The EDISON Project

VPP and EDISON research at DTU
Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Electric vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated
market using Sustainable energy and Open Networks
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
partners:
Start: March 2009
Duration: 3 years
Total budget: $ 8,500,000
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Danish Vision - 50% of energy consumed should be produced by wind in
2025.
Increased share of intermittent RES, yields a increased need for system
ancillary services (regulation).
Electric Vehicles can help achieve this!
The Edison project - An attempt to actively integrate large scale electric
transportation into the power grid.
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Task of the EDISON project:
• To develop standardized solutions which are applicable globally
• To provide a technical platform for a demonstration of EVs and
their interaction with the power system
End Result: large-scale demonstration on the island of Bornholm
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Level 1
Fundamentals
Level 2 Analysis
and design
Level 3 Technology
development
Level 4 Pilots and
recommendation
Level 5
Application
WP3 Distributed technology
integration
development
WP1 EV technology
WP2 System architecture design for EV’s
Demonstration 1
Vehicles
WP4 Central fast
charging and battery
swapping
”Development of a technical system for
intelligent system integration of distributed
EVs connected in private homes, company
parking lots, and WP6 at charging Platform for stations.”
demonstration
(From WP3 project description)
WP5 Physical EV
interface
Demonstration 2
Vehicles
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Step 1:Choice
of GVPP
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Step 2: Manage
Win-Win
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The EDISON Project Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Step 3: Support
Roaming
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Main goals for DTU VPP setup
• Establish a Virtual Power Plant(VPP) that can communicate
with, and coordinate an array of both physical and
simulated Distributed Energy Resources(DER).
• Use standard ICT to ensure interoperability and security
• Test and support different VPP architectures and
configurations.
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Components:
IBM BladeCenter
• A powerful platform for VPP-related projects
• Suitable for scalability testing and demostrations
• Supports internet cooperation between project partners
SenerTec µCHP
• 2 micro combined heat and power (µCHP) units running on
Natural Gas and Diesel
• Production of 17 kW total – 5,5 kW of electricity
Siemens SIMATIC Microbox PC
• Compact but powerful industrial embedded PC
• Supports the IEC 61850 standard and facilitates the communication with
the DACHS engines
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Communication:
Between BladeCenter and Siemens Microbox
• IEC 61850 – communication standard
Between External client and server
• REST Services – Service oriented web
communication based on standard web protocols
• SSH Tunneling – Secure communication channel over
the internet.
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
What kind of DERs?
Business Logic?
Centralized vs Decentralized?
2009, You Shi, DTU
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
An external client accessing a DER through a web browser:
The DERs of DTU easily can be accessed by a geographically
distributed VPP through IEC 61850 and Webservices.
Security is ensured through SSH tunneling.
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VPP Setup At CET Visit by David Chassin, PNNL, October 9 2009
Currently one DACHS is connected to the VPP setup -another
will be attached shortly.
Fucus will also be put on adding both physical and simulated
electric vehicles as DERs in the VPP.
Different VPP DER coordination strategies and powermarket
interfaces will be tested.
Thank You – End of Slides
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