Scalable Power System Communications Emulation with OPC UA

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1978

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CIRED 2019

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3-6 June 2019

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Madrid, Spain

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Stübs , Marius, University of Hamburg , Germany
Dambrauskas , Paulius , University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Syed, Mazheruddin Hussain, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Köster , Kevin , University of Hamburg , Germany
Federrath, Hannes, University of Hamburg, Germany
Burt , Graeme M., University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Strasser , Thomas , Austrian Institute Of Technology, Austria

Abstract

The dependability on real-time control is significantly increasing due to the transition from synchronous grids to converter connected micro grids. Distributed control schemes can significantly decrease the degree of single-points-of-failure of Smart Grid control schemes, thereby introducing new complexity of power system communications. We propose a scalable approach for validation of distributed control schemes by emulating the communication in a decentralised manner, utilising the OPC UA service-oriented architecture in a controller-hardware-in-the-loop environment. As a proof-of-concept, we apply communication delay Denial-of-Service attacks to a converter-dominated communication-heavy and consensus-based microgrid control algorithm and thereby elaborate how scalable power systems communications emulation can help selecting appropriate mitigation strategies for telecommunication-based stress conditions.

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AIM

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2019-06-03

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CIRED 2019 Conference

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https://cired-repository.org/handle/20.500.12455/669
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/894

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2032-9644

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978-2-9602415-0-1