Remote Laboratory Testing Demonstration

The complexity of a smart grid with a high share of renewable energy resources introduces several issues in testing power equipment and controls. In this context, real-time simulation and Hardware in the Loop (HIL) techniques can tackle these problems that are typical for power system testing. Howev...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energies (Basel) 2020-05, Vol.13 (9), p.2283
Main Authors: Pellegrino, Luigi, Sandroni, Carlo, Bionda, Enea, Pala, Daniele, Lagos, Dimitris T., Hatziargyriou, Nikos, Akroud, Nabil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
CHIL
Communication
Control algorithms
Control equipment
Cybersecurity
Distributed generation
Energy resources
Energy sources
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation
HIL
Infrastructure
Integrated approach
integrated laboratories
Laboratories
Laboratory tests
Latency
Performance evaluation
power system testing
Real time
real-time communication platform
Remote control
Simulation
Software
Voltage controllers
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The complexity of a smart grid with a high share of renewable energy resources introduces several issues in testing power equipment and controls. In this context, real-time simulation and Hardware in the Loop (HIL) techniques can tackle these problems that are typical for power system testing. However, implementing a convoluted HIL setup in a single infrastructure can be physically impossible or can increase the time required to test a smart grid application in detail. This paper introduces the Joint Test Facility for Smart Energy Networks with Distributed Energy Resources (JaNDER) that allows users to exchange data in real-time between two or more infrastructures. This tool enables the integration of infrastructures, exploiting the synergies between them, and creating a virtual infrastructure that can perform more experiments using a combination of the resources installed in each infrastructure. In particular, JaNDER can extend a HIL setup. In order to validate this new testing concept, a coordinated voltage controller has been tested in a Controller HIL setup where JaNDER was used to interact with an actual On Load Tap Changer (OLTC) controller located in a remote infrastructure. The results show that the latency introduced by JaNDER is not critical; hence, under certain circumstances, it can be used to expand the real-time testing without affecting the stability of the experiment.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13092283