Distributed Generation

Publications

My colleagues who work with the Consortium on Energy Restructruring have written several documents relating to our NSF-funded research. On this page, we provide links to some of those publications as well as to PDF files containing work that has not yet been published.

Power Electronics Group

• Thacker, T.; Wang, F.; Boroyevich, D., "Islanding Control of a Distributed Generation Unit’s Power Conversion System to the Electric Utility Grid," Power Electronics Specialists, 2005 IEEE 36th Conference on, p. 210, vol. , (2005).
• Thacker, T.; Wang, F.; Burgos, R.; Boroyevich, D., "Implementation of control and detection algorithms for utility interfaced power conversion systems", Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2006. APEC '06. Twenty-First Annual IEEE, p. 6, (2006).
• Thacker, T., Wang F., Burgos, R., Boroyevich, D. "Islanding Detection Using a Coordinate Transformation Based Phase-Locked Loop,” Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC 2007, IEEE, 17-21 June 2007, pp. 1151-6.  
• Thacker, T., “Control of Power Conversion Systems for the Intentional Islanding of Distributed Generation Units,” M.S. thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005.

Power Systems Group

• Juancarlo Depablos, Jaime De La Ree, and Virgilio Centeno, "Identifiying Distribution Protection System Vulnerabilities Prompted by the Addition of Distribution Generation," Paper presented at Securing Critical Infrastructures conference, Grenoble, October 2004.
• Philip Smith, Virgilio Centeno, and Jaime De La Ree, "Mapping the Electrical Influence of Distributed Generation on Radial Distribution Networks Using Geographic Information Systems," Securing Critical Infrastructures conference, Grenoble, October 2004.
• Sumeet Brar, Nathan Green, and Nikhil Marwah, "Virginia Tech Campus Power Distribution System Mapping Using ARCGIS 9.0," project report, spring 2006.

Business Group

• Ralph D. Badinelli, Virgilio Centeno, Boonyarit Intiyot, "GIS-Based Simulation Studies for Power Systems Education," chapter to be published in Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security, edited by Lamine Mili and James Momoh.
• Richard F. Hirsh, Benjamin K. Sovacool, & Ralph D.
  Badinelli, "Distributed Generation and Momentum Change in the American Electric Utility System: A Social-science Systems Approach," chapter to be published in Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security, edited by Lamine Mili and James Momoh.

Consumer Affairs Group

• Badinelli, R., Centeno, V., Emmel, J., Gregg, M., Hirsh, R., Intiyot, B., Leech, I., McKnight, H.,  de la Ree, J., Sovacoo, B., Thacker, T., & Wang, F. (November 2006). An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Design and Management of a Secure and Efficient Eistributed Generation Power System. Poster presented at the Energy Research Engagement Showcase, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

• Leech, I.,  Emmel, J., McKnight, H., Hirsh, R., Badinelli, R., Centeno, V., Gregg, M., Intiyot, B., de la Ree, J., Sovacoo, B., Thacker, T., & Wang, F. (February 2007). Virginia Consumers’ Acceptance of Distributed Generation: Environmental Aspects.  Poster presented at the Deans’ Forum on the Environment. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Policy Group

• Richard F. Hirsh and Benjamin K. Sovacool, "Technological Systems and Momentum Change: American Electric Utilities, Restructuring, and Distributed Generation Technologies," Journal of Technology Studies 32 (2006), pp. 72-85.
• Benjamin Sovacool and Richard F. Hirsh, "Energy Myth Six – The Barriers to New and Innovative Energy Technologies are Primarily Technical: The Case of Distributed Generation (DG)," chapter in B.K. Sovacool and M. Brown, eds., Energy in American Society--Thirteen Myths ( Springer, 2007), pp. 145-69.
• Benjamin Sovacool, "Distributed Generation (DG) and the American Electric Utility System: What is Stopping It?" Journal of Energy Resources Technology 130 (March 2008).
• Benjamin Sovacool and Richard Hirsh, "Island wind-hydrogen energy: A significant potential US resource," Renewable Energy (2008), in press.
• Benjamin Sovacool, "Using Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Systems to Empower Developing Countries," in International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, vol. 2, issue 3, pp.77-86.
• Benjamin K. Sovacool, “Distributed Generation in the US – Three Lessons,” Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production (January–February 2008):  69-72.
• Richard F. Hirsh, Benjamin K. Sovacool, & Ralph D.
  Badinelli, "Distributed Generation and Momentum Change in the American Electric Utility System: A Social-science Systems Approach," chapter to be published in Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security, edited by Lamine Mili and James Momoh.
• Benjamin K. Sovacool, "The Power Production Paradox: Revealing the Socio-Technical Impediments to Distributed Generation Technologies," Ph.D. dissertation, Virginia Tech, 2006.

Joint Presentation at NSF Conferences

• "Designing a Secure and Efficient Distributed Generation Power System: Policy, Consumer Affairs, and Computer Simulation Issues," paper for NSF EPNES 2005 Workshop.
• "Designing a Secure and Efficient Distributed Generation Power System: Policy and Consumer Affairs," presentation made at NSF conference, Washington, DC, 5 December 2005.

 

Richard F. Hirsh

Professor of History of Technology

Dept. of History (0117)

Program in Science & Technology in Society

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-231-5601 Fax: 540-231-8724