Challenges and Experiences using 4DIAC for Smart Grid Laboratory Automation

Successful Usage of the 4DIAC Environment

Filip Andrn and Thomas Strasser
Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department

Presented by Alois Zoitl (fortiss GmbH)

4th 4DIAC Users Workshop (4DIAC) 18th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'2013) September 10-13, Cagliari, Italy

Content
AIT SmartEST Laboratory

Requirements Automation System

Automation System Overview and Design Implementation using 4DIAC Summary and Conclusions

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AIT SmartEST Laboratory

1 MW lab for Smart Grid component tests and system integration Specialized on inverter tests System tests with multiple components
RT SIM

Grid emulation (AC Sources) 0...480V, 850kVA

MV/LV 20/0.4 kV 1 MVA

Source: AIT

LV Bus 1 LV Bus 2
Line emulation 1 Line emulation 2

Real Time Simulator

RLC load 1

RLC load 2

Environmental tests
Simulation and validation Research, design and validation environment for Smart Grids Component development Automation concepts Communication concepts Design and validation
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RT SIM

LV Bus 1 LV Bus 2 LV Bus 3

Adjustable Transformer

RT SIM

Line emulation 3

2
EUT 2 EUT 3

Environmental Test Chamber

(-40..+100C 95%rH)

EUT 1

~
2 3

~
4 5 6

1500 V, 1500 A

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EUT 4

Programmable DC Sources

~
3

AIT SmartEST Laboratory

Source: AIT

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Requirements Automation System

High focus on safety

For personnel
For laboratory and test components Easy adaptability of control and safety functions

Test and safety procedures can change over the time

Visualisation and HMI SCADA, visualization and reporting

The main interface for the test engineer

How to handle and display large amount of information

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Requirements Automation System

All research concepts must NOT influence any test procedures

Integration of new automation and control concepts for Smart Grids

Needs a flexible solution Must be executable parallel to the test automation

Communication concepts for Smart Grids

Possibility to easily exchange communication protocols Support for different mediums

Design and validation

Support for design and validation of new methods and concepts

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Automation System Overview and Design

Hardware and software components

Measurement Devices SCADA System Test Engineers

I/Os

Multiple Controllers Offline Simulation Real-Time Simulation

Automation Infrastructure IEC 61499

Proprietary Hardware

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Automation System Overview and Design

SCADA Layer

Supervisory ctrl
Alterations straightforward Control Layer Basic control functionality SW alterations possible, but not necessary Hardware Layer Proprietary HW No direct access to SW
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DeWeSoft
IEC 61499

ScadaBR
IEC 61499

MAS (IEC 61499)

SCADA/DMS Level
(Windows/Linux)

Modbus, OPC
(IEC 61850, IEC 60870)

ASN.1 TCP/IP (Modbus, OPC, IEC 61850)

Automation

Safety

Data Processing

Control Level IEC 61499

(Linux)

Ethernet POWERLINK, Modbus

Sensor Dewetron

Sensor Siemens

I/Os

etc.

Hardware Level

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Automation System Overview and Design

1 SCADA PC with ScadaBR (Windows)
SCADA PC
Modbus ASN.1

2 Industrial PCs with 4DIAC (Linux)

B&R X20 I/O system with openPOWERLINK (EPL) 16 client nodes ~ 1.300 digital I/Os
IPC1

Ethernet

IPC2
Modbus ASN.1

22 Siemens PAC power measurement devices with libmodbus (Modbus/TCP) ~ 700 measurement channels

Ethernet POWERLINK Modbus ASN.1

Modbus Modbus

Siemens PAC Siemens PAC

Ethernet POWERLINK

Other proprietary hardware Grid & PV simulator Precision measurement system

CN1
EPL

CNn
EPL

I/Os

I/Os
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Implementation using 4DIAC

Single application and a single resource

Consequence: very large and unclear applications

Solution Grouping of FBs into Subapplications

Safety Safety
>> SAFETY (3)

Use of adapters to define interfaces

SCADA SCADA
(1)

Switch Switch Ctrl Ctrl

(2)

SWITCH >>
(7)

>> SWITCH (4) SAFETY >>

(6)

IO >>

IO IO
>> IO
(5)

Subapplications
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Automation functionality (e.g., power switch control) Control of power switches Two control signals Automatic switching sequence Reference power value
Switch ON
ON 1 0
OFF 1 0

Switch OFF
ON 1 0 OFF 1 0

Test sequence
Control of variable loads Motor tuning

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Resulting control application

SCADA Subapp
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Control Subapp

IO Subapp

Safety Subapp
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Summary and Conclusions

Development of a Smart Grid lab automation using mainly open source tools

4DIAC, ScadaBR, openPOWERLINK and libmodbus

Time consuming integration but very flexible and highly configurable 4DIAC as integrating middleware Through portability available for multiple platforms, currently used on Notebooks and standard PCs (Windows and Linux) Industrial PC (Windows Embedded and Linux) Embedded Controllers (Embedded Linux) As common interface between SmartEST and other automation projects Portability and exchangeability of control applications Configurable communication gateway to Smart Grid components (e.g., intelligent inverter systems)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This work is funded by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund with the support of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under the project DG-EV-HIL.
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Filip Andrn
Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Giefinggasse 2 | 1210 Vienna | Austria P +43(0) 50550-6680 | M +43(0) 664 2351916 filip.andren@ait.ac.at | http://www.ait.ac.at

Dr. Thomas Strasser

Electrical Energy Systems Energy Department AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Giefinggasse 2 | 1210 Vienna | Austria P +43(0) 50550-6279 | M +43(0) 664 2351934 thomas.strasser@ait.ac.at | http://www.ait.ac.at