Smart Grid Control and Communication: the SmartC2Net Real-Time HIL Approach

Catalin-Iosif Ciontea; Rasmus Pedersen; Thomas le Fevre Kristensen; Christoffer Sloth; Rasmus Løvenstein Olsen; Florin Iov

doi:10.1109/PTC.2015.7232693

Smart Grid Control and Communication: the SmartC2Net Real-Time HIL Approach

Catalin-Iosif Ciontea, Rasmus Pedersen, Thomas le Fevre Kristensen, Christoffer Sloth, Rasmus Løvenstein Olsen, Florin Iov

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Abstract

The expected growth in distributed generation will significantly affect the operation and control of today's distribution grids. Being confronted with fast fluctuating power from distributed generations, the assurance of a reliable service (grid stability, avoidance of energy losses) and the quality of the power may become costly. In this light, Smart Grids may provide an answer towards a more active and efficient electrical network. The EU project SmartC2Net aims to enable smart grid operations over imperfect, heterogeneous general purpose networks, which poses a significant challenge to the reliability due to the stochastic behavior found in such networks. Therefore, key concepts are presented in this paper targeting the support of proper smart grid control in these network environments and its Real-Time Hardware-In-the Loop (HIL) verification. An overview on the required Information and Communication Technology (ICT) architecture and its functionality is provided and a description of a relevant use case that deals with voltage control on medium and low voltage networks along its evaluation approach on an experimental test bed is detailed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PowerTech, 2015 IEEE Eindhoven
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	29 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2015.7232693
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2015
Event	IEEE Eindhoven PowerTech, PowerTech 2015 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 29 Jun 2015 → 2 Jul 2015

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Conference	IEEE Eindhoven PowerTech, PowerTech 2015
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	29/06/2015 → 02/07/2015

Keywords

Smart grid control
Heterogenous communication networks
Hardware-in-the-loop
Power HIL

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