Electric power / smart grid

News and Updates

NIST Leader Presents on Smart Connected Systems Research and Standards

November 1, 2023

On October 20, 2023, NIST’s David Wollman, Deputy Chief of the Smart Connected Systems Division, presented on smart connected systems and standards to federal

NIST Researcher Provides Insights on Future Smart Sensors and Actuator Standards

August 1, 2023

NIST researcher Eugene Song addressed 2023 Sensor Converge , the North America’s largest electronics event for design engineers, on smart sensor and actuator

Big Improvements in New Probe Design for Smokestack Emission Monitoring

July 31, 2023

Each year, to meet requirements set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , coal-fired power plants must have their smokestack emissions audited by an

Projects and Programs

Cyber-Physical Systems/Internet of Things Testbed

Ongoing

A key challenge to progress in cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) is the lack of robust platforms for experiment and testing, which

Synchrophasor Networks for Grid monitoring

Completed

Synchrophasor data measurements are envisioned to be a key enabler for real-time power grid situational awareness and control. Currently, Phasor Measurement

Collaborative Microgrid for Smart Buildings

Completed

The recent availability of smart home appliances supported by communicant networking has been the main force behind the growing interest in developing advanced

Spectrum Tracking in Power Grid Systems

Completed

A major challenge for future wide area measurement systems is how to efficiently monitor and control the power system, which requires accurate and real-time

Publications

Stochastic Method for Generating Residential Household Energy Models of Varying Income Level and Climate Zone for Testing Energy Fairness

September 26, 2023

Author(s)

Hannah Covington, Brian Woo-Shem, Chenli Wang, Thomas Roth, Cuong Nguyen, Hohyun Lee

Interest in residential energy management necessitates fairness testing of energy technology and policy developments. Considering income level is particularly

Impact of Dynamic Prices on Distribution Grid Power Quality

August 16, 2023

Author(s)

David Holmberg, Thomas Roth, Farhad Omar

Dynamic price signals may provide a way to support integration of customer distributed energy resources (DER) into the electric grid and to help manage DER

Non-nulling Protocols for Fast, Accurate, 3-D Velocity Measurements in Stacks

July 28, 2023

Author(s)

Iosif Isaakovich Shinder, Aaron Johnson, James Filla, Vladimir B. Khromchenko, Michael R. Moldover, Joey Boyd, John D. Wright, John R. Stoup

We present protocols for making fast, accurate, 3-D velocity measurements in the stacks of coal-fired power plants. The measurements are traceable to

Comparing Economic Benefits of HVAC Control Strategies in Grid-Interactive Residential Buildings

May 1, 2023

Author(s)

Brian Woo-Shem, Kaleb Pattawi, Hannah Covington, Patrick McCurdy, Chenli Wang, Thomas Roth, Cuong Nguyen, Yuhong Liu, Hohyun Lee

Energy consumption in buildings continues to rise with increased deployment of energy-consuming equipment such as Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Tools and Instruments

Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport Properties

Description The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic