Project description
Current limiting technology for low-voltage DC applications
Low voltage direct current (DC) power systems offer great potential for clean energy transitions, especially in local generation and storage. However, safety concerns slow their adoption. The EU-funded NOVETROL project seeks to develop advanced current-limiting (CL) technology using high-mobility materials and the extraordinary magnetoresistance effect, integrating it into DC and hybrid AC/DC microgrid systems. The project focuses on five key applications: DC-supply loads, battery systems, photovoltaic systems, microgrids and bidirectional electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. The goal is to support the European Green Deal through the creation of safer, more reliable CL devices for DC applications, while reducing costs, size and environmental impacts.
Objective
Low Voltage DC power systems are one of the most promising technologies for a clean and efficient energy transition, especially for local generation and storage. However, safety considerations prevent rapid adoption of the proposed solutions. Our project aims at developing new current limiting (CL) technology, based on high-mobility materials and the extraordinary magnetoresistance (EMR) effect, as well as their integration into Direct Current (DC)-and hybrid AC/DC microgrid infrastructures. A system design approach will be adopted to find device layouts suitable for five selected use-cases: native DC-supply loads, battery systems, photovoltaic, microgrids and bidirectional EV Supply Equipment (EVSE) to enable the V2X (focus on V2G) technology deployment. The devices are fabricated and tested for proof of concept.
The potential of this technology is further evaluated by simulation means aiming at standardization, and the development of DC- and hybrid microgrids steady state operation strategies. The proposed research results in passive, multifunctional, more robust, and safer CL devices for DC applications, with reduced cost, size, and environmental footprint, when compared to the state-of-the-art.
Our technology can be a breakthrough for circuit protection, aiming at demonstrating through end-to-end, design-to-application innovation (design supported by LCA guidance, simulation, fabrication, and lab-based testing) that a comprehensive, advanced solution encompassing EMR-enabled current limiting devices, can meet the current needs of the DC microgrid market. It can establish European industrial leadership with a technology that is critical for the on-going energy transition which makes it a suitable goal for the European Green Deal.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. This project's classification has been validated by the project's team.
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
060042 BUCURESTI
Romania