Development of Hardware-in-the-loop Microgrid Testbed

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2015.7309827· OSTI ID:1234343

Xiao, Bailu ^[1]; Prabakar, Kumaraguru ^[1]; Starke, Michael ^[1]; Liu, Guodong ^[1]; Dowling, Kevin ^[2]; Ollis, Ben ^[1]; Irminger, Philip ^[1]; Xu, Yan ^[1]; Dimitrovski, Aleksandar ^[1]

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1. ORNL
2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) microgrid testbed for the evaluation and assessment of microgrid operation and control system has been presented in this paper. The HIL testbed is composed of a real-time digital simulator (RTDS) for modeling of the microgrid, multiple NI CompactRIOs for device level control, a prototype microgrid energy management system (MicroEMS), and a relay protection system. The applied communication-assisted hybrid control system has been also discussed. Results of function testing of HIL controller, communication, and the relay protection system are presented toshow the effectiveness of the proposed HIL microgrid testbed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1234343
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English