The development of an Active Network Management test-bed using communications emulation

Author

Breaden, Craig ; Dysko, Adam ; Davidson, Euan M. ; Dolan, Michael J. ; McNeill, Neville

Author_Institution

Inst. for Energy & Environ., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Active Network Management (ANM) has been trialed in recent years to tackle constraints on the grid caused by increased penetration of Distributed Generation. The selection of communication channels is a key element of delivering the benefits of ANM. Understanding the performance of a solution prior to implementation is an invaluable tool as utilities and generators decide on what technologies to invest in. Thus it is the aim of this paper to present a flexible test-bed for ANM solutions which makes use of an open source communications emulation tool, NS-3.

Keywords

distributed power generation; telecommunication channels; ANM solutions; NS-3 emulation tool; active network management; communication channels; communications emulation; distributed generation; open source communications; Communication networks; Emulation; Generators; Load flow; Real-time systems; Smart grids; Testing; Communications Technology; Simulation; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), 2013 4th IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Lyngby

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695370

Filename

6695370