Real-time Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulator for Integrated AC-DC Energy Systems of Buildings and Communities

*电力能源系统正在随着复杂性的迅速增加、基于电力电子的技术的更广泛接受以及与通信系统和传感器的集成而发展。复杂的计算机模型对于电网的规划和运行以及未来可再生能源的设计和集成都是必不可少的。世界各地控制中心和研究机构的数千名工程师正在全职开发模型和进行研究。加拿大在开发最先进的解决方案和计算机化工具方面一直处于领先地位，能够设计和运行各种规模的电力系统。工业级仿真器--电磁暂态程序(EMTP)，如ATP、Microtran、EMTP-RV、PSCAD、RTDS、Opal-RT的RT-Lab、MatLab/Simulink的Simscape电气和Powertech Labs的暂态稳定工具DSATools等，都是由加拿大研究人员开发的和/或由加拿大研究人员开发的，现在作为行业标准工具在世界各地被压倒性地使用。*所要求的设备将支持UBC在开发计算高效的电力系统元件模型和仿真技术方面的长期传统，并将用于构建实时半实物(RT-HIL)仿真器，用于研究和优化UBC校园的交直流一体化储能和分配系统。拟议的RT-HIL模拟器平台将扩展研究能力，将实时模拟和控制算法与现有和未来的电力设备连接起来，首先在建筑物层面进行详细研究，然后在校园范围内进行研究，并模拟额外的变流器/能源/负荷/储存和其他配电系统，以进行更大规模的研究。*RT-HIL模拟器将刺激和支持新的倡议和想法，并将为几个现有和未来的战略伙伴关系拨款/项目、合作研究和开发计划以及发现拨款提供实验设施，这些拨款是由UBC电力和能源系统小组的成员(包括J.Jatskevich、J.Marti、C.Chen、H.Dommel、W.Dunford和M.Ordonz)承担和计划的。新型/先进型号的功率元件将通过实验硬件进行实时验证和测试。这项研究的结果将提升建模能力和未来的仿真工具，这是许多加拿大公司的利基专业知识和业务。它还将使加拿大能够引领整合替代能源和存储的新范式，并定义不断发展的未来智能能源系统。RT-HIL模拟器将为多达40名学生提供同时接受培训、提高技能和获得独特专业知识的机会。加拿大各地有许多公司现在都在拼命寻找拥有这一领域专业知识的人。

***Electrical energy systems are evolving with rapidly increasing complexity, wider acceptance of power-electronics-based technologies, and integration with communication systems and sensors. Sophisticated computer models are essential for the planning and operation of electric power grids, as well as the design and integration of future renewable energy sources. Thousands of engineers in control centers and research facilities around the world are working full-time developing models and conducting studies. Canada has been a leader in developing state-of-the-art solutions and computerized tools that enable the design and operation of electric power systems of various scales. The industry-grade simulators - the electromagnetic transient programs (EMTP) e.g., ATP, Microtran, EMTP-RV, PSCAD, RTDS, Opal-RT's RT-LAB, Matlab/Simulink's SimscapeElectrical, and Powertech Labs transient stability tools DSATools, etc., all have originated from and/or developed by Canadian researchers and are now overwhelmingly used throughout the world as industry-standard tools.******The requested equipment will support the UBC's long-time tradition in developing computationally efficient models of power systems components and simulation techniques, and it will be used to build the real-time hardware-in-the-loop (RT-HIL) simulator for studies and optimization of the integrated AC-DC Energy Storage System and distribution system on the UBC campus. The proposed RT-HIL simulator platform will extend the research capability for connecting the real-time simulations and control algorithms with the existing and future power equipment, conducting detailed studies first at a building level and then on a campus-wide system, as well as for emulating additional converters/energy sources/loads/storage and other pieces of distribution system for larger scale studies. ******The RT-HIL simulator will stimulate and support new initiatives and ideas, and will provide the experimental facility for several existing and future Strategic Partnership Grants/Projects, Collaborative Research and Development programs, and Discovery Grants that are undertaken and planned by members of the UBC's Electric Power and Energy System group (comprises Drs. J. Jatskevich, J. Marti, C. Chen, H. Dommel, W. Dunford, and M. Ordonez). The new/advanced models of power components will be verified and tested in real-time with experimental hardware. The results of this research will boost the modeling capabilities and future simulation tools, which is a niche expertise and business for many Canadian companies. It will also enable Canada to lead the new paradigms of integrating alternative energy sources and storage, and define the evolving future smart energy systems. The RT-HIL simulator will provide a concurrent opportunity for up to 40 students to receive training, build up skills, and acquire unique expertise. There are many companies across Canada that are now desperately looking to hire with expertise in this domain.