Advanced Modeling of Electric Components in Integrated Energy Systems with the TransiEnt Library

Heckel, Jan-Peter; Becker, Christian

doi:10.3384/ecp19157759

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“…Most of the tools cover all flexibility aspects, especially on the supply side. The tool TransiENT [64] seems to be the most potent model in this assessment, having a remarkable representation of supply and storage but regarding demand representation, BAL-MOREL [65] and EMMA [66] perform much better. In the context of network representation, models such as eGo [67], PANDAPOWER [68], and GRIDCAL [69] outstand.…”

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Survey of Simulation Tools to Assess Techno-Economic Benefits of Smart Grid Technology in Integrated T&D Systems

2022

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In order to succeed in the energy transition, the power system must become more flexible in order to enable the economical hosting of more intermittent distributed energy resources (DER) and smart grid technologies. New technical solutions, generally based on the connection of various components coupled to the power system via smart power electronic converters or through ICT, can help to take up these challenges. Such innovations (e.g., decarbonization technologies and smart grids) may reduce the costs of future power systems and the environmental footprint. In this regard, the techno-economic assessment of smart grid technologies is a matter of interest, especially in the urge to develop more credible options for deep decarbonization pathways over the long term. This work presents a literature survey of existing simulation tools to assess the techno-economic benefits of smart grid technologies in integrated T&D systems. We include the state-of-the-art tools and categorize them in their multiple aspects, cover smart grid technology, approach methods, and research topics, and include (or complete) the analysis with other dimensions (smart-grid related) of key interest for future power systems analysis such as environmental considerations, techno-economic aspects (social welfare), spatial scope, time resolution (granularity), and temporal scope, among others. We surveyed more than 40 publications, and 36 approaches were identified for the analysis of integrated T&D systems. As a relatively new research area, there are various promising candidates to properly simulate integrated T&D systems. Nevertheless, there is not yet a consensus on a specific framework that should be adopted by researchers in academia and industry. Moreover, as the power system is evolving rapidly towards a smart grid system, novel technologies and flexibility solutions are still under study to be integrated on a large scale. This review aims to offer new criteria for researchers in terms of smart-grid related dimensions and the state-of-the-art trending of simulation tools that holistically evaluate techno-economic aspects of the future power systems in an integrated T&D systems environment. As an imperative research matter for future energy systems, this article seeks to contribute to the discussion of which pathway the scientific community should focus on for a successful shift towards decarbonized energy systems.

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2022

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“…Therefore, the existing models needed to be refined to show the behavior of the considered systems before, during, and after disturbances. For this purpose, a special focus was laid on the electric grid, expanding the models to spatially resolved, stationary and dynamic computations (Heckel and Becker 2019). Furthermore, the connections between the sectors were revised to be able to answer the questions of how disruptions in one sector affect other sectors.…”

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Status of the TransiEnt Library: Transient Simulation of Complex Integrated Energy Systems

Senkel¹,

Bode²,

Heckel³

et al. 2021

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

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The open-source Modelica library TransiEnt Library was developed within the research project TransiEnt.EE. This paper presents two major library extensions which were developed in the follow-up research project ResiliEntEE. Modeling of the power sector on transmission grid level is now possible due to the implementation of the complex bus voltage. In the gas sector, the efficiency of mass and energy balance computation was improved. Furthermore, an efficient physical pressure loss model was added leading to more realistic results and faster simulations. One possible application of the library is presented in an exemplary simulation of an integrated energy system. It is shown that the dynamic simulation allows the representation of disturbances and their possible consequences in coupled sectors. Thus, next to cost and CO2 emissions, an integrated energy system can be assessed in terms of its resilience as well.

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Pandapipes: An Open-Source Piping Grid Calculation Package for Multi-Energy Grid Simulations

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The increasing complexity of the design and operation evaluation process of multi-energy grids (MEGs) requires tools for the coupled simulation of power, gas and district heating grids. In this work, we analyze a number of applicable tools and find that most of them do not allow coupling of infrastructures, oversimplify the grid model or are based on inaccessible source code. We introduce the open source piping grid simulation tool pandapipes that—in interaction with pandapower—addresses three crucial criteria: clear data structure, adaptable MEG model setup and performance. In an introduction to pandapipes, we illustrate how it fulfills these criteria through its internal structure and demonstrate how it performs in comparison to STANET®. Then, we show two case studies that have been performed with pandapipes already. The first case study demonstrates a peak shaving strategy as an interaction of a local electricity and district heating grid in a small neighborhood. The second case study analyzes the potential of a power-to-gas device to provide flexibility in a power grid while considering gas grid constraints. These cases show the importance of performing coupled simulations for the design and analysis of future energy infrastructures, as well as why the software should fulfill the three criteria.

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Advanced Modeling of Electric Components in Integrated Energy Systems with the TransiEnt Library

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Survey of Simulation Tools to Assess Techno-Economic Benefits of Smart Grid Technology in Integrated T&D Systems

Survey of Simulation Tools to Assess Techno-Economic Benefits of Smart Grid Technology in Integrated T&D Systems

Status of the TransiEnt Library: Transient Simulation of Complex Integrated Energy Systems

Pandapipes: An Open-Source Piping Grid Calculation Package for Multi-Energy Grid Simulations

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