Co-simulation of an electrical distribution network and its supervision communication network

Smart grids require the large-scale deployment of communication means to interconnect the electrical devices and to autonomously pilot their management. Hence, interconnected tools from both the communication and the power system communities are required in order to adequately simulate the mutual dependencies between these two infrastructures. In this paper, we propose an open-source co-simulation framework for evaluating the mutual impacts between an electrical distribution network and its supervision communication network. A case study dealing with line congestion mitigation is presented to illustrate the versatility of our tool.