Adaptive protection testbed using real time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation

This paper proposes an alternative method for the coordination of overcurrent protection devices by using an adaptive scheme. This scheme is described as well and validated through two co-simulation techniques: the Real Time simulation (RT) and the Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation (HIL). These techniques require the integration of different software and hardware platforms as PSAT^® and LABVIEW^®. The results of the integration are presented applying the methodology to the IEEE 13-Nodes test system. Then, the information delivered by the RT-HIL simulation is compared and validated whit the offline software ETAP^®. The RT-HIL simulation methodology proposed in this paper can be used as a platform for testing and validation of smart grid algorithms.