A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop
Abstract Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing is an approach used for verification and validation in the energy sector. However, there is no comprehensive overview of the application, potential, and challenges of SIL within this sector. Therefore, this paper conducts a thorough scoping review of the e...
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| author | Christian Skafte Beck Clausen Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen Zheng Grace Ma |
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| description | Abstract Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing is an approach used for verification and validation in the energy sector. However, there is no comprehensive overview of the application, potential, and challenges of SIL within this sector. Therefore, this paper conducts a thorough scoping review of the existing literature within the scope of SIL and related in-the-loop approaches in the energy sector. A total of 88 full-text articles from four significant databases ACM, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science are analyzed and categorized to map the purpose, methods, architecture, interoperability and protocols, technologies, challenges, and limitations. The results present a grand perspective of in-the-loop across several domains followed by an analysis of SIL in the energy sector. The application domains carry characteristics from complex systems, systems-of-systems, cyber-physical systems, critical systems, real-time systems, and sociotechnical systems. The energy sector and the automotive industry are amongst the most applied domains. Within energy- and electricity systems, hardware-based in-the-loop paradigms are mostly applied for testing low-level signaling, and SIL is used for control strategy testing, optimization, dispatching, and experimentation. The examined SIL architectures have distributed-, real-time, and closed-loop properties, and are constrained by specialized simulation power hardware. Future research should address how to systematically develop SIL testing environments with guiding principles to support application development for the future digitalized energy system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a7019a036ff4bd399c8c12ceec3c4ed2024-03-05T20:30:13ZengSpringerOpenEnergy Informatics2520-89422024-02-017114010.1186/s42162-024-00312-8A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loopChristian Skafte Beck Clausen0Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen1Zheng Grace Ma2SDU Center for Energy Informatics, The Maersk Mc Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern DenmarkSDU Center for Energy Informatics, The Maersk Mc Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern DenmarkSDU Center for Energy Informatics, The Maersk Mc Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern DenmarkAbstract Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing is an approach used for verification and validation in the energy sector. However, there is no comprehensive overview of the application, potential, and challenges of SIL within this sector. Therefore, this paper conducts a thorough scoping review of the existing literature within the scope of SIL and related in-the-loop approaches in the energy sector. A total of 88 full-text articles from four significant databases ACM, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science are analyzed and categorized to map the purpose, methods, architecture, interoperability and protocols, technologies, challenges, and limitations. The results present a grand perspective of in-the-loop across several domains followed by an analysis of SIL in the energy sector. The application domains carry characteristics from complex systems, systems-of-systems, cyber-physical systems, critical systems, real-time systems, and sociotechnical systems. The energy sector and the automotive industry are amongst the most applied domains. Within energy- and electricity systems, hardware-based in-the-loop paradigms are mostly applied for testing low-level signaling, and SIL is used for control strategy testing, optimization, dispatching, and experimentation. The examined SIL architectures have distributed-, real-time, and closed-loop properties, and are constrained by specialized simulation power hardware. Future research should address how to systematically develop SIL testing environments with guiding principles to support application development for the future digitalized energy system.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-024-00312-8In-the-loopSoftware-in-the-loopScoping reviewEnergy sectorEnergy systemsElectricity systems |
| spellingShingle | Christian Skafte Beck Clausen Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen Zheng Grace Ma A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop Energy Informatics In-the-loop Software-in-the-loop Scoping review Energy sector Energy systems Electricity systems |
| title | A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop |
| title_full | A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop |
| title_fullStr | A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop |
| title_short | A scoping review of In-the-loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software-in-the-loop |
| title_sort | scoping review of in the loop paradigms in the energy sector focusing on software in the loop |
| topic | In-the-loop Software-in-the-loop Scoping review Energy sector Energy systems Electricity systems |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-024-00312-8 |
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