Description

The RE18 Advanced Smart Grid Technology system provides students with a self-contained modular system, allowing an in-depth understanding of the complex interactions between renewable energies, energy storage and consumers on a laboratory scale.

The system allows the construction of a controllable Smart Grid on a laboratory scale. Providing multiple pre-set scenarios but additionally allows for bespoke or user-created setups.

Contained in the system are multiple components for renewable energies such as wind and photovoltaics as well as energy stores such as lithium-iron-phosphate batteries / fuel cells that allow a large variety of fundamental experiments to be conducted in conjunction with smart grid experiments.

Features & Benefits

Setup of a complete smart grid on a laboratory scale
Investigating the influence of renewable energies on grid stability
Additional fundamental experiments on wind, photovoltaics, fuel cells and energy storage
Laboratory scale
Modular design
Supplied in a self contained aluminium case
Includes in-depth manual and predefined experiments

Demonstration Capabilities

Smart grid experiments:

Daily power fluctuations of a photovoltaic (PV) power plant
Daily power fluctuations of a wind power plant
Energy supply of a building by conventional power plants
Energy supply of a building by conventional and PV power plants
Energy supply of a building by conventional and PV power plants with storage
Voltage behaviour and grid stability in a radial distribution system
Grid stability with PV power plants
Grid stability with PV power plants depending on consumer load
Grid stability with PV power plants depending on wire length
Grid stability with PV power plants and smart transformer stations
Grid stability with PV power plants and storages
Grid integration of E-Mobility
Conductor rope management

Fundamental experiments:

Photovoltaics

IV-Characteristics of solar panels
IV-Characteristics depending on illumination
IV-Characteristics depending on temperature
MPP-Tracking

Wind energy

Turbine power dependent on blade shape and pitch angle
Turbine power dependent on number of blades
Turbine power dependent on wind direction

Fuel cell and electrolyzer

Functionality of an electrolyzer
IV-characteristics of an electrolyzer
Functionality of a fuel cell
IV-characteristics of a fuel cell

Storage technologies

Charge and discharge characteristics of a capacitor
Functionality and charge procedure of a LiFePo battery
Operation of fuel cells and electrolysers