Typhoon HIL Blog

Blog highlights:

• SGRC is one of the strongest Korean research centers in its field.
• The Center contributes to industrial smart grid-related R&D activities.
• In this Academic Spotlight, hear how Typhoon HIL solutions were utilized in some of their industry-academia projects and what main benefits they see in using HIL in their research.

Blog Highlights

• Hitachi Energy’s installations across the world reduce the likelihood of mistakes with system configuration, deployment, and operation, and allow them to juggle competing requirements.
• Hitachi Energy pairs these capabilities with HIL modeling and testing to ensure microgrids are the right fit for the market.
• Hitachi Energy applies HIL testing to comply with certification and standards, such as grid codes, prior to deployment.

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• Rolls Royce Power Systems takes off-the-shelf items of equipment and brings them together to make an AC coupled battery storage system.
• Rolls Royce integrates with the whole microgrid with centralized control, ensuring all the different parts work together.
• Using HIL testing allows Rolls Royce to reduce surprises in the field, making commissioning easier and faster.

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• Testing in a simulated environment reduces the potential risk of damaging customer equipment.
• Closed-loop systems like HIL enable fine-tuning HIL models.
• HIL digital twins enable a testing ground for plug-and-play microgrids.
• With HIL, site testing and debugging of software can be completed ahead of deployment.

Blog Highlights

• Challenge | Addressing the Challenges of Microgrid Systems Integration.
• Design | Pros and Cons of Testing Methods to Validate Microgrid Designs.
• Development | Streamlining Microgrid Development with Model-Based Engineering.
• Testing | How HIL Tests the Functionality of Microgrid Controllers.
• Validation | How to Validate a Microgrid Project.
• Case Studies | How Does HIL Work in the Real World,
  learn from Case Studies with Duke Energy, Rolls Royce, and Hitachi Energy.

Michele Fusero is an R&D engineer and control specialist for the e-mesh PowerStore Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Grid Edge Solutions Product Group at Hitachi Energy. He delivered a talk at the virtual PEDG2021 conference on how HIL became the pillar of the e-mesh solution product development. Watch the video above or read the full blog article to learn more.

Blog Highlights

• The main challenges of inverter control design, development, testing, and certification.
• How does a C-HIL setup look like for hybrid inverter control testing.
• How can test automation speed up inverter software update verification.
• How can HIL speed up product development while improving product robustness and quality.

The provision of secure, reliable, and resilient energy and water is critical to ensuring mission execution at our military installations. Over the last 8 years, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) – DoD's environmental technology demonstration and validation program – has deployed innovative technologies designed to improve energy security, increase backup power reliability, and support critical loads during extended electrical grid outages. One of the most promising technologies in this sector is microgrids. These systems can reduce operating costs behind the meter and generate revenue by providing services to utilities and/or participating in energy markets.

OpenDSS software integration brings power flow with a seamless transition to real-time, deterministic analysis.

In response to the DoD Digital Engineering Strategy (2018), the US Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) funded Typhoon HIL to demonstrate the Integrated Model-Based Design Process (IMBDP) for affordable, scalable, and resilient DoD installation microgrids.