Contact: nguyenxuan.trung@han.nl
Beschrijving
A smart grid is an evolved grid system that manages electricity demand in a sustainable, reliable and economic manner. Designing and understanding this energy transition can be complicated. To demonstrate the behaviour of a small part of the grid, a smart grid simulation table is designed and built consisting of several 3D-printed miniature modules interconnected by different types of power lines (high, medium and low voltage) simulated by LED strips. The table is to serve as a simulation tool for providing basic understanding on the functionality of the Smart grid concept and it is intended for students, teachers, government officials and other stakeholders involved in the energy transition. There are several interested customers for this demo table: educational institutions (Hogescholen, ROCs), electricity network companies (Alliander), municipalities, and many firms involved with energy. We are developing the prototype (4.0) of the Smart Grid Demo Table in partnership with Alliander B.V.
Data Flows
Via software the values of power flowing through this grid can be both displayed on a tablet or phone via an app, and on other displays. The power flows (kW) and energy consumption (kWh) for each of the 3D-printed modules are visible via an android app. The simple calculation for energy flow have been implemented in python on a raspberry pi. The code now running very slow (around 15 second respond time)on a single core of the Pi and use only around 20% power of the CPU. The real power simulation have never been implemented. An interface app now having a basic display function but not user friendly and difficult to control.
These include:
• Investigate the possibilities of using the full power of the Pi to improve the calculation time (might be multiprocessing or multi-threading could help?).
• Redesign an interface to make it look more beautiful and more user friendly.
• Research on implemented PyPSA (Python for power system Analysis) into the Simulation.