Performance Evaluation of Distributed Energy Resource Management
Algorithm in Large Distribution Networks
Abstract
This paper presents performance evaluation of hierarchical optimization
and control for distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) in
large distribution networks via an advanced hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
platform. The HIL platform provides realistic testing in a laboratory
environment, including the accurate modeling of a full-scale
distribution system of 11,000 nodes, the DERMS software controller, and
90 power hardware photovoltaics (PVs) and battery inverters. The applied
DERMS algorithm is designed based on a realtime optimal power flow
algorithm and implemented with acceleration design that performs fast
dispatch of simulated PVs and real physical hardware DER devices every 4
seconds.