Laboratory Architecture

The continuous growing integration of renewable energy sources, the needs for an environmentally friend energy system, the uprising of energy storage solutions and more generally the deployment of the concept of Smart Grids changed completely the context under which power systems are operated nowadays.

Simultaneously, the digitalization of the power system, i.e. the usage of digital solutions in power systems, is also taking place all around the world.

Under this context, and to leverage the application of new products/ solutions, R&D Nester has a Real Time Power System Simulation (RTPSS) Laboratory, providing a unique research and simulation infrastructure to analyze the behavior of different components of the power system.

Housing state-of-the-art equipment and different test tools it is possible to simulate different scenarios of power systems and assess their performance.

The introduction of digital solutions in power systems creates the opportunity for applications of new solutions and the Laboratory is also equipped with testing tools that allow a co-simulation of power system and communication networks.

Different software and hardware solutions for simulation of communication networks running together with power systems simulation solutions offer this possibility.

The vast range of simulation possibilities include Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) techniques and in addition to the simulation in the Laboratory premises it is possible to have a remote access to some of its functionalities.