Development of Hardware-in-the-loop Microgrid Testbed

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1234343

Xiao, Bailu ^[1]; Prabakar, Kumaraguru ^[1]; Starke, Michael R ^[1]; Liu, Guodong ^[1]; Dowling, Kevin ^[2]; Ollis, T Ben ^[1]; Irminger, Philip ^[1]; Xu, Yan ^[1]; Dimitrovski, Aleksandar D ^[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 to show the effectiveness of the proposed HIL microgrid testbed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1234343
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 20150920, 20150920
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English