Smart Grid laboratory

Real-time simulation facilities

• RTDS simulator
  • 7 PB5 processors cards
  • 2 GPC processor cards
  • 3 GTNET X2 communication cards with IEC 61850, IEC 104 and COMTRADE
  • GTIO cards
• dSPACE; real-time simulator for control systems
• Amplifiers
  • 3 Omicron CMS156 signal amplifiers
  • 9 self-made verified current signal amplifiers
  • Adapters to connect IEDs with analog signals
  • Power amplifier, 20 kW

Distribution system automation facilities

• Distribution grid automation
  • ABB SSC 600
  • ABB COM 600
  • ABB SYS 600C
• Protection
  • ABB REF 615 IEC
  • Siemens Siprotec differential protection
  • FLISR demo: Schneider Electric HU_AF and AB_AC
• Monitoring
  • Smart meters: Landis+Gyr E650; Kamstrup Omnipower
  • RTU: iGRID iRTU and iRTUe; ABB REC 603
  • Secondary substaion automation: Landis+Gyr Discos
  • PMU: ABB RES 521
  • NI CompactRIO + Magnelab Rogowski coils
  • Power quality analysers
  • Self-made measurement systems
    • National wide synchronized global solar radiation measurements
    • Inexpensive synchronized voltage and current datalogging of low voltage grids
• Control devices
  • ABB REU 615 IEC B
  • ABB Unitrol 1020 F+PSS
• Automation software
  • ABB MicroSCADA DMS 600
  • OPC: Security gateway, UA wrapper, UA proxy, Data manager, Server for ICCP and Tunneler
  • Serial SCADA protocol analyzer
  • Lib IEC61850 open source library
  • Protocol test harness
  • IED Scout
  • Configuration: ABB PCM 600; ABB IET 600; SCL tool; ISaGRAF workbench
  • Self-made software: IDE4L demo, OVR demo

Microgrid facilities

• Microgrid devices
  • PV emulator
  • AGCO series hybrid diesel genset
  • Hot water storage
  • Tesvolt battery + SMA Sunny island inverters + island operation switches
• Software
  • Energy management system in Matlab
  • Microgrid controllers in Raspberry

Communication and computing facilities

• Communication devices
  • Industrial switches: ABB AFS660-CR; Cisco IE 2000U; AJECO DSiP multichannel routing (together with Automation lab)
  • Modems: ABB 2G; Phoenix contact 3G; Cisco 4G; Cisco 5G
  • Gateway: HMS Labsline SG 10; iGrid GW; VPN gateway; Peak-Systems CAN-USB hub ja CAN-Ethernet gateway; Phoenix contact Modbus RTU to Modbus TCP converter
• Time synchronization; Meinberg LANTIME M600
• Server to host virtual machines and docker containers for lab and simulation demonstrations

Simulation facilities

• PSCAD full and educational licences
• PowerWorld full and educational licences