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MRTS: a flexible system for microgrids real-time digital simulation using hardware-in-the-loop
| Resumo: | The recent changes on the power systems paradigm require the active participation of small and medium players in the electricity network management. With the electricity price flotation, the small and medium players must manage their consumption in order to decrease the economic costs without the degradation of the users’ comfort. Additionally, the appearance of new concepts in the power systems, such as smart grids and microgrids, bring several advantages. This includes the use of distributed generation and the execution of demand response programs. However, their implementation on the current power grid can also bring management and stability issues. The purpose of this dissertation is to simulate, in real-time, a microgrid facility by employing real hardware resources and survey of the consumption and generation profiles of the small and medium consumers. The facility would include small power load, medium power load and a micro-generation unit. This microgrid facility proposes controlling methods of hardware devices that enable the real loads to be integrated as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) loads for the small and medium simulation players. The implemented system uses real consumption loads and real wind power generator. The main contribution of this dissertation is the integration of real resources inside the simulation environment. Furthermore, this study describes the hardware and software developed and implemented on the loads built to manual use, outside of the simulation environments. In the case studies, actual consumption and generation profiles of the small and medium consumers has been employed in order to simulate in real-time. |
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| Autores principais: | Abrishambaf, Omid |
| Assunto: | Real-time simulation Hardware-in-the-loop Microgrid Distributed generation Simulação em tempo real Micro-rede Produção distribuída شبیه سازی زمان واقعی HIL شبکه های کوچک برق تولید پراکنده |
| Ano: | 2015 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | The recent changes on the power systems paradigm require the active participation of small and medium players in the electricity network management. With the electricity price flotation, the small and medium players must manage their consumption in order to decrease the economic costs without the degradation of the users’ comfort. Additionally, the appearance of new concepts in the power systems, such as smart grids and microgrids, bring several advantages. This includes the use of distributed generation and the execution of demand response programs. However, their implementation on the current power grid can also bring management and stability issues. The purpose of this dissertation is to simulate, in real-time, a microgrid facility by employing real hardware resources and survey of the consumption and generation profiles of the small and medium consumers. The facility would include small power load, medium power load and a micro-generation unit. This microgrid facility proposes controlling methods of hardware devices that enable the real loads to be integrated as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) loads for the small and medium simulation players. The implemented system uses real consumption loads and real wind power generator. The main contribution of this dissertation is the integration of real resources inside the simulation environment. Furthermore, this study describes the hardware and software developed and implemented on the loads built to manual use, outside of the simulation environments. In the case studies, actual consumption and generation profiles of the small and medium consumers has been employed in order to simulate in real-time. |
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