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District energy systems
District energy systems
District energy systems provide heating and cooling for residential and commercial buildings within a community. Rather than burning fossil fuels to heat each house and then running separate air conditioning units, heating and cooling sources within each community are used in conjunction with heat pumps to meet the needs of each building.
I have experience modeling these system and analyzing the potential benefits to users and the electrical grid.
Dissertation
Dissertation
I completed my PhD dissertation in Fall 2022 on "Integrated Energy Storage for Next-Generation Wind Turbines".
I am interested in finding a long-duration storage solution that allows for a 100% renewable energy grid to meet demand. In my PhD, I studied compressed air energy storage in underground aquifers, liquid metal batteries, and adjusted wind turbine power curves, all towards that goal.
SUMR Wind Turbine
SUMR Wind Turbine
My first project in graduate school involved the SUMR wind project, a collaborative project with researchers from NREL, CU Boulder, UIUC, Mines, UT Dallas, and UVA.
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