Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Bed and Test Methodology for Microgrid Controller Evaluation

Conference · Thu Aug 23 04:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2018.8440246· OSTI ID:1476241

Prabakar, Kumaraguru ^[1]; Pratt, Annabelle ^[1]; Krishnamurthy, Dheepak ^[1]; Maitra, Arindam ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Electric Power Research Company

Increasing penetration levels of distributed energy resources are making the deployment of microgrids more feasible. Controllers that operate such microgrids are key to realizing the objectives of the microgrid owner or operator and there is a need to evaluate microgrid controller performance prior to field deployment. This paper describes a controller hardware-in-the-loop and power hardware-in-the-loop microgrid controller test bed that was designed and constructed to evaluate the capabilities of a microgrid controller for a proposed campus microgrid. This paper also presents a test methodology to evaluate microgrid controller functionality, and it describes how the controller was assessed through the application of different test scenarios. Results from the testing are presented to provide insight into the capabilities of the test bed. hardware-in-the-loop microgrid controller test bed that was designed and constructed to evaluate the capabilities of a microgrid controller for a proposed campus microgrid. This paper also presents a test methodology to evaluate microgrid controller functionality, and it describes how the controller was assessed through the application of different test scenarios. Results from the testing are presented to provide insight into the capabilities of the test bed.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1476241
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5D00-69010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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