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Session Abstract

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Central Utilities Plant (CUP) produces on-campus electricity and steam through a combined heat and power process. Key objectives of the CUP Upgrade Project included improving the resiliency of the campus microgrid and providing the ability to island and subsequently reconnect to the grid without an electrical outage. A relay control system was installed and extensively tested using hardware-in-the-loop simulation prior to field testing and signing-off of the system in service in 2021.

Presenters

Abdel Rahman Khatib, Principal Engineer, Engineering Services, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc

Wayne Schweidenback, Sr. Electrical Engineer, Power Group, R G Vanderweil Engineers LLP

Frances Boyle, Program Manager, Utilities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology