phev researcher: Duncan Callaway
Crunching numbers for the grid
 Duncan Callaway |
As the public anticipates the next generation of automobiles, everyone imagines how it’ll affect their life: Where will they plug in? When? How will affect their daily routine? But power system operators have equally important questions: How will the use patterns of individuals influence system reliability? Can they control vehicle charging to avoid unnecessary stress on the system without having an impact on the daily routines of individuals?
Duncan Callaway is addressing these system-level questions by building mathematical models to predict how thousands (or millions) of PHEVs could affect the power grid. Callaway’s goal is to aggregate the performance of millions of individual vehicles into one meaningful and manageable form. This then will allow scientists to better model how PHEVs and the grids can interact to enhance the reliability and stability of the grid by returning energy to the system.
Callaway’s hope is that designing models to understand how PHEVs will affect power systems under different scenarios will ultimately lead to powerful design tools for industry. The work also will build a framework to understand other systems which connect infrastructures.
Duncan Callaway
Research scientist, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Research investigator, Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 734-647-0227
Email: dcall@umich.edu
Website:www.snre.umich.edu/profile/dcall
Energy research: www.energy.umich.edu/res/fac_09/fac_CallawayD09.html