Abstract
In modern power systems, co-simulation is proposed as an enabler for analyzing the interactions between disparate systems. This paper introduces the co-simulation platform Virtual Grid Integration Laboratory (VirGIL) including Hardware-in-the-Loop testing, and demonstrates its potential to assess demand response strategies. VirGIL is based on a modular architecture using the Functional Mock-up Interface industrial standard to integrate new simulators. VirGIL combines state-of-the-art simulators in power systems, communications, buildings, and control. In this work, VirGIL is extended with a Hardware-in-the-Loop component to control the ventilation system of a real 12-story building in Denmark. VirGIL capabilities are illustrated in three scenarios: load following, primary reserves and load following aggregation. Experimental results show that the system can track one minute changing signals and it can provide primary reserves for up-regulation. Furthermore, the potential of aggregating several ventilation systems is evaluated considering the impact at distribution grid level and the communications protocol effect.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of 19th Power Systems Computation Conference |
Number of pages | 7 |
Publication date | 2016 |
Article number | 7540828 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 19th Power Systems Computation Conference - Genoa, Italy Duration: 20 Jun 2016 → 24 Jun 2016 Conference number: 19 http://www.pscc2016.net/ |
Conference
Conference | 19th Power Systems Computation Conference |
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Number | 19 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Genoa |
Period | 20/06/2016 → 24/06/2016 |
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Keywords
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Co-simulation
- Demand Response
- Functional Mock-up Interface
- Hardware-in-the-Loop
- PowerFactory
- Hardware
- Integration testing
- Mockups
- Synthetic apertures
- Ventilation
- Communications protocols
- Cosimulation
- Demand response
- Hard-ware-in-the-loop
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Industrial standards
- Modular architectures
- Reconfigurable hardware
- ENERGY
- ENGINEERING,
- PLATFORM
- ventilation
- demand side management
- distribution networks
- communications protocol effect
- hardware-in-the-loop cosimulation
- demand response
- distribution grid
- modern power system
- disparate system
- virtual grid integration laboratory
- VirGIL
- hardware-in-the-loop testing
- functional mock-up interface industrial standard
- ventilation system
- Denmark
- building
- load following aggregation
- Optimization
- Wind speed
- Load modeling
- Servers
- Standards
- Power system management, operation and economics
- Distribution networks