Microgrids require distributed control systems that coordinate voltage and frequency regulation across multiple distributed generators. Existing platforms either focus on simulation or lack the real-time capabilities and fault tolerance needed for practical deployment. RIAPS provides a complete platform with design-time tools and runtime services for distributed control while maintaining hard real-time deadlines.
This paper introduces RIAPS (Resilient Information Architecture Platform for Smart Grid), an open-source platform for microGrid distributed control applications. The work provides a comprehensive architecture for implementing distributed microGrid control algorithms on heterogeneous hardware using a component-based development model with built-in real-time capabilities.
The paper demonstrates RIAPS capabilities through implementation of distributed frequency and voltage regulation for microgrids. Results show synchronization and proportional power sharing among distributed generators with millisecond-level control action execution. The platform successfully demonstrates integrated simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing of distributed microGrid control.
@article{Tu2019,
author = {Tu}, H. and {Du}, Y. and {Yu}, H. and Dubey, Abhishek and {Lukic}, S. and {Karsai}, G.},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics},
title = {Resilient Information Architecture Platform for the Smart Grid (RIAPS): A Novel Open-Source Platform for Microgrid Control},
year = {2019},
issn = {1557-9948},
pages = {1-1},
abstract = {Microgrids are seen as an effective way to achieve reliable, resilient, and efficient operation of the power distribution system. Core functions of the microgrid control system are defined by the IEEE standard 2030.7; however, the algorithms that realize these functions are not standardized, and are a topic of research. Furthermore, the corresponding controller hardware, operating system, and communication system to implement these functions vary significantly from one implementation to the next. In this paper, we introduce an open-source platform, Resilient Information Architecture Platform for the Smart Grid (RIAPS), ideally suited for implementing and deploying distributed microgrid control algorithms. RIAPS provides a design-time tool suite for development and deployment of distributed microgrid control algorithms. With support from a number of run-time platform services, developed algorithms can be easily implemented and deployed into real microgrids. To demonstrate the unique features of RIAPS, we propose and implement a distributed microgrid secondary control algorithm capable of synchronized and proportional compensation of voltage unbalance using distributed generators. Test results show the effectiveness of the proposed control and the salient features of the RIAPS platform.},
contribution = {colab},
doi = {10.1109/TIE.2019.2952803},
file = {:Tu2019-Resilient_Information_Architecture_Platform_for_the_Smart_Grid(RIAPS)_A_Novel_Open-Source_Platform_for_Microgrid_Control.pdf:PDF},
keywords = {RIAPS, microGrid control, distributed control, smart grid, real-time systems, middleware},
project = {cps-middleware,cps-reliability,smart-energy},
tag = {decentralization,power}
}