Workshops 2011
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Workshop: i4Energy Center Research funded by the Public Interest E/nergy Research (PIER) Program
of the California Energy Commission (CEC)
When: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 8:30am-3:45pm
Where: David Brower Center (http://www.browercenter.org/), 2150 Allston Way, Downtown Berkeley, CA
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The i4Energy Center is a collaboration among CITRIS (U.C. Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz); the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE); and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The mission of the Center is to facilitate and promote research on system-integrated enabling technologies that will achieve better energy efficiency, improved demand response, and dramatic improvements in electricity delivery infrastructure for renewable integration.
This workshop will present on-going energy research in three i4Energy Center research programs. These programs are funded by the CEC’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program.
- Enabling Technologies Development (ETD) Project. This project is developing new and innovative enabling technologies that will lead to 1/10 the cost and 10x the capabilities of current products in the areas of Demand Response, Distribution Grid, and Legacy Buildings. The intent of the project is to also promote research collaboration between the universities, national laboratories, and private industry.
- SECURE Cables Project. This project is developing novel on-line sensing techniques for probing the integrity of underground (U/G) power distribution cables. The goal is to support condition-based maintenance and replacement of the ageing U/G cable infrastructure.
- Electric Grid Research (EGR) Program. This program is creating technologies and new tools to modernize the grid and maximize its ability to meet customer needs and energy policies; through a smarter, more responsive and robust grid.
Agenda:
8:30 am Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 am "Workshop Introduction", Gaymond Yee, CIEE
9:20 am "Cleantech to Market", Gaymond Yee, CIEE for Beverly Alexander, UC Berkeley
9:30 am Success Stories of PIER-funded research
"Imprint Energy", Christine Ho, Imprint Energy (presentation was not posted at the request of Christine Ho)
"Adura Technologies", Charlie Huizenga, Adura Technologies (http://www.aduratech.com/)
"UISOL and DRBizNet, A PIER Funding Success Story", Travis Rouillard, UISOL (http://uisol.com/)
10:15 am Break
10:25 am Enabling Technologies Development
“Wafer Scale Integration”, Prof. Paul Wright, CITRIS Director
“Communication and Security for Low-Power Wireless Sensor Networks”, Dr. Igor Paprotny, CITRIS
“Self-powered MEMS Current Sensors”, Chris Sherman, UC Berkeley
“Printed Energy Storage”, Prof. Jim Evans, UC Berkeley
“Energy Harvesting: Piezoelectric & Electromagnetic + Thermoelectric”, Lindsay Miller and Alice Chen, UC Berkeley
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Poster Session & Technology Demonstrations
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break (not provided by the Workshop)
2:00 pm SECURE Cables Research
“MEMS Sensors for Power and Environment Monitoring", Prof. Richard White, BSAC
"Fault Analysis in Underground Cables", Dr. Igor Paprotny, CITRIS
“Magnetic Concentric Neutral (CN) Probing”, Michael Seidel, UC Berkeley
“Underground Insulator Probing Through RF Test-point Injection”, Prof. Richard White, UC Berkeley
3:00 pm Electric Grid Research
“Raising the IQ of Electric Grid Protection Systems”, Lloyd Cibulka, CIEE
“Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Analyzing Extreme Events”, Lorraine Hwang, CIEE
3:45 pm Adjourn