The Danish Cell Project - Part 2: Verification of Control Approach via Modeling and Laboratory Tests

This paper presents a two prong approach to the validation of the cell controller being developed for advanced grid management in the presence of significant renewable and distributed generation embedded within distribution networks. A laboratory with configurable distributed generation sources, utility load simulators, wind turbine simulators, and high speed frequency and voltage compensators is used for physically validating the operation of the controller. The controls are then embedded within a network modeling and simulation tool for validating the operation of the controller against physical lab experiments. Once the software simulation and lab experiments provide consistent results, the solution can be scaled up for field deployment.