Tuesday August 30 – 8.30-9.30 hrs – Aula Magna
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Paul K. HouptPrincipal Scientist
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Smart grid and renewables integration:
controls challenges and opportunities
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Abstract:
The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources from wind, solar
and other distributed generation has created unprecedented
opportunities to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and reduce carbon
emissions. At the same time, complexity results from the interaction
among generation and load dynamics of industrial and residential
electric use. Demand from large industrial loads, plug-in electric
vehicles, smart appliances, and building energy management (HVAC
&lighting) present major challenges to coordinating and
optimizing for the efficient and reliable transmission and distribution
of electric power in the installed grid infrastructure. In this
presentation we will examine some of the key controls issues that arise
and look at progress in resolving them. The presentation is based in
part on a working session on Renewable Energy and Smart Grid (RESG)
held at the “International Workshop on the Impact of Control:
Past, Present and Future,” in Berchtesgaden, Germany, October
2009 and supported by the IEEE Control Systems Society, the Technical
University of Munich, and other sponsors.
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Paul Houpt biosketch:
Paul Houpt earned a B.S. from Syracuse University, an M.S. from New
York University, and a Ph.D. from M.I.T., all in Electrical
Engineering. He began his career as a member of technical staff in the
Power Systems division of the former Bell Laboratories. He was a post
doc in MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems,
where his research focused on various aspects of vehicular traffic
monitoring and control. Paul joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty
at MIT in 1978 as Detroit Diesel Allison Assistant Professor where
research and teaching concentrated on control systems for vehicular
propulsion systems, wind-power generation and manufacturing process
control for semiconductor materials. Since 1985, he has been associated
with the Automation and Controls Laboratory at GE Global Research,
where he is currently a Principal Scientist. Paul’s current
interests include optimal control of energy management on hybrid and
conventional rail vehicles and networks. Dr. Houpt has served as an
associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and
has served on the Control Systems Society board of Governors. Since
1995, he has been a member of the Strategic Advisory Council of the
Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, and
serves on the advisory board of Syracuse University’s LC
Smith College of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has been
issued 16 patents (15 pending) on developments in energy management,
process controls and transportation controls for various GE products,
processes and vehicles. Dr. Houpt is a Fellow of the IEEE, and has
twice received (2005 & 2009) GE Global Research’s
Dushman award, its highest team award for leading successful
commercialization of innovative technology.