Services Available

• Electric Drive Vehicle Testing Laboratories

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilites
  Heavy Duty Dynomometer	We perform testing on any electric truck in a wide range of configurations.
  Light Duty Chassis Dynamometer	We perform testing on any light-duty electric vehicle in a wide range of configurations.
  EV Data Acquisition System: Real-Time Monitoring System Software and Sensors	We perform measuring dynamometer physical loads, battery SOC, vehicle voltage, current, and energy efficiency services.

   

  Point of contact: Kent Johnson, kjohnson@cert.ucr.edu 

  Vehicle Testing Laboratories Web Page

• SIGI: Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative Testbed

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Solar Panels	We perform extensive solar testing including soiling, efficiency, curtailment, performance, microgrid integration, and islanding.
  Inverters	We perform efficiency testing (5kW to MW+), curtailment, islanding, voltage support, reactive power control,  and grid ancillary services.
  Battery Energy Storage	We perform microgrid integration, control optimization, Battery Management System (BMS), performance, and islanding services.
  Microgrid Control and Integration	We perform system architecture, net zero configuration, distributed generation, controls, and load management services.
  Load Management	We perform SCADA, islanding, microgrid integration, control optimization, and energy profiling services.
  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)	We perform system optimization, system configuration, energy measurement, and load management performance monitoring services.
  Vehicle to Grid	As of 2019, SIGI now offers testing of vehicle-to-grid algorithms using the latest V2G inverter systems.

   

  Point of contact: Sadrul Ula, Sadrul.Ula@ucr.edu

  SIGI Web Page 

• Shared, Electric, Connected, Automated Vehicle Testing

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Shared Mobility Evaluation	Using LBNL's BEAM model, travel demand activity can be evaluated for a number of shared mobility scenarios, measuring a variety of performance metrics.
  Evaluating Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVS) in Simulation	We offer a range of simulation tools (e.g. VISSIM, PARAMICS, SUMO) and specific APIs, a wide range of CAV scenarios can be tested.
  Evaluating CAVs using Hardware in the Loop Testing	We offer unique hardware-in-the-loop testing system for CAVs has been developed, combining traffic simulation and a real-world vehicle on a dynamometer.
  Evaluating CAVs on the road	We offer several CAV testbed sites in Riverside and Carson, California, installing communication infrastructure on the road.

   

  Point of Contact: Matthew Barth, matthew.barth@ucr.edu

  SECA Web Page

   

• Electric Motor System Testing Laboratories

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Industrial Electric Motors	We perform zero rated torque, efficiency at various loading condition, quantification of voltage and current harmonics, range 0-100hp testing.
  Variable Frequency Drives	We perform efficiency at various loading condition, quantification of voltage and current harmonics, range 0-100hp testing.
  Wind Generators	We perform zero rated torque, efficiency at various loading condition, quantification of voltage and current harmonics, range 0-100hp testing.
  Custom Designed Special Purpose Electric Motors	We perform zero rated torque, efficiency at various loading condition, quantification of voltage and current harmonics, range 0-100hp testing.

   

  Point of contact: Sadrul Ula, sadrul.ula@ucr.edu

  Electric Motor System Web Page 

• V2G: Vehicle to Grid

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)	We perform V2G capability, performance, measurement, access control, billing, and communication services.
  V2G Capabilities	We provide energy measurements, capacity, vehicle connectivity, and protocol services.
  Microgrid Control Integration	We provide system architecture, net zero configurations, controls, and load management services.
  Load Management	We perform SCADA, islanding, microgrid integration, control optimization and energy profiling services.
  Vehicle Activity	We provide energy profiles, trip activity, charging activity, GIS based analysis, and vehicle energy monitory services.

   

  Point of Contact: Mike Todd, mike@cert.ucr.edu

  V2G Web Page 

• Water Energy Nexus

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Energy Management Systems (EMS)	We perform customized development and validation services.
  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)	We perform customized development and validation services.
  Real-Time Monitoring System Software and Sensors	We perform development, testing, and validation services.

   

  Point of Contact: Sadrul Ula, sadrul.ula@ucr.edu

  Water Energy Nexus Web Page

• Field Testing and HIL Testing of Smart Grid Monitoring and Control

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Smart Grid Sensor Testing	We perform testing on synchrophasors, sysnchowaveforms, grid asset sensors, line sensors, substaintion SCADA systems, behind the meter sensors, building sensors, fault locations, isolations, and service restoration (FLISR), etc.)
  Smart Grid Control Testing	We perform testing on Volt-VAR control and Volt-watt control based inverter-based distributed energy resources (DERs), voltage and frequency ride-through control, DERMS, advanced distribution management, frequency regulation, demand response, etc.
  Field Test Capability	The available field test capability is at medium voltage and low voltage three-phase systems; including a collection of multiple 12 kV power distribution feeders; with various types of loads and DERs.
  Lab-scale (pre-field) Assessment of Smart Grid Monitoring & Control Technologies	We preform testing by using its state-of-the-art hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing facility; including both performance and cyber-security assessment.

   

  Point of Contact: Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Hamed@ece.ucr.edu

   

   

   

• Battery and Solar Energy Materials and Devices

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Renewable Generation	Solar Cells - Efficiency, stability, testing under artificial environment, and testing of next-generation solar cells.
  Energy Storage	Batteries - Charging/discharging, cyclic performance, long-term stability, and rate performance.
  Material-Based	Electrochemical Cells - Cyclic/linear/chrono voltammetry, coulometry and potentiometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
  Material-Based	Materials Characterization - Electron microscopy, optical spectroscopy, crystallographic analysis, elemental analysis, and surface topography.
  Material-Based	Materials Synthesis - Chemical vapor deposition (CVD), hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis, and electrodeposition.
  Material-Based	Device Fabrication - Thin-film devices, solar cells, photoelectrochemical cells, electrochemical cells, and coin-cell batteries.

  Point of Contact: Alfredo Martinez-Morales, alfmart@ece.ucr.edu

• DERL: Distributed Energy Resources Laboratory

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Solar Panels	Soiling, efficiency, curtailment, performance, microgrid integration, islanding
  Inverters	Efficiency testing (5kW to MW+), curtailment, islanding, voltage support, reactive power control, grid ancillary services
  Battery Energy Storage	Microgrid integration, control optimization, Battery Management System (BMS), performance, islanding
  Microgrid Control and Integration	System architecture, net zero configuration, controls, distributed generation, load management
  Load Management	SCADA, islanding, microgrid integration, control optimization, energy profiling
  Supervisory control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)	System optimization, system configuration, energy measurement, load management, performance monitoring
  Vehicle to Grid	As of 2019, SIGI now offers testing of vehicle-to-grid algorithms using the latest V2G inverter systems.

  Point of Contact: Alfredo Martinez-Morales, alfmart@ece.ucr.edu

• Hydrogen Blending and Exposure Testing

  Technology Type	Testing Capabilities
  Materials-Based	Elemental Analysis -Analysis of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen content in inorganic solids.
  Materials-Based	Gas Chromatography -Identification and quantification of gases and a wide range of organic compounds in solution or gas phase
  Renewable Generation	Gas Leakage -Evaluation and quantification of gas leaks at flow rates between 5 and 2,000 ml/min at pressure of up to 50 psig
  Materials-Based	Gaseous Hydrogen Charging -Prolonged exposure in gaseous Hydrogen environment, at pressure of up to 1,000 psig and temperature of up to 250°F
  Materials-Based	Electrochemical Hydrogen Charging – Controllable  charging rate and pH environment
  Materials-Based	Mechanical Strength Testing –Tensile strength, compression, fracture testing, hardness testing, and Charpy impact toughness

  Point of Contact: Arun Raju, arun@engr.ucr.edu