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