Establishing a hardware-in-the-loop research environment with a hybrid energy storage system

Abstract

The KIT Energy Smart Home Lab is a smart residential building comprising building automation, metering systems, sensors, intelligent appliances, heating, ventilation, and airconditioning equipment, distributed generation, and energy storage systems. Currently, the lab is extended by a hybrid energy storage system and a linear voltage amplifier for real-time simulations, to facilitate fully functional power hardware-in-the-loop simulations and evaluations. This paper presents the setup of the lab, the hardwarein-the loop research environment, and first measurements when using a simulated artificial mains network.

Requirements for Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Emulation of Distribution Grid Challenges

“…The ESHL provides the area of application for the HESS that provides system services. A detailed description of the laboratory setup is given in [24].…”