Microgrid Controller Testing Using Power Hardware-in-the-Loop

Hiroshi Kikusato, Taha Selim Ustun, Masaichi Suzuki, Shuichi Sugahara, Jun Hashimoto, Kenji Otani, Kenji Shirakawa, Rina Yabuki, Ken Watanabe and Tatsuaki Shimizu
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Hiroshi Kikusato: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Taha Selim Ustun: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Masaichi Suzuki: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Shuichi Sugahara: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Jun Hashimoto: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Kenji Otani: Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA), 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Kenji Shirakawa: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., 1-22 Morijukudokyu, Sukagawa, Fukushima 962-8508, Japan
Rina Yabuki: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., 1-22 Morijukudokyu, Sukagawa, Fukushima 962-8508, Japan
Ken Watanabe: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., 1-22 Morijukudokyu, Sukagawa, Fukushima 962-8508, Japan
Tatsuaki Shimizu: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., 1-22 Morijukudokyu, Sukagawa, Fukushima 962-8508, Japan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: Required functions of a microgrid become divers because there are many possible configurations that depend on the location. In order to effectively implement the microgrid system, which consists of a microgrid controller and components with distributed energy resources (DERs), thorough tests should be run to validate controller operation for possible operating conditions. Power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation is a validation method that allows different configurations and yields reliable results. However, PHIL configuration for testing the microgrid controller that can evaluate the communication between a microgrid controller and components as well as the power interaction among microgrid components has not been discussed. Additionally, the difference of the power rating of microgrid components between the deployment site and the test lab needs to be adjusted. In this paper, we configured the PHIL environment, which integrates various equipment in the laboratory with a digital real-time simulation (DRTS), to address these two issues of microgrid controller testing. The test in the configured PHIL environment validated two main functions of the microgrid controller, which supports the diesel generator set operations by controlling the DER, regarding single function and simultaneously activated multiple functions.

Keywords: distributed energy resource; frequency control; laboratory testing; microgrid; off-grid; power hardware-in-the-loop (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: 2020
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