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Hefei University of Technology Microgrid

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts25
Sources reviewed7
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

Hefei University of Technology built a laboratory microgrid testbed with the University of New Brunswick to study multi-energy generation, power electronics, storage, and hierarchical control. The best primary descriptions identify 10 kW single-phase and 30 kVA three-phase PV sources, two 30 kW wind-generation simulators, a 5 kW fuel cell, battery and ultracapacitor storage, and two 15 kW conventional-generator simulators. This corrects legacy descriptions that treated all 60 kW of wind as physical turbines and attributed the project to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research status
Historical academic research facility. The testbed was reported in 2008 and reviewed in 2013. HFUT researchers continued publishing related islanded-microgrid control work through at least 2018, but no primary source confirms that the original hardware configuration remains intact or operating in 2026.
Historical classification
University
Reported capacity
1 MW
Coordinates
31.84427, 117.29631
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Hefei University of Technology Microgrid?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Chinese Acadamy of Sciences

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Hefei University of Technology

Lead institution and site of the laboratory microgrid testbed [3][4]

Organization

Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

A separate Chinese microgrid research organization discussed in the national review, not documented as a builder of the HFUT testbed [4]

Organization

University of New Brunswick

Research collaborator in development of the testbed [3][4]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
70 [1]
KW Wind
60 [1]
KW Fuel Cell
5 [1]
Storage
NA [1]
Photovoltaic sources
One 10 kW single-phase PV generator and one 30 kVA three-phase PV generator [4]
Wind sources
Two 30 kW three-phase wind-generation simulators, totaling 60 kW of simulated wind capacity [4]
Fuel cell
5 kW [4]
Battery storage
300 Ah battery bank; voltage and usable kWh are not stated in the cited review [4]
Ultracapacitor storage
1,800 F bank; energy capacity is not reported [4]
Conventional generation simulators
Two 15 kW generator sets used to emulate small hydro and small fossil-fuel generation [4]
Control hierarchy
Two layers: local source/load controls and a central supervisory energy-management layer [3][4]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Solar generation

Model not publicly disclosed

10 kW single-phase and 30 kVA three-phase PV generation interfaces; makes and models are not disclosed [4]

02

Wind emulation

Model not publicly disclosed

Two 30 kW three-phase wind-generation simulator systems rather than documented outdoor wind turbines [4]

03

Fuel cell

Model not publicly disclosed

5 kW fuel-cell generator; chemistry, manufacturer, and model are not disclosed [4]

04

Hybrid storage

Model not publicly disclosed

A 300 Ah electrochemical battery bank paired with a 1,800 F ultracapacitor bank [4]

05

Dispatchable-source emulation

Model not publicly disclosed

Two 15 kW conventional generator sets configured to represent small hydro and fossil generation [4]

06

Loads

Model not publicly disclosed

Resistive, capacitive, and inductive banks; AC and DC motors; and power-electronic loads [4]

07

Energy-management system

Model not publicly disclosed

Central EMS designed around IEC 61970-compatible information models and supervisory coordination [4]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • General

    This microgrid has two-layer hierarchical control system, the local controllers and the central controller. [1]

  • Generation

    wind, photovoltaic, biomass, and fuel cells [1]

  • Research purpose

    The platform was designed to test coordinated operation of heterogeneous distributed generators, storage, loads, and their power-electronic interfaces. [3]

  • Source interpretation

    The reported 60 kW wind component is simulator capacity. It should not be described as installed wind-turbine nameplate capacity. [4]

  • Operating modes

    Later HFUT integrated-microgrid research demonstrated master-slave control and flexible transitions between grid-connected and islanded operation; this is related work and not proof of the exact original testbed configuration. [5]

  • Institution attribution

    The primary testbed paper names HFUT and the University of New Brunswick. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is covered separately in the 2013 China review and should not be listed as an original HFUT-testbed partner without additional evidence. [3][4]

  • Later work

    HFUT faculty publication records show continuing work on decentralized power control for islanded AC microgrids in 2018, but they do not establish present operation of the 2008 hardware. [6]

Provenance

7 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
    Source

    file.scirp.org · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  3. [3]
  4. [4]
    Research on Microgrid and its Application in China

    Energy and Power Engineering · Primary source

  5. [5]
    Research and Practice of Integrated Microgrid System Control

    Advanced Materials Research · Primary source

  6. [6]
  7. [7]
    Hefei University of Technology Microgrid (archived legacy record)

    Microgrid Projects / Internet Archive · Archived source

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