Residential Energy Library from Typhoon HIL

Background

The energy grid is in a constant state of evolution, reflecting a similar transformation in how consumers interact with it. The advent and expansion of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) at the residential level are providing consumers unprecedented access and participation in the energy market. This shift fosters enhanced reliability, autonomy, and control over energy usage.

Typhoon HIL’s Residential Energy Library offers a comprehensive suite of models and examples specifically designed for residential energy applications. This encompasses utility, generation, storage, protection, and load sectors. The library facilitates the easy modeling of intricate residential energy systems with numerous interconnected devices and controllers through a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. This simplifies the process of understanding and interacting with complex residential energy systems, fostering efficiency and effectiveness.

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Models and Examples

BESS (avg)

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The BESS (avg) component models a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) by pairing a battery model and an average value inverter model. It enables the fundamental harmonic waveform inverter behavior according to the BESS and grid conditions, without the need for power electronics HIL core resources. The model is divided into AC and DC sides, with SCADA Inputs setting the active and reactive power references.

Key Features
  • Simulates a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) interfaced with the grid.

  • Utilizes an average value inverter model to reproduce fundamental harmonic waveform inverter behavior.

  • The model includes AC and DC sides, with active and reactive power references set through SCADA inputs.

  • Provides a choice of four types of batteries: Lead-Acid, Lithium-Ion, Nickel-Cadmium, and Nickel-Metal-Hydride.

  • Offers options for filter configurations and controller parameterization.

  • Includes an input port to control load.

You can learn more about these parameters and how they interact with the rest of the system in the dedicated section here

Power Electronic Loads

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The Power Electronic Loads component simulates home appliances based on a generic Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) circuit. This component provides a faithful reproduction of instantaneous load current waveforms, making it ideal for power quality analysis in a range of scenarios.

Key Features
  • Simulates up to five home appliances connected in parallel on the same SMPS.

  • Three load type categories:

    • Compact and Linear Fluorescent Lamps (CFL/LFL)

    • Switch-Mode Power Supply with no Power Factor Correction (SMPS_noPFC)

    • Switch-Mode Power Supply with Passive Power Factor Correction (SMPS_pPFC)

  • Includes Inrush Current Protection (ICP), Diode Bridge Rectifier (DBR), and Power Factor Correction (PFC) in the SMPS topology model.

  • Provides precise modeling of various household appliance behaviors under different electrical load conditions.

For more details about the modeling process, parameterization of load types, and how to use this component, visit the dedicated section here.

PV Array with Microinverters

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The PV Array with Microinverters component offers the ability to model the aggregate behavior of numerous solar panels connected to microinverters. It simulates the independent behavior of various PV panels and inverters in signal processing, with the cumulative inverter behavior modeled at its terminals. The PV Array with Microinverters component features a comprehensive set of parameters, providing flexibility in adjusting its behavior to match the real-world scenario.

Key Features
  • Ability to model the aggregate behavior of numerous solar panels connected to microinverters.

  • Use of an EN50530 compatible PV model to simulate the IV curve.

  • Independent Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for each panel.

  • Average value modeling of the inverter behavior at the terminals of the PV Array with Microinverters component.

You can learn more about these parameters and how they interact with the rest of the system in the dedicated section here

Single-phase Genset

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The Single-phase Genset component allows you to model a genset with automatic synchronization with external networks, automatic or manual breaker control, current protection, and operation in grid forming, PQ, and PV modes. The Single-phase Genset component has a set of customizable parameters, enabling you to fine-tune its behavior to match real-world scenarios.

Key Features
  • Contains an automatic synchronization with external networks.

  • Provides automatic or manual breaker control.

  • Supports current protection.

  • Capable of operating in grid forming, PQ, and PV modes.

  • Power, voltage, and speed controllers utilize PI blocks with customizable coefficients.

  • Automatic estimation of controller coefficients are available and can be customized.

You can learn more about these parameters and how they interact with the rest of the system in the dedicated section here.

Split-phase Grid

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The Split-phase Grid component offers the ability to simulate a single-phase or split-phase symmetric or asymmetric grid. It consists of two single-phase voltage sources, series resistances, and inductances. The Split-phase Grid component comes with a robust set of parameters that provide great flexibility in simulating various grid conditions.

Key Features
  • Ability to simulate a single-phase or split-phase symmetric or asymmetric grid.

  • Includes phase voltage, line voltage, and phase current measurements.

  • Offers multiple model definitions: R-L, S-U, or S-U and X/R.

  • Provides precise modeling of grid conditions with parameters such as nominal line voltage, nominal frequency, resistance per phase, inductance per phase, line short circuit capacity, inductive power factor, and X/R ratio.

You can find detailed information about these parameters and their implications on the model’s performance in the dedicated section here.

Thermal Magnetic Breaker

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The Thermal Magnetic Breaker component is designed to simulate the behavior of a thermal magnetic circuit breaker often encountered in residential settings. This component offers versatile tripping mechanisms, including magnetic, thermal, and manual trips, making it perfect for simulations where varying breaker conditions are required.

Key Features
  • Accurate simulation of thermal magnetic circuit breakers common in residential applications.

  • Offers multiple tripping mechanisms: magnetic, thermal, and manual.

  • Precise modeling of breaker conditions with parameters such as nominal current, instantaneous trip current, trip temperature, ambient temperature, thermal resistance, and thermal time constant.

For further details on the Thermal Magnetic Breaker component and its features, visit its dedicated page here.

Wind Turbine

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The Wind Turbine component models a small wind turbine, complete with a single-phase grid-tied average model inverter. It represents a simplified version of the aerodynamic and mechanical behavior of an actual wind turbine. Users can choose between pre-parametrized 5.2 kW and 8.9 kW turbine models, or define custom parameters. The Wind Turbine component offers a broad set of parameters, enabling users to tune its behavior to match specific real-world conditions.

Key Features
  • Ability to model small wind turbines with adjustable settings.

  • The inclusion of two pre-parametrized turbine models, 5.2 kW and 8.9 kW.

  • Option for custom wind turbine parameters for specific use cases.

  • Incorporation of different aerodynamic models for Cp(β, λ) - Heier and Slootweg.

  • Availability of a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm for efficient power extraction.

You can learn more about these parameters and how they interact with the rest of the system in the dedicated section here

ZIP Loads

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The ZIP Load component enables simulation of various types of residential electrical loads. It accomplishes this through the implementation of a Constant Power Load (CPL) derived from the summation of polynomial ZIP load models. The ZIP Load component presents a wide range of parameters that ensures considerable flexibility in simulating different home appliances under various conditions.

Key Features
  • Ability to simulate up to five different types of home appliances, each represented by its transient and ZIP coefficients.

  • Categorizes home appliances into ten load types.

  • Provides an option to automatically compute or manually specify ZIP coefficients.

  • Key parameters include nominal voltage, nominal frequency, execution rate, and ZIP parameters.

  • Allows enabling of transient behavior, with an option to define the initial value, final value, and time constant for the transient curve.

You can find detailed information about these parameters and their effects on the model’s performance in the dedicated section here.

Support

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Enjoy exploring the Residential Energy Library!