TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Evaluation of a DC Microgrid Testbed for DER Integration and Power Management
AU - Gokul Krishnan, S.
AU - Konstantinou, Charalambos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper presents a DC microgrid testbed setup that consists of various Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) including solar Photovoltaics (PV), supercapacitors for voltage regulation, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The DC microgrid accommodates both non-flexible and flexible loads which can be dynamically adjusted based on PV power availability. The integration of the setup with the Hyphae Autonomous Power Interchange System (APIS) framework automates energy transfer within the BESS, ensuring efficient power management and optimizing the overall efficiency of the DC microgrid. Furthermore, the setup is validated in terms of the efficacy of the proposed model via real-time simulation, facilitated by the Speedgoat baseline real-time target Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) machine. The results demonstrate the model's adeptness in efficiently managing power sharing, emphasizing the capabilities of the DC microgrid setup in terms of performance and reliability in dynamic energy scenarios as well as enhancing the resilience of the grid amidst PV uncertainties.
AB - This paper presents a DC microgrid testbed setup that consists of various Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) including solar Photovoltaics (PV), supercapacitors for voltage regulation, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The DC microgrid accommodates both non-flexible and flexible loads which can be dynamically adjusted based on PV power availability. The integration of the setup with the Hyphae Autonomous Power Interchange System (APIS) framework automates energy transfer within the BESS, ensuring efficient power management and optimizing the overall efficiency of the DC microgrid. Furthermore, the setup is validated in terms of the efficacy of the proposed model via real-time simulation, facilitated by the Speedgoat baseline real-time target Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) machine. The results demonstrate the model's adeptness in efficiently managing power sharing, emphasizing the capabilities of the DC microgrid setup in terms of performance and reliability in dynamic energy scenarios as well as enhancing the resilience of the grid amidst PV uncertainties.
KW - autonomous power interchange system
KW - battery energy storage systems
KW - Distributed energy resources
KW - flexible loads
KW - hardware-in-the-loop
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U2 - 10.1109/MSCPES62135.2024.10542752
DO - 10.1109/MSCPES62135.2024.10542752
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85196080416
T3 - 2024 12th Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, MSCPES 2024
BT - 2024 12th Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, MSCPES 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 12th Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, MSCPES 2024
Y2 - 13 May 2024
ER -