The smart-grid approach undergoes many difficulties regarding the strategy that will enable its actual implementation. In this paper, an overview of real-time simulation technologies and their applicability to the smart-grid approach are presented as enabling steps toward the smart-grid’s actual implementation. The objective of this work is to contribute with an introductory text for interested readers of real-time systems in the context of modern electric needs and trends. In addition, a comprehensive review of current applications of real-time simulation in electric systems is provided, together with the basis to understand real-time simulation and the topologies and hardware used to implement it. Furthermore, an overview of the evolution of real-time simulators in the industrial and academic background and its current challenges are introduced.
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- Overview of Real-Time Simulation as a Supporting Effort to Smart-Grid Attainment
- Ibarra, Luis (Author)
- Rosales, Antonio (Author)
- Ponce, Pedro (Author)
- Molina, Arturo (Author)
- Ayyanar, Raja (Author)
- Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.3390/en10060817
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1996-1073
- The final version of this article, as published in Energies, can be viewed online at: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/6/817
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Ibarra, L., Rosales, A., Ponce, P., Molina, A., & Ayyanar, R. (2017). Overview of Real-Time Simulation as a Supporting Effort to Smart-Grid Attainment. Energies, 10(6), 817. doi:10.3390/en10060817