Modeling Communication Networks in a Real-Time Simulation Environment for Evaluating Controls of Shipboard Power Systems

Abstract

Interest by the U.S. Navy in the development and deployment of advanced controls in future shipboard platforms has motivated the development of the Controls Evaluation Framework (CEF) for use in investigating dynamics present in complex automated systems. This paper reports on the implementation and investigation of a communication network component within the CEF. This implementation is designed to augment the CEF's available feature set, permitting the exploration of various communication conditions on advanced control performance. Results obtained from controller hardware-in-the-loop testing are presented and analyzed to demonstrate performance characteristics pertaining to the implemented module.

Harness the Power of DERs for Secure Communications in Electric Energy Systems

“…Master devices upon verifying the authenticity of DER assets will be able to issue control commands to the respective outstation devices. Real-time simulation environments will be used to evaluate the practicality of the DERauth authentication process against other protocols implementations in realistic scenarios and under stringent operational constraints (e.g., traffic, latency) [17]. Finally, the necessary application program interface to integrate our hardware-based security scheme in other existing protocols, such as Modbus and IEEE 2030.5, will be designed.…”