Overview of Real-Time Simulation as a Supporting Effort to Smart-Grid Attainment

Luis Ibarra, Antonio Rosales, Pedro Ponce, Arturo Molina and Raja Ayyanar
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Luis Ibarra: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Calle del Puente 222, Tlalpan 14380, Mexico
Antonio Rosales: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Calle del Puente 222, Tlalpan 14380, Mexico
Pedro Ponce: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Calle del Puente 222, Tlalpan 14380, Mexico
Arturo Molina: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Calle del Puente 222, Tlalpan 14380, Mexico
Raja Ayyanar: School of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-5706, Arizona

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-24

Abstract: The smart-grid approach undergoes many difficulties regarding the strategy that will enable its actual implementation. In this paper, an overview of real-time simulation technologies and their applicability to the smart-grid approach are presented as enabling steps toward the smart-grid’s actual implementation. The objective of this work is to contribute with an introductory text for interested readers of real-time systems in the context of modern electric needs and trends. In addition, a comprehensive review of current applications of real-time simulation in electric systems is provided, together with the basis to understand real-time simulation and the topologies and hardware used to implement it. Furthermore, an overview of the evolution of real-time simulators in the industrial and academic background and its current challenges are introduced.

Keywords: real-time simulation; smart-grid; electric systems; grid modernization; hardware-in-the-loop (HIL); power-HIL (P-HIL) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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