Cyber-Physical Smart Energy Internet Automation and Management Research Laboratory

电网的网络物理安全正成为加拿大和世界各地的首要任务。加拿大的电力消费稳步增长，预计未来几年将增加两倍，特别是随着交通部门的电气化。在智能电网中，应通过优化电网资源和负荷的运行来安全地管理电能消耗，以确保对电网和电能输送质量的影响降至最低。能源自动化和管理主要包括两个阶段：监测、能源管理系统的开发和测试。在安大略省理工大学，申请者建立了智能能源互联网研究实验室，在智能电网的背景下调查和研究能源自动化和管理(A&M)系统。智能电子设备和实时数字电网模拟器，以及电能质量和能源监测设备，都可以在安大略省理工学院智能能源互联网研究实验室获得，这些设备都使用最先进的通信协议。此外，还开发了一个集成了先进的监测系统和先进的知识发现工具的能源自动化和管理系统(A&M)，以实现具有自愈能力的全自动化和弹性电网，并以高效、可靠和数字级的电能质量运行。由于构成智能能源互联网研究实验室的组件的主要连接是通过互联网，这些组件以及开发的能源A&M系统容易受到网络物理攻击。为了确保已开发的能源并购系统的正常运行以及完全符合行业标准，该系统必须经过广泛的测试，这是评估其在智能电网工作环境中性能的重要组成部分。已开发的能源并购系统测试阶段的成功完成将为加拿大带来巨大的经济和环境效益，这是部署该系统的结果。本申请中要求的EXATA网络物理工具箱是完成智能能源互联网研究实验室的重要组成部分，该实验室将有助于测试已开发的能源A&M系统的性能，并评估其对网络攻击的免疫力。这些设施将为研究生提供一个很好的机会，在智能电网的能源管理和网络安全方面进行培训和实践经验，这是电力行业非常需要和具有挑战性的领域。此外，这些设施将支持智能电网、网络安全和人工智能领域的跨学科研究项目。

Cyber-physical security of the electricity grid is becoming a top priority in Canada and around the world. Electric energy consumption in Canada has steadily increased and is expected to triple in the next few years, especially with the electrification of the transportation sector. In a smart grid, electric energy consumption should be securely managed by optimizing the operation of the grid resources and loads to ensure minimum impact on the electricity grid and the quality of power delivery. The energy automation and management mainly consist of two phases; monitoring, development of an energy management system and testing it. At Ontario Tech University, the applicant has established a Smart Energy Internet Research Laboratory to investigate and study energy automation and management (A&M) systems in the context of the smart grid. Intelligent Electronic devices and a real-time digital grid simulator in addition to power quality and energy monitoring devices all interconnected with state-of-the-art communications protocols are available at the Smart Energy Internet Research Laboratory at Ontario Tech. Furthermore, an energy automation and management system (A&M) that integrates advanced monitoring systems and advanced knowledge discovery tools is developed to achieve fully automated and resilient grid equipped with self-healing capabilities and operated at high efficiency, reliability and digital grade power quality. Since the main connectivity of the components making the Smart Energy Internet Research Laboratory is through the internet, these components as well as the developed Energy A&M system are prone to cyber-physical attacks. In order to ensure proper operation of the developed Energy A&M system as well as full compliance with industrial standards, this system has to undergo extensive testing, which is an essential part to evaluate its performance in the smart grid working environment. The successful completion of the testing phase of the developed Energy A&M system will have significant economic and environmental benefit to Canada as a result of deploying such a system. The EXata cyber-physical toolbox that is requested in this application represents an essential part for completing the Smart Energy Internet Research Laboratory, which will help testing the performance of the developed energy A&M system and assessing its immunity against cyber-attacks. These facilities will provide the graduate students with an excellent opportunity for training and having hand-on experience in energy management and cyber-security of the smart grid, which is a very needed and challenging area in the electric power industry. Moreover, theses facilities will support interdisciplinary research programs in smart grid, cyber security and artificial intelligence.