Smart Grids Co-Simulations with Low-Cost Hardware

SCHVARCBACHER, Martin and Bruno ROSSI. Smart Grids Co-Simulations with Low-Cost Hardware. Online. In 43rd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) 2017. Not specified: IEEE, 2017, p. 252-255. ISBN 978-1-5386-2140-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2017.43.

Basic information

• Original name: Smart Grids Co-Simulations with Low-Cost Hardware
• Authors: SCHVARCBACHER, Martin (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Bruno ROSSI (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Not specified, 43rd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) 2017, p. 252-255, 4 pp. 2017.
• Publisher: IEEE

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/17:00100028
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• ISBN: 978-1-5386-2140-0
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2017.43
• UT WoS: 000426074600037
• Keywords in English: Smart Grids; Smart Meters; Hardware in the Loop; Co-Simulations; Cyber-Physical Systems
• Tags: firank_B
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Smart Grids have nowadays gained wide diffusion and relevance. Due to the complexity of the grid, many Smart Grids laboratories have emerged over the years to provide partially virtualized environments for testing and co-simulation testbeds for the modern grid. However, the costs for setting-up Smart Grids laboratories are substantial, representing a barrier for newcomers and for educational purposes. In this paper, we propose an hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) architectural solution based on Arduino and Raspberry PI boards, supported by the Mosaik framework to simulate different Smart Grids scenarios on a small and cost-effective scale. We highlight the educational benefits that the solution can bring for understanding simulations and HIL in an affordable & effective way in an easy-to-deploy environment.