SoftGrid: A Green Field Approach of Future Smart Grid

Yayun Zhou, Harald Held, Wolfram Klein, Kurt Majewski, Rainer Speh, Philipp Emanuel Stelzig, Christoph Wincheringer

2013

Abstract

In this paper, a novel power grid solution “SoftGrid” is proposed, which is a decentralized power system with two-level control architecture. The basic unit of this grid solution is a so-called SoftGrid-Adapter (SGA), which controls generators, consumers as well as energy storage devices under the guidance of an optimization model. The energy transmission among SGAs is supervised by a SoftGrid-Dispatcher (SGD), which balances energy among SGAs. Using the proposed SoftGrid two-level control architecture, one can build up a local grid from scratch. It is especially well-suited to be applied in remote areas where no commercial power grid exists. Hence it is also viewed as a green field approach to a future smart grid. The concept of SoftGrid is verified through system modeling and simulation under different scenarios. The simulation results show that SoftGrid is a power grid solution with both flexibility and reliability.

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in Harvard Style

Zhou Y., Held H., Klein W., Majewski K., Speh R., Stelzig P. and Wincheringer C. (2013). SoftGrid: A Green Field Approach of Future Smart Grid . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-8565-55-6, pages 5-11. DOI: 10.5220/0004356500050011


in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens13,
author={Yayun Zhou and Harald Held and Wolfram Klein and Kurt Majewski and Rainer Speh and Philipp Emanuel Stelzig and Christoph Wincheringer},
title={SoftGrid: A Green Field Approach of Future Smart Grid},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2013},
pages={5-11},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004356500050011},
isbn={978-989-8565-55-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - SoftGrid: A Green Field Approach of Future Smart Grid
SN - 978-989-8565-55-6
AU - Zhou Y.
AU - Held H.
AU - Klein W.
AU - Majewski K.
AU - Speh R.
AU - Stelzig P.
AU - Wincheringer C.
PY - 2013
SP - 5
EP - 11
DO - 10.5220/0004356500050011