Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT) User Guide Software (V.1.1)
The Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT) most readily supports decision analysis for new ("greenfield") microgrid designs, but can also be used to evaluate microgrids with existing infrastructure under some limitations. The current version of MDT includes two main capabilities. The first capability, the Microgrid Sizing Capability (MSC), is used to determine the size and composition of a new microgrid in the early stages of the design process. MSC is focused on developing a microgrid that is economically viable when connected to the grid. The second capability is focused on refining a microgrid design for operation in islanded mode. This second capability relies on two models: the Technology Management Optimization (TMO) model and Performance Reliability Model (PRM).
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1494331
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2016-7416; 672261
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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