On the use of real-time simulation technology in smart grid research and development

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3963-3970

  Dufour, Christian ^a   Belanger, Jean ^a  

^a OPAL RT TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution grid; Electromagnetic transient simulation; Hardware in the loop; HIL; IEC 61850; Power HIL; Realtime simulation; Relay testing; Smart grid; SSN

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; SCHEDULING; TRANSIENTS;

DISTRIBUTION GRID; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT SIMULATION; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; HIL; IEC-61850; POWER-HIL; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; RELAY TESTING; SMART GRID; SSN;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84913555655     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2014.2315507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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