PHEVs charging stations, communications, and control simulation in real time

Author

Herrera, Luis ; Murawski, Robert ; Guo, Feng ; Inoa, Ernesto ; Ekici, Eylem ; Wang, Jin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper introduces a platform for real time simulation and its contribution towards smart grid related research, with focus on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) charging stations. The current system is able to simulate in real time key elements of a smart grid such as: high speed power electronics, distributed energy resources (DER), and communication networks. A description of the platform for real time simulation is presented along with the integration of communication emulation; achieved through OPNET´s System in the Loop (SITL) package. In addition, an introduction to Networked Control Systems (NCS) is presented and a case study of PHEV charging stations which displays the latest results accomplished with the current setup.

Keywords

control engineering; hybrid electric vehicles; NCS; OPNET; PHEV; SITL; System in the Loop; charging stations; communication networks; control simulation; distributed energy resources; networked control systems; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; Control systems; Delay; Load modeling; Power electronics; Power system stability; Real time systems; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-248-6

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2011.6043167

Filename

6043167