Implementation overview of a novel approach to Smart Microgrid Real Time Simulation

Abstract

The idea of this paper is to present a Real Time co-simulation of microgrid components coupling the software and hardware tools. The Simulation of the microgrid has to cope with different constraints, the first one is the nonlinear model behavior obtained by solving Differential algebraic equations of the mathematical model, and fast simulation of control strategies like voltage and frequency regulation present in the grid, latter is the data communication in the microgrid. The AC and DC section of the microgrid will be split and emulated in two different hardware having different real-time architectures, and they will be co-simulated in real-time by using an interfacing algorithm over Ethernet, enabling the emulation of the communication network as seen in smart grids. In this work, the National Instruments hardware NI myRIO is integrated to co-simulate the Smart grid behavior with Simulink Desktop Real-Time.