Methodology to Develop Digital Twins for Microgrids

• Grant number: 22/03441-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2023
• Status: Discontinued
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Julio Rider Flores
• Grantee: Luiza Higino Silva Santos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/11380-5 - CPTEn - São Paulo Center for the Study of Energy Transition, AP.CCD
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/22141-0 - Integration of data-driven algorithms in energy management systems for microgrids, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Systems and objects digitalization is the main issue of hundreds of studies and developments for industry and academy. As the constituting blocks of smart grids, the implementation of microgrids considers digital monitoring of resources and the application of energy management systems that define the components dispatches using optimization models to achieve its specific goals. Some of the main challenges a digital system faces are data security, fault detection, determining ideal timing for equipment maintenance, and checking the operation specified by the energy management system. In that way, digital twins are virtual and faithful representations of the physical system and have an automatic and bidirectional flow, continuously learning and influencing its operation. The development of digital twins considers the digital model of the system, the integration with real-time data, and, finally, the model evolution and adaptation. Therefore, this project wants to create a digital twin for the laboratory microgrid of UNICAMP, the LabREI, and define a methodology for developing microgrid's digital twins, using CAMPUSGRID, UNICAMP campus microgrid, as a case of study.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS, LUIZA HIGINO S.; SILVA, JESSICA ALICE A.; LOPEZ, JUAN CAMILO; RIDER, MARCOS J.; DA SILVA, LUIZ C. P.. Joint Optimal Sizing and Operation of Unbalanced Three-Phase AC Microgrids Using HOMER Pro and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming. JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, v. 35, n. 2, p. 15-pg., 2023-12-27. (19/17306-1, 21/11380-5, 22/03441-7)