A Hardware-in-the-Loop Real-Time Testbed for Microgrid Hierarchical Control

Hao Tu, Yuhua Du, Hui Yu, Srdjan Lukic, Mary Metelko, Peter Volgyesi, Abhishek Dubey, Gabor Karsai

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

11 Scopus citations

Abstract

To maintain a stable, flexible and economic operation of a microgrid, hierarchical control architecture consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary control is proposed. However, the differences in dynamics of microgrid, bandwidths of control levels and speed of communication channels make it difficult to comprehensively validate the performance of the hierarchical control schemes. In this paper we propose a hardware-in-the-loop real-time testbed for microgrid hierarchical control. The proposed testbed can be used to validate control performance under different microgrid operating modes (grid-tied or islanded), different primary control schemes (current or voltage mode) and different secondary control approaches (centralized or distributed). The integration of industry-grade hardware that runs primary and secondary control into the testbed allows for complete emulation of microgrid operation, and facilitates the study of the effects of measurement noise, sampling and communication delays.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2053-2059
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781479973118
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 - Portland, United States
Duration: 23 Sep 201827 Sep 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018

Conference

Conference10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period23/09/1827/09/18

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A Hardware-in-the-Loop Real-Time Testbed for Microgrid Hierarchical Control'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this