De Lorenzo has designed a modular Smart Grid training system that studies the power flow and interaction between the electricity supplier’s networks (generation, transmission, and distribution systems) and the consumers (residential and/or commercial customers).
Industrial grade equipment has been integrated into a controlled environment, providing a flexible and reconfigurable learning platform to study electrical power engineering applications.
The core of the laboratory is a simplified scaled-down model of a power distribution system.
Several power sources from different renewable energies are connected to the system on different points simulating a distributed power generation system.
The energy can be added from the production side (high and mid voltage) or from the end-user side (microgrid).
The system includes 3 different energy generation subsystems:
- A variable pitch wind plant.
- A hydroelectric plant with pumped storage.
- Micro-grid energy sources using a solar photovoltaic system with battery storage and an optional micro-wind system generating energy from the low voltage side of the grid.
