RT21 | Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) Validation of Energy Management System in ATENEA microgrid

"CENER has developed an EMS to manage either microgrids or renewable generation plants hybridized with energy storage systems. Its first prototype has been validated at its facilities in the ATENEA microgrid, which have been previously simulated through RT-LAB using a OP4510 target. The EMS consists of a SCADA where the user can configure almost any plant based on renewable generation systems, loads, electric vehicle, connection to utility grid, gen-set and different types of energy storage systems. Also, the EMS lets the user select between several strategies and plant control depending on the configuration chosen before and their interests. Since the study focuses on the ATENEA microgrid, which is composed of lithium, flow and lead-acid energy storage systems, a gen-set, programmable loads, one electric car, solar generation and grid connection, this system has been modelled and then simulated in an OPAL-RT target. Through a previous process of validation of every model as well as the communication system with the EMS, the built system allows to design, adjust, and validate the strategies and control systems before testing them in ATENEA."