Evaluation of System-Integrated Smart Grid Devices using Software- and Hardware-in-the-Loop

Conference · Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2016.7781181· OSTI ID:1344440

Lundstrom, Blake; Chakraborty, Sudipta; Lauss, Georg; Brundlinger, Roland; Conklin, Russell

This paper presents a concise description of state-of-the-art real-time simulation-based testing methods and demonstrates how they can be used independently and/or in combination as an integrated development and validation approach for smart grid DERs and systems. A three-part case study demonstrating the application of this integrated approach at the different stages of development and validation of a system-integrated smart photovoltaic (PV) inverter is also presented. Laboratory testing results and perspectives from two international research laboratories are included in the case study.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1344440
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5D00-66080
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 6-9 September 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL)
controller hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL)
software-in-the-loop (SIL)
co-simulation
power system
smart grid device
solar power generation
integrated testing