Jianwu Cao

Consulting for renewable, electric vehicle, charging, home energy management. From residential home, commercial building, apartment to utility scale PV/ESS. Power systems, not excluded to smart grid, grid forming, VPP, DR. Utility operator, policy, metering, smart energy management.

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1. Software development, design and test with TI 28377d, RTOS, ADC, SCI, SPI. 2. Control and safety software design for solar PV inverter system. Components selection and related circuits design/test 3. System schematic design and circuit test of UL, IEEE, NEC related Standards 4. Design of UL1741 required functions for transformerless inverter and risk analysis of each design 5. Failure mode effect analysis of components associated with specific protections as required by UL 6. PCB board schematic design and layout 7. Arc detection circuit design and arc generation using emulated PV source and real inverter 8. Data captures and data analysis for arc detection algorithm to meet UL1699B

1. Product Requirement Document Management 2. Design and prototype board level test 3. Document and data analysis for major components in a PV inverter

1. Graph theory and consensus algorithm in communication network 2. Programmed different algorithms for EDP in a smart grid 3. Simulated different EDP methods in Matlab/Simulink 4. Compared distributed algorithm with conventional EDP methods

Research on Power Hardware-in-the-Loop application of PV inverter anti-islanding test and its stability analysis 1. Study and analyze different interface algorithms for Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) application 2. High penetration grid-tied solar PV inverter modeling 3. 17kVA PV inverter islanding test bed 4. PHIL-based RLC load for PV inverter anti-islanding modeling 5. Linearization and stability analysis of 17kVA PV inverter anti-islanding system 6. Test bed of PHIL-based PV inverter anti-islanding test

Research Assistant: Center for Advanced Power Systems, The Florida State University Research on Power Hardware in the Loop, especially on PV islanding performance analysis and evaluation. 1. Compare and summarize different Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Interface Algorithms 2. Modeling of PHIL-based PV inverter anti-islanding test system 3. Comparison of different interface algorithms on application of PHIL-based PV inverter anti-islanding test Teaching Assistant: College of Engineering, The Florida State University 1. Help teach Undergraduate level Electronics II 2. Grade Homework and examination 3. Coordinate the instructor with the students

1. Managed product requirement document and market requirement document 2. Designed schematic scheme for microcontroller boards using OrCAD 3. Tested 3kW/4kW residential inverter in the lab 4. Designed the solar array topology for both residential and commercial solar inverters 5. Got familiar with IEC, IEEE, UL, NEC, NFPA, CSA standards

High Penetration of Grid-connected Solar Energy, Florida Energy Systems Consortium a. Used multiple software packages including: 1. Power System Computer Aided Drafting (PSCAD) 2. Real-Time Simulator Computer Aided Drafting (RSCAD) 3. MATLAB/Simulink 4. SimPowerSims 5. dSPACE 6. DSP_Builder b. Worked with and constructed multiple hardware facilities 1. Solar Panels 2. Induction Motor 3. Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDSTM) 4. IGBTs, Gate drivers, PCB board, FPGA c. Experience with Solar technology 1. Energy storage technology 2. Solar integration technology 3. Anti-islanding and fault-ride-through technology 4. Active Power Filter (APF) and harmonic compensation technology

five years experience on projects of power systems, power electronics, and renewable energy in Center for Advanced Power Systems

Student Membership for IEEE

Major in Electrical Engineering and Automation