Real-time simulation and remote co-simulation to enable flexibility in smart grids
Smart grids are large and complex cyber-physical systems where multiple technologies interact to provide energy balance, sustainability, efficiency, security and reliability. Flexibility resources are one of the driving forces for the development of smarter grids. This talk will discuss how real-time simulation and Power Hardware-in-the-Loop testing can help enabling the exploitation of flexibility in power systems. Remote co-simulation can even broaden extent and number of systems under test, fostering at the same time international cooperation in research and education. Examples of practical demonstrations at the Italian laboratory LabZERO will be presented.
Bio
Prof. Dr. Sergio Bruno is an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Bari in Bari, Italy where he currently teaches “Power System Automation” and “Power Quality” for the M.Sc. course in Electrical Engineering. He obtained his M.Sc. and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in 2000 and 2004, respectively.
His research activities have been mostly addressed in the power system area with a particular focus on power system dynamics, power system security and control, and power system operation. Research topics include Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), advanced protection schemes, wide-area measurements and control, smart distribution systems, advanced SCADA/DMS, smart grids and microgrids, distributed energy resources, multi-energy systems, grid services, power hardware-in-the-loop testing and geographically distributed real-time simulation.
He has been involved in several research and development projects in the field of smart grids and energy systems, in collaboration with grid operators, research centres and academia. He coordinates the operating activities of the laboratory LabZERO at the Politecnico di Bari. Most recently he has also been coordinating the activities of the Politecnico di Bari of EnSiEL for the creation of the national laboratory for geographically distributed real-time co-simulation (ENET RT-Lab).
He is Senior Member of the IEEE and the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Italy Power and Energy Society (PE31) Chapter.