Work Package H : "Development 
        of Laboratory MicroGrids"
      
 Work Package Leader 
        : ISET
      Partners involved :  
        ICCS, SMA, URENCO, GERMANOS, INESC, UMIST, ARMINES 
        ,EPRI  
       Objectives :
       The principal 
        function of a decentralised grid forming inverter, which is controlled 
        just by setting the droops is implemented on the basis of the Sunny Island 
        (SMA). The setting of the droops is not critical concerning time. This 
        will be used to validate the controllers operation, developed in phases 
        2-4, in a scaled laboratory model. The DEMOTEC demonstration site available 
        at ISET is a very well suited environment for demonstrating the results 
        of the project, as a large variety of equipment, including inverters and 
        rotating generators, is available.
       A further 
        test facility exists at UMIST, where a special flywheel of URENCO will 
        be commissioned.
       ARMINES has 
        developed a test bed facility comprising  Diesel (3.2 kW), (PV 3 
        kW), Batteries (10 kWh), Load on a DC bus, a TRACE inverter connectable 
        to the AC grid and a second test bed facility with PV, fuel cell and hydrogen 
        storage. These test bed platforms can be also used for models validation 
        and measurements.
      A small laboratory 
        MicroGrid will be set up at ICCS/NTUA. 
      Description of work :
      
         
          |    
              Task 8.1   | 
             
              Enhancement of micro source controllers   | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              8.2  | 
             Implementation 
              of the MicroGrid central controller   | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              8.3  | 
             Implementation 
              of the flywheel energy storage system   | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              8.4  | 
             Setting 
              up scaled MicroGrids   | 
        
         
          |  Task 8.5 | 
           Validating 
            the grid connected mode  | 
        
         
          |  Task 8.6 | 
           Validating 
            the autonomous mode  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              8.7  | 
              Validating 
              emergency functions   | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              8.8  | 
             Validating 
              micro source models   |