The electric energy supply system is facing a fundamental systemic change, due to the large-scale integration of distributed energy production units, based on renewable energy resources. This requires the integration of an active distribution network (Smart Grids).
To face these challenging tasks the new network partners have to be actively integrated in the control of the electrical networks. These innovative grid functionalities are requiring novel network components (inverters, smart meters, charging units, current limiters, etc.). These components are active and show a highly non-linear system behavior, which often cannot be represented in an analytical model. In order to develop such components and to define, verify and optimize network management procedures it is essential to analyze the interaction between a selected system component and the network. For active network components, as they can be found in smart grids, Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (P-HIL) or Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) methods are used as an innovative approach.
With AIT Energy as a WP leader twenty renowned researchers of important institutions (EDF, KEMA, TECNALIA, NTUA, IWES, RSE, CRES, AIT, RISOE-DTU, VTT, TUS-RDS, CEA, USTRAT, UNIMAN, TULodz) coming from 13 EU-member states discussed the thematic area of modeling and real-time simulation of network components for the integration of distributed energy production plants. The objective is to elaborate standards for the modeling and validation of these components for their application in the research infrastructure laboratories of the DERri partners.