The development of a smart grid co-simulation platform and case study on Vehicle-to-Grid voltage support application

Abstract

A reliable and adequate communication network is crucial for smart grid applications. It is important to evaluate the performance of network infrastructure with respect to the diverse requirements imposed by various smart grid applications to ensure system reliability. Due to the complex dynamics involving communication and electrical systems, analytical study on smart grid faces challenges. As a result, comprehensive simulation platforms are needed for the study of interdependency between the heterogeneous systems. In this paper, we discuss the design of our smart grid co-simulation platform which combines power system simulator PSCAD/EMTDC with network simulator OPNET. In addition, we report a case study on Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) voltage support application with respect to WiMAX / WiFi vehicle-to-infrastructure scenarios.

Smart Grid Simulation Including Communication Network: A Hardware in the Loop Approach

“…The use of these kind of grids is the key factor of the coordination of Renewable energy sources. To address the social challenges related to energy, in fact, the coordination of these sources is a strong requirement in the future of power generation combined with storage systems as well the futuristic vision of power exchange between the grid and electric vehicles (EV) [1], [2]. The study of all these scenarios requires to perform rigorous tests before implementation that often cannot be done directly on the power network.…”

Transmission and distribution co‐simulation: a review and propositions

“…Distribution network and customers (Microgrids) [48]: o Fault management: [49, 50] and reconfiguration [49]. o Load balancing [51] and EV penetration [52–56]. A closer look at the publications shows that the embedded optimisation tool could be assumed as an unexplored potential in a number of completed and ongoing projects that address co‐simulation in the power systems and that is why this paper addresses the development of a comprehensive package for integrated generation, transmission, distribution, and customer system (IGTDCS).…”

“…Distribution network and customers (Microgrids) [48]: o Fault management: [49, 50] and reconfiguration [49]. o Load balancing [51] and EV penetration [52–56]. …”

“…Currently, T&D co‐simulation methods have three following basic forms: Master–slave: During the co‐simulation, a master simulator with the highest priority coordinates the operations of all other simulators. Examples include OMNeT + + [29, 61–63], MAPNET [64], OPNET [56, 65, 66] and POWERNET [67]. Time‐stepped: The individual simulators run their simulations independently but halt at fixed synchronisation points to permit information to be exchanged between the simulators.…”

“…Master–slave: During the co‐simulation, a master simulator with the highest priority coordinates the operations of all other simulators. Examples include OMNeT + + [29, 61–63], MAPNET [64], OPNET [56, 65, 66] and POWERNET [67].…”