Table Of ContentMethods and
Concepts for
Designing and
Validating Smart
Grid Systems
Edited by
Thomas I. Strasser, Sebastian Rohjans and Graeme M. Burt
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Methods and Concepts for Designing
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Methods and Concepts for Designing
and Validating Smart Grid Systems
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ThomasI.Strasser
SebastianRohjans
GraemeM.Burt
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Special Issue Editors
Thomas I. Strasser Sebastian Rohjans
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
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Graeme M. Burt
University of Strathclyde
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Contents
AbouttheSpecialIssueEditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
ThomasI.Strasser,SebastianRohjans,GraemeM.Burt
MethodsandConceptsforDesigningandValidatingSmartGridSystems
Reprintedfrom:Energies2019,12,1861,doi:10.3390/en12101861 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ViktorijaBobinaite,ArtjomsObushevs,IrinaOleinikovaandAndreiMorch
Economically Efficient Design of Market for System Services under the
Web-of-CellsArchitecture
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,,729,doi:10.3390/en11040729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MarionGottschalk,GeraldFranzl,MatthiasFrohner,RichardPasteka,andMathiasUslar
FromIntegrationProfilestoInteroperabilityTestingforSmartEnergySystemsatConnectathon
Energy
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,3375,doi:10.3390/en11123375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MathiasUslar,SebastianRohjans,ChristianNeureiter,FilipPro¨stlAndre´n,JorgeVelasquez,
CorneliusSteinbrink,VenizelosEfthymiou,GianluigiMigliavacca,SeppoHorsmanheimo,
HelfriedBrunner,andThomasI.Strasser
ApplyingtheSmartGridArchitectureModelforDesigningandValidatingSystem-of-Systems
inthePowerandEnergyDomain:AEuropeanPerspective
Reprintedfrom:Energies2019,12,258,doi:10.3390/en12020258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
EvangelosRikos,ChrisCaerts,MattiaCabiati,MazheruddinSyedandGraemeBurt
Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Power-Frequency Characteristic Regulation in High-RES
PowerSystems
Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,10,982,doi:10.3390/en10070982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
NguyenXuanTien,JongMyungRheeandSangYoonPark
A Combined Approach Effectively Enhancing Traffic Performance for HSR Protocol in
SmartGrids
Reprintedfrom:Energies,10,1356,doi: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
PauloM.DeOliveira-DeJesus,MarioA.RiosandGustavoA.Ramos
EnergyLossAllocationinSmartDistributionSystemswithElectricVehicleIntegration
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,1962,doi:10.3390/en11081962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MarioKlaric´,IgorKuzleandNinoslavHoljevac
WindPowerMonitoringandControlBasedonSynchrophasorMeasurementDataMining
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,3525,doi:10.3390/en11123525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
VanHoaNguyen,YvonBesanger,QuocTuanTranandTungLamNguyen
On Conceptual Structuration and Coupling Methods of Co-Simulation Frameworks in
Cyber-PhysicalEnergySystemValidation
Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,,1977,doi:10.3390/en10121977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RonBrandl
Operational Range of Several Interface Algorithms for Different Power
Hardware-In-The-LoopSetups
Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,10,1946,doi:10.3390/en10121946 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
v
MicheleGarau,EmilioGhiani,GianniCelli,FabrizioPiloandSergioCorti
Co-Simulation of Smart Distribution Network Fault Management and Reconfiguration with
LTECommunication
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,1332,doi:10.3390/en11061332 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
MatthiasStifter,JoseCordova,JawadKazmiandRezaArghandeh
Real-Time Simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Distribution Synchrophasor
Applications
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,876,doi:10.3390/en11040876. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
EfrenGuillo-Sansano,MazheruddinH.Syed,AndrewJ.RoscoeandGraemeM.Burt
Initialization and Synchronization of Power Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulations: A Great
BritainNetworkCaseStudy
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,1087,doi:10.3390/en11051087 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tung-Lam Nguyen, Efren Guillo-Sansano, Mazheruddin H. Syed, Van-Hoa Nguyen,
Steven M. Blair, Luis Reguera, Quoc-Tuan Tran, Raphael Caire, Graeme M. Burt,
Catalin Gavriluta and Ngoc-An Luu
Multi-Agent System with Plug and Play Feature for Distributed Secondary Control in
Microgrid—Controller and Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Implementation
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,3253,doi:10.3390/en11123253 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
FalkoEbe,BasemIdlbi,DavidE.Stakic,ShuoChen,ChristophKondzialka,MatthiasCasel,
GerdHeilscher,ChristianSeitl,RolandBru¨ndlinger,ThomasI.Strasser
Comparison of Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Approaches for the Testing of Smart Grid
Controls
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,3381,doi:10.3390/en11123381 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
HamadaAlmasalma,SanderClaeys,KonstantinMikhaylov,JussiHaapola,AriPouttuand
GeertDeconinck
ExperimentalValidationofPeer-to-PeerDistributedVoltageControlSystem
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,1304,doi:10.3390/en11051304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
FranciscodePaulaGarcia-Lopez,ManuelBarragan-Villarejo,AlejandroMararno-Marcolini,
JoseMar´ıaMaza-OrtegaandJose´LuisMart´ınez-Ramos
Experimental Assessment of a Centralised Controller for High-RES Active Distribution
Networks
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,3364,doi:10.3390/en11123364 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Junjie Hu, Tian Lan, Kai Heussen, Mattia Marinelli, Alexander Prostejovsky and
Xianzhang Lei
Robust Allocation of Reserve Policies for a Multiple-Cell Based Power System
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,10,381,doi:10.3390/en11020381. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
JulianoCamargo,FredSpiessensandChrisHermans
ANetworkFlowModelforPrice-ResponsiveControlofDeferrableLoadProfiles
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,613,doi:10.3390/en11030613. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
SannaUski,KimForsse´nandJariShemeikka
Sensitivity Assessment of Microgrid Investment Options to Guarantee Reliability of Power
SupplyinRuralNetworksasanAlternativetoUndergroundCabling
Reprintedfrom:Energies2018,11,2831,doi:10.3390/en11102831 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
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About the Special Issue Editors
ThomasI.StrasserreceivedMaster’sandPh.D.degreesfromViennaUniversityofTechnology(TU
Wien)andwasawardedwiththeveniadocendi(Habilitation)inthefieldofautomationfromthe
same university. For several years, he has been a senior scientist in the Center for Energy of the
AITAustrianInstituteofTechnology.Hismainresponsibilitiesinvolvethestrategicdevelopmentof
smartgridautomationandvalidationresearchprojectsandmentoring/supervisingjuniorscientist
and Ph.D. candidates. Before joining AIT, Dr. Strasser spent several years as a senior researcher
investigating reconfigurable automation systems at PROFACTOR and some years at TU Wien as
a project assistant working on control-related topics. He is currently active as a senior lecturer
(Privatdozent)atTUWien.
SebastianRohjansisaProfessorforenergyinformaticsatHamburgUniversityofAppliedSciences
focusingoninteroperabilityaspectsforautomationsystemsindistributiongrids.Furtherfocaltopics
ofhisworkaresimulationframeworks,datamodeling,andICT-architecturedevelopmentforfuture
energysystems. TheapplicationofICTstandardssuchastheCommonInformationModel(CIM),
IEC61850,andtheOPCUnifiedArchitectureisacross-cuttingkeypointofhisoverallwork.In2012
hereceivedaPh.D.degreefromtheUniversityofOldenburgforhisresearchdealingwith“Semantic
ServiceIntegrationforSmartGrids”.
Graeme M. Burt is currently a Professor at Strathclyde, where he is director of the Rolls-Royce
UniversityTechnologyCentre. Prof. Burtleadsasignificantbodyofresearchfocusedonthegrid
integrationofdistributedenergy, protectionandcontrolfordistributedgeneration, powersystem
modeling and simulation, and active distribution networks. He is a lead academic in the BERR
UKCentreforDistributedGeneration, andleadsEPSRCSUPERGEN“HighlyDistributedEnergy
Futures”.
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energies
Editorial
Methods and Concepts for Designing and Validating
Smart Grid Systems
ThomasI.Strasser1,*,SebastianRohjans2,*andGraemeM.Burt3,*
1 ElectricEnergySystems,CenterforEnergy,AITAustrianInstituteofTechnology,1210Vienna,Austria
2 DepartmentofInformationandElectricalEngineering,HamburgUniversityofAppliedSciences,
20099Hamburg,Germany
3 InstituteforEnergyandEnvironment,ElectronicandElectricalEngineeringDepartment,Universityof
Strathclyde,GlasgowG11XW,UK
* Correspondence:[email protected](T.I.S.);[email protected](S.R.);
[email protected](G.M.B.);Tel.:+43-664-2351934(T.I.S.)
Received:1March2019;Accepted:13May2019;Published:15May2019
Abstract:ThisEditorialprovidesanintroductiontotheSpecialIssue“MethodsandConceptsfor
DesigningandValidatingSmartGridSystems”.Furthermore,italsoprovidesanoverviewofthe
correspondingpapersthatwhererecentlypublishedinMDPI’sEnergiesjournal.TheSpecialIssue
tookplacein2018andacceptedatotalof19papersfrom19differentcountries.
Keywords:design,developmentandimplementationmethodsforsmartgridtechnologies;modelling
andsimulationofsmartgridsystems;co-simulation-basedassessmentmethods;validationtechniques
forinnovativesmartgridsolutions;real-timesimulationandhardware-in-the-loopexperiments
1.Introduction
Energyefficiencyandlow-carbontechnologiesarekeycontributorstocurtailingtheemission
ofgreen-housegasesthatcontinuetocauseglobalwarming.Theeffortstoreducegreen-housegas
emissionsalsostronglyaffectelectricalpowersystems.Renewablesources,energystoragesystems
andflexibleloadsprovidenewsystemcontrols,butpowersystemoperatorsandutilitieshavetodeal
withtheirfluctuatingnature,limitedstoragecapabilitiesandtypicallyhigherinfrastructurecomplexity
withagrowingnumberofheterogeneouscomponents.Inadditiontothetechnologicalchangeofnew
components,theliberalisationofenergymarketsandnewregulatoryrulesbringcontextualchange
thatnecessitatestherestructuringofthedesignandoperationoffutureenergysystems.Sophisticated
componentdesignmethods,intelligentinformationandcommunicationarchitectures,automation
andcontrolconcepts,newandadvancedmarkets,aswellasproperstandardsarenecessaryinorder
tomanagethehighercomplexityofsuchintelligentpowersystemsthatformthesmartgrid.
Due to the considerably higher complexity of such cyber-physical energy systems (CPES),
constitutingpowersystem,automation,protection,informationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT),
aswellassystemservices,itisexpectedthatthedesignandvalidationofsmartgridconfigurationswill
playamajorroleinfuturetechnologyandsystemdevelopments.However,anintegratedapproachfor
thedesignandevaluationofsmartgridconfigurationsincorporatingthesediverseconstituentparts
remainsevasive.Validationapproachesavailabletodayfocusmainlyoncomponent-orientedmethods.
Inordertoguaranteeasustainable,affordableandsecuresupplyofelectricitythroughthetransition
toafuturesmartgridwithconsiderablyhighercomplexityandinnovation,newdesign,validation
andtestingmethodsappropriateforCPESisrequired.Papersthatpresentresultsrelatedtothedesign
andvalidationofsmartgridsystemshavebeentargetedbythisSpecialIssue.
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