Chalmers Campus as a Testbed for Intelligent Grids and Local Energy Systems
Paper in proceeding, 2019

This paper presents an overview of a testbed for intelligent distribution grids, local energy systems, and energy flexible buildings, which is being developed at the campus of Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. It describes the test sites, the functionalities, and the planned demonstration activities within the scope of on-going research projects. The proposed demonstrations include a local energy market platform, energy management solutions for microgrids and smart buildings, as well as voltage control in distribution grids. The paper aims to show how the physical energy supply systems of the university are being adapted to integrate the communication and control set-ups that provide the technical requirements for smart grid interoperability. As an example, the on-site implementation of remote battery control is presented, where initial results show the feasibility and potential benefits of the external control. Finally, challenges and lessons learned during the development of the testbed are highlighted.

distribution network

energy management system

smart buildings

microgrids

smart grid.

intelligent grids

Campus microgrid

Author

Kyriaki Antoniadou-Plytaria

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Ankur Srivastava

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

David Steen

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Anh Tuan Le

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Ola Carlson

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

IEEE International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST)


978-1-7281-1156-8 (ISBN)

2019 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST)
Porto, Portugal,

From micro towards Mega GRID: Interaction of micro grids in Active Distribution Network (m2M-GRID)

Swedish Energy Agency (2016-006171), 2017-02-01 -- 2020-03-31.

Innovative energy management system for smart buildings and grid interactions

Göteborg Energi AB (GEAB), 2017-01-01 -- 2018-12-31.

HSB Living Lab (449), 2017-12-01 -- 2019-12-31.

Integrated cyber-physical solutions for intelligent distribution grid with high penetration of renewables (UNITED-GRID)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/773717), 2017-11-01 -- 2020-04-30.

Fossil Free Energy Districts (FED)

Region Västra Götaland (RUN 2017-00522 och MN 2017-00126), 2017-07-01 -- 2019-10-31.

European Commission (EC) (UIA01-209), 2016-11-01 -- 2019-10-31.

Subject Categories

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Energy Systems

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/SEST.2019.8849014

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