Interfacing Power System and ICT Simulators: Challenges, State-of-the-Art, and Case Studies

Sven Christian Müller; Hanno Georg; James J. Nutaro; Edmund Widl; Yi Deng; Peter Palensky; Muhammad U. Awais; Moustafa Chenine; Markus Küch; Matthias Stifter; Hua Lin; null More Authors

doi:10.1109/TSG.2016.2542824

Interfacing Power System and ICT Simulators: Challenges, State-of-the-Art, and Case Studies

Sven Christian Müller , Hanno Georg, James J. Nutaro, Edmund Widl, Yi Deng, Peter Palensky, Muhammad U. Awais, Moustafa Chenine, Markus Küch, Matthias Stifter, Hua Lin, More Authors

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Abstract

With the transition towards a smart grid, the power system has become strongly intertwined with the information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. The interdependency of both domains requires a combined analysis of physical and ICT processes, but simulating these together is a major challenge due to the fundamentally different modeling and simulation concepts. After outlining these challenges, such as time synchronization and event handling, this manuscript presents an overview of state-of-the-art solutions to interface power system and ICT simulators. Due to their prominence in recent research, a special focus is set on co-simulation approaches and their challenges and potentials. Further, two case studies analyzing the impact of ICT on applications in power system operation illustrate the necessity of a holistic approach and show the capabilities of state-of-the-art co-simulation platforms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14-24
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2016.2542824
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Co-Simulation
Communication Systems
Information Technology
Power System Simulation
Smart Grids

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