KIT-Energy Lab-Smart Energy System Simulation and Control Center
TA02 – KIT-EnergyLab-SEnSSiCC
Location
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Description
Energy Lab is the research platform to support the energy transition and the technologies for the “net zero economy”. It allows the scale-up of promising technologies to semi-industrial scale (Lab to Fab) and for validation of system models and technology recommendations for the overall system in sense of the European Green Deal. The Smart Energy System Simulation and Control Center (SEnSSiCC) implements a wide range of topologically variable microgrid experiments using real power system components and connects the microgrid directly to real-time simulated networks of real power systems to form a hardware-in-the-loop setup.
Testing Capabilities
Hardware experiments:
- Integration of distributed renewable energy sources into a microgrid
- System stability analysis (voltage, frequency and rotor angle stability) in inverter-dominated grids
- Validation of new control strategies in an experimental environment
- Behavior of the microgrid in relation to the overall grid
- Behavior of largely self-sufficient cells (e.g. experimental houses) in relation to the microgrid
Simulation:
- Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Multimodal Energy Networks
- Multi-Physics Co-Simulation
- Tracking Digital Twins for Power Grids
- Methods for Distribution and Coupling of Real-Time Simulations
- Applications of IEC61850 Sampled Value Streams for Energy System Analysis
Technical Equipment
All the necessary information is provided online:
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/cmvc.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/phil.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/battery.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/pv.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/cybersec.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/egsal.php
- https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/sescl.php
Additional information
Technology Readiness Level: 4-6
Special considerations: N/A
Technology clusters: Energy Storage, Hydrogen, Information and Communication Technologies, Integrated Grids, PV
Website: https://www.elab.kit.edu/english/senssicc.php
Availability: All the year
Provision of tools to prepare data sets in a FAIR way: Yes