Performance Evaluation of Microgrid Management System by using a Hareware-In-Loop-Simulation Method

Abstract

This  paper  presents  a  real  time  digital  simulator based   test   system   as   a   new   method   for   testing   microgrid management system (MMS). This system is composed of a real time    digital    simulator    and    a    developed    communication emulator. Real time digital simulator runs a simulation case for microgrid   model   and   distributed   generation   source   model. Communication  module  emulates  communication  functions  of micro-sources   in   microgrid   by   transmitting   the   simulated signals to MMS. The MMS controls operation of micro-sources to  control  the  power  flow  at  the  point  of  common  coupling (PCC) and the voltage and frequency of microgrid. A prototype MMS  was  tested  for  stand-alone  and  grid-connected  operation to  verify  the  validation  of  the  developed  hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) system.