Robotic power distribution system for post-disaster operations

Authors

Barzin Moridian, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Wayne Weaver, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Rush D. Robinett III, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-31-2016

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics; Center for Cyber-Physical Systems

Abstract

Tbis paper presents an architecture for autonomous mobile microgrids to ensure robustness and scalability of such systems for power distribution applications. A schema for development of mobile microgrids is presented based on the feasibility and experimental studies performed using ground robots for establishing microgrids. A microgrid system built with this architecture win act as an autonomous power network capable of connecting to different power nodes (generators, loads, storage units, converters, etc.) and interacting with them accordingly. This system will have the scalability characteristics of an ad-hoc system and could reconfigure itself depending on available power nodes.

Publisher's Statement

Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2015.7442998

Publication Title

2015 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)

Recommended Citation

Moridian, B., Mahmoudian, N., Weaver, W., & Robinett, R. D. (2016). Robotic power distribution system for post-disaster operations. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). http://doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2015.7442998
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