Abstract: Distributed energy resources (DERs), including renewable energy sources and energy storage resources, are increasingly being utilized in remote microgrids to increase energy efficiency and reduce fossil fuel consumption. For the past seven years Dr. Oriti, a power electronics specialist and Associate Professor at the NPS Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, has led the development of a power electronics-based energy management system (EMS) platform, which controls various DERs so that they form a microgrid with the goal to increase energy security in remote facilities and camps. This webinar will present the EMS functionality, including battery and hybrid energy storage control, peak shaving, load management and DER optimized scheduling.
Presenter: Giovanna Oriti received the Laurea (with Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Catania, Catania, Italy, in 1993 and 1997, respectively.
She was a Research Intern at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for two years. After graduation she joined United Technology Research Center where she developed innovative power converter topologies and control. In 2000, she launched her own consulting business developing physics-based models of power converters and drives for electromagnetic interference analysis, stability analysis and development of control algorithms. In April 2008, she joined the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of the Naval Postgraduate School, where she is now a tenured Associate Professor. Her research interests include power electronics for energy management, shipboard electrical power, microgrids and renewable energy interface.
Dr. Oriti has held several leadership positions within IEEE including General Chair of the Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) 2021 conference, lead technical program chair for ECCE 2018 and chair of the Industrial Power Conversion System Department of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) in 2011-2012. She was the recipient of the 2002 IEEE IAS Outstanding Young Member Award. In 2012 she received the NPS ECE Service Award in recognition of her contribution to the development of the new NPS EE Energy curriculum. In 2016 and 2017 she received the NPS ECE Research Award in recognition of her contributions, through her research, to the US Navy’s goal of energy efficiency.