Abstract
This paper assesses practical aspects related to advanced laboratory testing of smart grid applications with Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) approach. Particularly, the general features together with a set of extended use-cases for PHIL testing are introduced. An existing laboratory at TU Dortmund University is presented and considered as a reference for describing the architecture and the principal components of typical advanced laboratory testing infrastructures based on PHIL approach. A number of exemplary testbeds are provided to show the potentially applications of advanced PHIL testing for low-voltage distribution grids.
Kurzfassung
Dieser Artikel stellt praxisnahe Labortests von Smart-Grid-Anwendungen als Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL)-Ansatz vor. Insbesondere werden die Grundprinzipien zusammen mit einer Sammlung von erweiterten Anwendungsfällen für PHIL-Tests vorgestellt. Ein bestehendes Labor an der TU Dortmund wird vorgestellt und als Referenz für die Beschreibung der Architektur und der Hauptkomponenten einer typischen erweiterten Labor-Testinfrastruktur auf der Basis von PHIL-Tests betrachtet. Die möglichen Anwendungen von erweiterten PHIL-Tests für Niederspannungsnetze werden anhand einiger exemplarischer Prüfsituationen und -aufbauten aufgezeigt.
About the authors
Alfio Spina received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Universitá di Catania, Catania, Italy, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany, in 2013, 2016, and 2021, respectively. From 2021 he has been a Senior Research Associate and the Head of the Smart Grid Technology Lab at the Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany. His current research interests include modeling, development and testing of smart grid technologies and solutions with Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) approach.
Christian Rehtanz received the Diploma and the Ph.D. degree from TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany, in 1994 and 1997, respectively, both in electrical engineering. From 2000, he was with ABB Corporate Research, Zurich, Switzerland, and from 2003 he was the Head of Technology for the global ABB business area Power Systems. From 2005, he was the Director of ABB Corporate Research in China. From 2007, he has been a Professor and the Head of Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics, TU Dortmund University. His research interests include technologies for network enhancement and congestion relief like stability assessment, wide-area monitoring, protection, and coordinated FACTS- and HVDC control.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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