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Energies, the local gas and electric utility. The Milwaukee School of Engineering was brought into the process to provide technical expertise and to manage an educational component to the project. A key element of the project plan was the development of a Website to monitor the performance of the microturbine in real time, and to provide tracking information on its performance over time. Engage Networks, Inc., a provider of Internet-based energy management services, was retained to provide technical expertise. The Website would be integrated into the existing local area network of the City. It would also be made accessible from the Internet, so that the unit could be monitored from any remote location. For this Website to provide useful information, it was recognized from the outset that the facility would need to be extensively instrumented. For the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the project provided the opportunity to involve students in its development from the outset. A team of two faculty members and three students began work before the foundation slab for the microturbine was poured, and have been involved in all aspects of the project. Phase I of the project consisted of design, construction, and commissioning of the facility. After choosing a location for the unit, it was necessary to design electrical, mechanical, and control interfaces with existing building systems. The electrical interface allows electrical power from the microturbine’s generator to supply a large portion of the building’s electrical demand. This interface also includes a parallel connection to the electrical grid, but this grid connection is not intended to allow power from the microturbine’s generator to feed the grid. The mechanical interface consists of a hot water supply from the microturbine’s heat recovery heat exchanger connected in parallel to two existing gas-fired hot water boilers for supplying thermal energy to the building. The control interface is twofold. An electrical interface allows the microturbine to follow the building electrical load. The thermal interface involves a complex interaction between the microturbine’s control system and the existing Metasys HVAC system controller for the building. [1] Construction of the facility was completed in the Spring of 2003, and testing was begun. The unit was commissioned in May of that year. Technical Tasks for Phase II Electrical Tasks For the second phase of the microturbine demonstration several activities were begun and others were completed. The most important of the tasks that was completed during the second phase of the project was passing the interconnection testing with the local utility, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationPDF Image | A 60-kW Microturbine Demonstration Facility Phase II: Instrumentation, Website Development, and Evaluation
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