Co-simulation of a dynamic process simulator and an event-based control system: Case district heating system

A smart electric grid incorporating local generation and storage is an area of active research in the industrial automation community. Very little attention has been given to similar possibilities in hot water grids that are used extensively for district heating in several countries, especially in C...

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Main Authors: Nikula, Heikki, Vesaoja, Eero, Sierla, Seppo, Karhela, Tommi, Flikkema, Paul G., Aikala, Antti, Miettinen, Tuomas, Chen-Wei Yang
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
co-simulation
Dependable Communication and Computation Systems
distributed generation
district heating
IEC 61499
IEC standards
Kommunikations- och beräkningssystem
prosumer
Resistance heating
Software
Solar heating
synchronization
thermal energy networks
Water heating
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Summary:A smart electric grid incorporating local generation and storage is an area of active research in the industrial automation community. Very little attention has been given to similar possibilities in hot water grids that are used extensively for district heating in several countries, especially in Central and Northern Europe. In this paper, possibilities for heat trade in such a grid are investigated through simulation, considering the thermo-hydraulic properties of such a grid. For the distributed automation of several independent producer-consumers, an event based IEC 61499 solution is presented. The paper proposes a co-simulation environment for a dynamic process simulator and an event based control system, which is applied to the district heating case.
ISSN:1946-0740
1946-0759
DOI:10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005184