Application of OPC protocol in islanded micro grid automation

• Published in: International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Intelligent Systems (SEISCON 2011) pp. 560 - 563
• Main Authors: Philip, V.K, Jose, S, Ashok, S
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage IET 2011; The Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Subjects: Control engineering computing; Control of electric power systems; Distributed power generation; Power engineering computing; User interfaces; empirically modelled gas genset; cascade configuration; distributed power generation; user interfaces; controllable DER; power engineering computing; noncontrollable DER; producer gas; user interface; object linking and embedding for process control protocol; islanded microgrid automation; protocols; control engineering computing; hardware-in-the-loop simulation; supervisory control system
• ISBN: 9789380430003; 9380430000
• DOI: 10.1049/cp.2011.0423

This paper details the application of Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC) protocol to implement a supervisory control system for a controllable DER fuelled by producer gas, sharing a common load with a non-controllable DER. The power output of an empirically modelled gas genset has been controlled using a control system in cascade configuration. A user interface has been developed and hardware-in-the-loop simulation of the entire system has been performed.