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21. Real-Time Testing of Microgrids

Authors : A. S. Vijay, Suryanarayana Doolla

Published in: Microgrids

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The need for clean energy for development and growth gave rise to power electronic interfaced local renewable generation and microgrids. Researchers across the world have been working on a spectrum of issues pertaining to the field of microgrids, ranging from control, operation and management aspects for the islanded, grid connected modes and the seamless transition aspects, to the protection and the power quality issues. These proposed solutions need rigorous testing under a wide range of dynamic conditions, before actual field deployment under diverse environments. Thus there needs to be a focus to develop fast, safe, accurate and reliable testing methods. Accuracy, flexibility, scalability, compactness, ease of implementation and economic viability are some of the common parameters which are used in the benchmarking of a testing methodology. These objectives are mostly in conflict with each other and thus need fresh out of the box solutions for the design and development of the testing methodologies. The chapter presents the fundamentals of and a comparison between the various testing techniques - ranging from off-line to real-time (RT) simulations, rapid controller prototyping, hardware in the loop (HIL): both the signal level (CHIL) and power level (PHIL), RT power level emulation, test-bed platforms, hybrid approaches/combinations of these techniques and novel solutions such as digital twin, blockchain and internet of things (IoT) based approaches. The future challenges in the area of microgrid testing are also discussed.

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Title: Real-Time Testing of Microgrids
Authors: A. S. Vijay
Suryanarayana Doolla
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Microgrids
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-59749-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-59750-4

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59750-4_21