Real-Time Simulation Advancing Power and Energy Research and Industry Practices II

Dear Colleagues,

The wide integration of distributed generation, storage and electric vehicles, adoption of ICT solutions, interconnection of different energy carriers and consumer engagement pose new challenges and create new opportunities. In the transition to a sustainable energy system, advanced testing methods are needed to efficiently validate power equipment and controls in an increasingly complex environment. Real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations have proven to be valuable and effective methods for validating and de-risking power system equipment in highly realistic, flexible and repeatable conditions by combining the advantages of digital simulations and hardware testing of actual equipment.

This Special Issue welcomes innovative papers dealing with recent advances in real-time HIL simulations in several areas. Of special interest are papers reporting industrial best practices of, for example, power system equipment manufacturers (HVDC/FACTS, inverters, relays, controllers, etc.), utilities (TSOs, DSOs, etc.), manufacturers of real-time simulators, amplifiers, etc.

The following topics are considered most relevant:

• Advances in HIL testing of power electronic converters;
• Advances in HIL testing of power system protection;
• Advances in HIL testing of smart grid/microgrid controllers, energy management systems, wide area protection and control;
• Apparatus modeling for real-time simulation and model validation;
• Interfacing methods of PHIL and CHIL simulations—improvement of stability and accuracy;
• HIL cosimulation, cyber-security and cyber-physical energy systems;
• Geographically distributed HIL and real-time simulator coupling/challenges;
• Mechanical, multiphysics and multidomain HIL simulations;
• HIL in standardized testing and standardization of HILs;
• Industrial experiences in all the above areas.

Dr. Panos Kotsampopoulos
Dr. Omar Faruque
DI. Georg Lauss
Guest Editors

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• real-time simulation
• controller hardware-in-the-loop simulation (CHIL)
• power hardware-in-the-loop simulation (PHIL)
• power and energy systems
• industry applications
• TSOs and DSOs
• manufacturers
• testing and validation of HIL interfaces for HIL setups
• real-time EMTP simulation and application
• optimized control for real-time-based systems