate Report Review Group (CRRG)

8:45 – 9:15 am  

· Macro Drivers of Decarbonization of the US Power Sector: Factors influencing the pace, trajectory, and cost of a low (or no) carbon grid

Emily Felt /   Duke Energy
9:15 am Session I – Impacts Resulting from Change in Generation Mix Dr. Michael Mazzola / Center Director
 

9:15 – 9:45 am

· Generation Transition Dan Donochod / Duke Energy
9:45 – 10:15 am · Hydro Generation – A “Renewables” Enabler Trevor Turner / Duke Energy
10:15 – 10:30 am BREAK
 

10:30 am

 

Session I – continued

 

Dr. Mike Mazzola / Center Director

10:30 – 11:00 am · H2-Orange – Clemson Hydrogen Combined Heat and Power Storage System Thomas Koeppe / Siemens Energy and Tony Putman / Clemson
11:00 – 11:30 am · Impacts of Decarbonization on Gas-Fired Generation Kris Eisenrieth / Duke Energy
11:30 – 11:45 am Panel Q&A
 

11:45 – 12:30 pm

 

LUNCH

 

12:30 pm

 

Session II Impacts to Grid Operations

 

Drew Clarke / IAB Vice Chair

12:30 – 1:00 pm · BPS Connected Inverter Based Resources (IBR) and IEEE P2800 Kat Sico / Duke Energy
1:00 – 1:30 pm · Situational Awareness/Intelligence based Control and Optimization for Secure Grid Operations with Rapid Decarbonization Dr. Kumar Venayagamoorthy / Clemson
1:30 – 2:00 pm · Solar Integration – An Operational Perspective Matt Hammond / Dominion Energy
2:00 – 2:30 pm · Inverter-Based Resource Integration at Duke Energy Adam Guinn / Duke Energy
2:30 – 3:00 pm · Recent Applications and Challenges in Renewable Forecasting David Larson / EPRI
 

3:00 – 3:15 pm

BREAK
3:15 – 3:45 pm · Transmission and Operational Planning of IBR-dominated Portfolios Hisham Othman / Quanta Technology
3:45 pm Session III – CAPER Sponsored Sr. Design Project Steve Whisenant / CSC Chair
 

3:45 – 4:10 pm

· Clemson Team Dr. Johan Enslin
 

4:10 – 4:25 pm

· UNC Charlotte Team Dr. Badrul Chowdhury
4:30 – 5:30 pm Tour – Visit to the Duke Energy CHP plant on Campus a Tiger Transport bus
6:00 – 8:00 pm Reception – Clyde V. Madren Center, Ballroom Section A
March 24, 2022 General Meeting
 

7:30 – 8:00 am

Registration and breakfast
8:00 – 8:05 am Highlights from yesterday and objectives for today Steve Whisenant / CSC Chair
8:05 am  

Session IV – CAPER Project Updates

 

Dr. Michael Mazzola / UNC Charlotte
Base Projects:
8:05 – 8:25 am PG-02: Incorporating EV and EV Charging Stations into Integrated Resource Planning Dr. Linquan Bai UNCC/Clemson
8:25 – 8:45 am PG-03: AI based Arc Fault Detection for PV Systems Dr. Tiefu Zhao
UNCC/Clemson
8:45 – 9:05 am PU-01: Comparative Power Flow Analysis and Power Flow Quality Criteria; EHP-08-PU: Comparative Power Flow and Phase III Dr. Valentina Cecchi
UNCC/NCSU
9:05 – 9:25 am DM-03: Integrated Grid Operations System for Controlling and Monitoring IBR Dr. Johan Enslin
Clemson/NCSU
Enhancement Projects:
 

9:25 – 9:45am

EHP-09-PG: Recloser Settings Dr. Johan Enslin
Clemson/NCSU
 

9:45 – 10:00 am

BREAK
10:00 am Session V – Impacts Resulting from Electrification of Transportation Dr. Johan Enslin / Center Co-Director
10:00 – 10:30 am · Preparing the Grid for Transportation Electrification Jay Oliver / Duke Energy
10:30 – 11:00 am · New Charger Technology and Impacts to the Grid Dr. Srdjan Lukic / NC State
11:00 – 11:30 pm · Grid Impact of Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles and Potential Solutions Dr. Xiangqi Zhu / NREL
11:30 – 12:15 pm LUNCH
12:15 pm Session VI – Understanding the Impacts of Consumer & Community Behavior – Introducing the Engineering Research Center Concept Dr. Michael Mazzola /
UNC Charlotte
12:15 – 12:45 pm · Building Energy Performance – Do Occupants Matter? Dr. Andreas Wagner / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
12:45 – 1:15 pm · Multi-layered Public and Community Engagement Danielle Peoples / Director of Infrastructure Engagement- Duke Energy
1:15 – 1:45 pm · Development of a Modelling Framework for Refined Residential Occupancy Schedules Ulrike Passe / Iowa State University
1:45 – 2:15 pm · Human-oriented Opportunities in Decarbonization of Buildings Dr. Tianzhen Hong / US DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 

2:15 – 2:45 pm

· Estimating Customer Adoption of Technologies to Enable Decarbonization Omar Siddiqui / EPRI
2:45- 3:15 pm · Modeling of Building Stock Heating Demand
Using Occupancy-integrated Archetypes
Dr. Giuseppina Buttitta / A29 Energy Service Company
 

3:15 – 3:30 pm

BREAK
 

3:30 – 5:00 pm

 

 

 

CLOSED MEETING – IAB Members Meeting

Open to all attendees of companies that are Industry Members of CAPER

(Watt Center / 4th Floor / Room # 433)

Klaehn Burkes IAB Chair/SRNL and Drew Clarke
IAB Vice Chair/Duke Energy
2022 Proposal Presentations
IAB Business Items
Klaehn Burkes
IAB Chair/SRNL
CONCURRENT MEETING – ERC Panel
3:30 – 5:00 pm Modeling Building Occupants, a technical panel Sponsored by the  ERC Planning Grant Dr. Andreas Wagner / Annex 79, KIT
5:00 pm Meeting adjourned