The development of a smart grid co-simulation platform and case study on Vehicle-to-Grid voltage support application

Author

Chong Shum ; Lau, W.H. ; Ka Lun Lam ; Yuxuan He ; Chung, Hum ; Tse, Norman C. F. ; Tsang, K.F. ; Lai, L.L.

Author_Institution

Centre for Smart Energy Conversion & Utilization Res., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

594

Lastpage

599

Abstract

A reliable and adequate communication network is crucial for smart grid applications. It is important to evaluate the performance of network infrastructure with respect to the diverse requirements imposed by various smart grid applications to ensure system reliability. Due to the complex dynamics involving communication and electrical systems, analytical study on smart grid faces challenges. As a result, comprehensive simulation platforms are needed for the study of interdependency between the heterogeneous systems. In this paper, we discuss the design of our smart grid co-simulation platform which combines power system simulator PSCAD/EMTDC with network simulator OPNET. In addition, we report a case study on Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) voltage support application with respect to WiMAX / WiFi vehicle-to-infrastructure scenarios.

Keywords

WiMax; power system simulation; reliability; smart power grids; OPNET network simulator; PSCAD-EMTDC; V2G voltage support; WiMAX-WiFi vehicle-to-infrastructure scenarios; communication network; complex dynamics; diverse requirements; electrical systems; heterogeneous systems; network infrastructure; power system simulator; smart grid co-simulation platform; system reliability; vehicle-to-grid voltage support; Communication networks; IEEE 802.11 Standards; PSCAD; Smart grids; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6688023

Filename

6688023