Challenges and Experiences using 4DIAC for Smart Grid Laboratory Automation

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1 Challenges and Experiences using 4DIAC for Smart Grid Laboratory Automation Successful Usage of the 4DIAC Environment Filip Andrén and Thomas Strasser Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department Presented by Alois Zoitl (fortiss GmbH) 4 th 4DIAC User s Workshop (4DIAC) 18 th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'2013) September 10-13, Cagliari, Italy

2 Content AIT SmartEST Laboratory Requirements Automation System Automation System Overview and Design Implementation using 4DIAC Summary and Conclusions 2

3 AIT SmartEST Laboratory 1 MW lab for Smart Grid component tests and system integration RT SIM Grid emulation (AC Sources) V, 850kVA MV/LV 20/0.4 kv 1 MVA Source: AIT Specialized on inverter tests LV Bus 1 System tests with multiple components Environmental tests Simulation and validation Real Time Simulator LV Bus 2 LV Bus 1 LV Bus 2 Line emulation 1 Line emulation 2 RLC load 1 RLC load 2 Research, design and validation environment for Smart Grids Component development Automation concepts RT SIM LV Bus 3 Environmental Test Chamber ( C 95%rH) Adjustable Transformer EUT 1 ~ EUT 2 ~ EUT 3 ~ Line emulation 3 Communication concepts Design and validation RT SIM Programmable DC Sources 1500 V, 1500 A EUT 4 ~ 4 3

4 AIT SmartEST Laboratory Source: AIT 4

5 Requirements Automation System High focus on safety For personnel For laboratory and test components Easy adaptability of control and safety functions Test and safety procedures can change over the time Visualisation and HMI SCADA, visualization and reporting The main interface for the test engineer How to handle and display large amount of information 5

6 Requirements Automation System All research concepts must NOT influence any test procedures Integration of new automation and control concepts for Smart Grids Needs a flexible solution Must be executable parallel to the test automation Communication concepts for Smart Grids Possibility to easily exchange communication protocols Support for different mediums Design and validation Support for design and validation of new methods and concepts 6

7 Automation System Overview and Design Hardware and software components Measurement Devices SCADA System Test Engineers I/Os Automation Infrastructure IEC Proprietary Hardware Multiple Controllers Offline Simulation Real-Time Simulation 7

8 Automation System Overview and Design SCADA Layer Supervisory ctrl Alterations straightforward DeWeSoft IEC ScadaBR IEC MAS (IEC 61499) SCADA/DMS Level (Windows/Linux) Control Layer Basic control functionality SW alterations possible, but not necessary Hardware Layer Proprietary HW No direct access to SW Modbus, OPC (IEC 61850, IEC 60870) Sensor Dewetron Automation Sensor Siemens Safety I/Os ASN.1 TCP/IP (Modbus, OPC, IEC 61850) Data Processing Ethernet POWERLINK, Modbus etc. Control Level IEC (Linux) Hardware Level 8

9 Automation System Overview and Design 1 SCADA PC with ScadaBR (Windows) 2 Industrial PCs with 4DIAC (Linux) SCADA PC Modbus ASN.1 B&R X20 I/O system with openpowerlink (EPL) 16 client nodes ~ digital I/Os 22 Siemens PAC power measurement devices with libmodbus (Modbus/TCP) ~ 700 measurement channels Other proprietary hardware Grid & PV simulator Precision measurement system IPC1 Ethernet POWERLINK Modbus ASN.1 CN1 EPL I/Os Ethernet POWERLINK CNn EPL I/Os IPC2 Modbus ASN.1 Ethernet Siemens PAC Siemens PAC Modbus Modbus 9

10 Implementation using 4DIAC Single application and a single resource Consequence: very large and unclear applications Solution Grouping of FBs into Subapplications Use of adapters to define interfaces Safety SCADA Switch Ctrl >> SAFETY (3) (1) (2) SWITCH >> >> SWITCH (4) SAFETY >> (7) (6) IO >> IO >> IO (5) Subapplications 10

11 Implementation using 4DIAC Automation functionality (e.g., power switch control) Control of power switches Two control signals Automatic switching sequence Reference power value Test sequence Control of variable loads ON OFF ON OFF Switch ON Switch OFF Motor tuning 11

12 Implementation using 4DIAC Resulting control application SCADA Subapp Control Subapp IO Subapp Safety Subapp 12

13 Summary and Conclusions Development of a Smart Grid lab automation using mainly open source tools 4DIAC, ScadaBR, openpowerlink and libmodbus Time consuming integration but very flexible and highly configurable 4DIAC as integrating middleware Through portability available for multiple platforms, currently used on Notebooks and standard PCs (Windows and Linux) Industrial PC (Windows Embedded and Linux) Embedded Controllers (Embedded Linux) As common interface between SmartEST and other automation projects Portability and exchangeability of control applications Configurable communication gateway to Smart Grid components (e.g., intelligent inverter systems) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This work is funded by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund with the support of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under the project DG-EV-HIL. 13

14 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology your ingenious partner Filip Andrén Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Giefinggasse Vienna Austria P +43(0) M +43(0) filip.andren@ait.ac.at Dr. Thomas Strasser Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Giefinggasse Vienna Austria P +43(0) M +43(0) thomas.strasser@ait.ac.at