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Towards composition principles and fractal architectures in the context of smart grids

  • Denis Bytschkow

    Denis Bytschkow studied Applied and Engineering Physics at the Technical University of Munich with focus on energy. His PHD work is done at the software research institute fortiss with the smart energy systems group. The research area includes system architectures and smart grid simulation. He is the main developer of the SESSIM framework that combines several simulations techniques and technologies such as Gridlab-D, Akka and EclipseSCADA to establish an integrated co-simulation.

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Published/Copyright: February 9, 2016

Abstract

The operation of smart grids is based on different energy management and control systems. Despite their variety, all of them offer similar functionalities to achieve a stable, reliable, sustainable and economic supply of energy. Similarity offers advantages for the construction of systems that are not well reflected in current system architectures. This work introduces foundations for specifications and development of fractal architectures that are based on self-similarity. We aim to apply those principles on two smart grid use cases: virtual power plants and optimal power flow control applications.

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Denis Bytschkow

Denis Bytschkow studied Applied and Engineering Physics at the Technical University of Munich with focus on energy. His PHD work is done at the software research institute fortiss with the smart energy systems group. The research area includes system architectures and smart grid simulation. He is the main developer of the SESSIM framework that combines several simulations techniques and technologies such as Gridlab-D, Akka and EclipseSCADA to establish an integrated co-simulation.

fortiss GmbH, Guerickestr. 25, D-80805 München

Acknowledgement

The author thanks Manfred Broy for beeing the supervisor, Bernhard Schätz for the possibility to work on this interesting topic and Hartmut Schmeck for the thorough review and helpful discussions during the preparation of this article.

Received: 2015-10-15
Accepted: 2015-11-6
Published Online: 2016-2-9
Published in Print: 2016-2-1

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