Underwater Smart Grid System Architecture

A. A. Periola; A. A. Alonge; K. A. Ogudo

doi:10.1109/SAUPEC55179.2022.9730670

Underwater Smart Grid System Architecture

A. A. Periola, A. A. Alonge, K. A. Ogudo

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Technological advances in computing make the use of underwater data centres (UDCs) feasible. UDCs have low operational costs with improved power usage effectiveness. However, it is important to design an energy network for providing operational electrical power for operating underwater data centres. This can be realized via the use of underwater renewable energy resources in the marine environment. However, additional research is required to design an underwater energy system suitable for enabling the functioning of UDCs. The powering of UDCs can be realized via the use of renewable energy resources in the marine environment. This can be realized by designing architecture for underwater renewable energy sources. The challenge of designing this architecture is addressed here. The discussion presents the architecture for provisioning UDCs with electrical power. The proposed architecture presents an underwater smart grid model that accesses renewable electrical energy for underwater data centres. In addition, the proposed architecture describes an underwater grid with the capability to determine locations in the sub-marine environment with the highest amount of renewable electrical energy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665468879
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SAUPEC55179.2022.9730670
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022 - Durban, South Africa Duration: 25 Jan 2022 → 27 Jan 2022

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Name	Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022

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Conference	30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Durban
Period	25/01/22 → 27/01/22

Keywords

Blue Energy
Computing
Underwater Data Centres
Underwater Smart Grid Systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Periola, A. A., Alonge, A. A., & Ogudo, K. A. (2022). Underwater Smart Grid System Architecture. In Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022 (Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SAUPEC55179.2022.9730670

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Periola, AA, Alonge, AA & Ogudo, KA 2022, Underwater Smart Grid System Architecture. in Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022. Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022, Durban, South Africa, 25/01/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/SAUPEC55179.2022.9730670

Underwater Smart Grid System Architecture. / Periola, A. A.; Alonge, A. A.; Ogudo, K. A.
Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Proceedings - 30th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference, SAUPEC 2022).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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