Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment
With increasing changes in the contemporary energy system, it becomes essential to test the autonomous control strategies for distributed energy resources in a controlled environment to investigate power grid stability. Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) concept is an efficient approach for such eval...
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| description | With increasing changes in the contemporary energy system, it becomes essential to test the autonomous control strategies for distributed energy resources in a controlled environment to investigate power grid stability. Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) concept is an efficient approach for such evaluations in which a virtually simulated power grid is interfaced to a real hardware device. This strongly coupled software-hardware system introduces obstacles that need attention for smooth operation of the laboratory setup to validate robust control algorithms for decentralized grids. This paper presents a novel methodology and its implementation to develop a test-bench for a real-time PHIL simulation of a typical power distribution grid to study the dynamic behavior of the real power components in connection with the simulated grid. The application of hybrid simulation in a single software environment is realized to model the power grid which obviates the need to simulate the complete grid with a lower discretized sample-time. As an outcome, an environment is established interconnecting the virtual model to the real-world devices. The inaccuracies linked to the power components are examined at length and consequently a suitable compensation strategy is devised to improve the performance of the hardware under test (HUT). Finally, the compensation strategy is also validated through a simulation scenario. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb44e74d27074c64ac22f8daedd683722023-12-03T14:34:04ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-01-0114359310.3390/en14030593Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation EnvironmentMoiz Muhammad0Holger Behrends1Stefan Geißendörfer2Karsten von Maydell3Carsten Agert4German Aerospace Center (DLR)—Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse, 26129 Oldenburg, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)—Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse, 26129 Oldenburg, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)—Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse, 26129 Oldenburg, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)—Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse, 26129 Oldenburg, GermanyGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)—Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Carl-von-Ossietzky Strasse, 26129 Oldenburg, GermanyWith increasing changes in the contemporary energy system, it becomes essential to test the autonomous control strategies for distributed energy resources in a controlled environment to investigate power grid stability. Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) concept is an efficient approach for such evaluations in which a virtually simulated power grid is interfaced to a real hardware device. This strongly coupled software-hardware system introduces obstacles that need attention for smooth operation of the laboratory setup to validate robust control algorithms for decentralized grids. This paper presents a novel methodology and its implementation to develop a test-bench for a real-time PHIL simulation of a typical power distribution grid to study the dynamic behavior of the real power components in connection with the simulated grid. The application of hybrid simulation in a single software environment is realized to model the power grid which obviates the need to simulate the complete grid with a lower discretized sample-time. As an outcome, an environment is established interconnecting the virtual model to the real-world devices. The inaccuracies linked to the power components are examined at length and consequently a suitable compensation strategy is devised to improve the performance of the hardware under test (HUT). Finally, the compensation strategy is also validated through a simulation scenario.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/593power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL)power interface (PI)hardware under test (HUT)hybrid simulationreal-time simulator (RTS) |
| spellingShingle | Moiz Muhammad Holger Behrends Stefan Geißendörfer Karsten von Maydell Carsten Agert Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment Energies power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) power interface (PI) hardware under test (HUT) hybrid simulation real-time simulator (RTS) |
| title | Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment |
| title_full | Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment |
| title_fullStr | Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment |
| title_short | Power Hardware-in-the-Loop: Response of Power Components in Real-Time Grid Simulation Environment |
| title_sort | power hardware in the loop response of power components in real time grid simulation environment |
| topic | power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) power interface (PI) hardware under test (HUT) hybrid simulation real-time simulator (RTS) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/593 |
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