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Architecture

WP2 –Architecture Meeting

5-3-2009

WP 2:

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Utilit

y/T

SO

sig

na

lL

oa

d o

r D

evic

e

Co

ntr

olle

r

co

mm

an

d

Utilit

y/T

SO

Lo

ad

or

De

vic

e

Co

ntr

olle

r

co

mm

an

d

Utilit

y/T

SO

sch

ed

ule

or

pri

ce

sch

em

eL

oa

d o

r D

evic

e

Co

ntr

olle

r

co

mm

an

d

pro

ce

ss in

form

atio

n

Traditional Load Shedding

: a

sig

na

l is

sen

t to

a d

em

an

d s

ite,

an

d r

esu

lts in a

loa

d c

on

trol co

mm

and

to

a d

evic

e o

r devic

e c

ontr

olle

r

(usu

ally

sh

edd

ing

lo

ad)

Centralized Control:

pro

ce

ss info

rmatio

n is s

ent

to t

he u

tilit

y/T

SO

; th

e U

tilit

y/T

SO

op

tim

izes c

ontr

ol o

f a c

luste

r of

de

vic

es a

nd

se

nds a

sche

du

le fo

r o

pe

ration o

r a

pri

ce s

ch

em

e t

o a

de

ma

nd o

r sup

ply

site

; th

e s

che

du

le o

r p

rice

schem

e,

tog

eth

er

with

opera

tio

na

l pro

ce

ss

info

rma

tion

, is

tra

nsfo

rmed

into

a loa

d c

ontr

ol com

ma

nd

to

be

se

nt to

a d

evic

e o

r de

vic

e c

ontr

olle

r

Price-based Demand Response

: b

usin

ess lo

gic

(usua

lly a

pri

ce

sig

nal)

is s

en

t to

a d

em

an

d s

ite

, w

here

, b

ase

d o

n inte

rna

l sta

te,

an in

telli

ge

nt p

rocess tra

nsfo

rms t

he

bu

sin

ess log

ic into

a load

co

ntr

ol com

ma

nd t

o a

de

vic

e o

r d

evic

e c

on

trolle

r

Filt

er

Inte

llig

en

ce

Inte

llig

en

ce

pro

ce

ss in

form

atio

n

pro

ce

ss in

form

atio

n

pri

ce

an

d/o

r

bu

sin

ess lo

gic

Utilit

y/T

SO

pri

ce

an

d/o

r

bu

sin

ess lo

gic

Lo

ad

or

De

vic

e

Co

ntr

olle

r

co

mm

an

d

bid

PowerMatcher Coordination

: bid

s a

re s

en

t by a

local a

ge

nt to

th

e u

tilit

y/T

SO

ba

sed

on

th

e s

tate

of

a d

evic

e;

ba

sed

on

th

ese

bid

s a

pri

ce

sig

nal (p

lus o

ther

bu

sin

ess log

ic)

is s

en

t to

a d

em

an

d o

r su

pp

ly s

ite;

the

re it is

tra

nsfo

rmed

by t

he

ag

en

t in

to a

loa

d c

on

trol co

mm

and

to

be

sent

to a

devic

e o

r d

evic

e c

on

trolle

r

Po

we

rMa

tch

er

Ag

en

t

pro

ce

ss in

form

atio

n

Traditional

Load Shedding

Centralized

Control

Price-based

Demand Response

Coordination

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Architecturalrequirements

•D

iffe

rent in

frastr

uctu

res ⇒

flexibility

•D

iffe

rence b

etw

een d

evic

es ⇒

flexibility

•D

iffe

rent scale

s ⇒

scalability

•D

iffe

rent pla

tform

s ⇒

portability

•C

onsum

er

devic

es ⇒

cost, form factor

low power, reliability

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Overview

PowerMatcher

Server

Agent

Heat pump

MicroCHP

Auction-

eer Agent

Internet

Agent

Agent

Home

network

Home

Concentrator

Agent

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Architecture 1: Fully integrated agent

Gateway

PowerMatcher Unit

Device

PowerMatcher

Agent

Devic

e

Soft

ware

Devic

e

Optim

isation

Inte

lligence

Agent

Module

Com

muni-

cation

Pow

er

Matc

her

Module

Com

muni-

cation

Modem

/

Eth

ern

et/

AD

SL/e

tc

Com

muni-

cation

Gateway

PM-network

Agent

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Architecture 2: limited interface agent

Gateway

PowerMatcher Unit

Device

PowerMatcher

Agent

De

vic

e

Soft

ware

De

vic

e

Op

tim

isa

tio

n

Inte

llig

en

ce

Age

nt

Mo

du

leC

om

mu

ni-

cation

Po

wer

Ma

tch

er

Mod

ule

Mod

em

/

Eth

ern

et/

AD

SL

/etc

Co

mm

un

i-

ca

tio

n

Com

mu

ni-

cation

Gateway

PM-network

Interface

Agent

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Architecture 3: no-ICT interface agent

Gateway

PowerMatcher Unit

Switchable

Plug-socket

PowerMatcher

Agent

Devic

e

Softw

are

Devic

e

Optim

isation

Inte

lligence

Agent

Module

Com

muni-

cation

Pow

er

Matc

her

Module

Modem

/

Eth

ern

et/

AD

SL/e

tc

Com

muni-

cation

Com

muni-

cation

Gateway

PM-network

Agent

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Communicationindependent

Home

Network

Internet/

LAN

RPC

SOAP

Devic

e �

Age

nt �

Conce

ntr

ato

r/A

uctione

er

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cells -netw

orks of netw

orks

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DS

O

Energ

yS

up

plie

r

agent

Agent

PowerMatcher Agent

ConcentratorPowerMatcher Concentrator

Auctioneer

PowerMatcher Auctioneer

concen-

trator

concen-

trato

r

agent

concen-

trator

concen-

trato

r

concen-

trato

r

concen-

trato

ragent

agent

Smart HouseSmart Grid

•••

•••

•••

Load Devices

Metering Devices

Generation Units

User Interface

Multi Utility Control

Business Level

IRImbalance Reduction

RC

Reserve Capacity

CM

Congestion Management

WC

F/S

OA

P

WC

F/S

OA

P

WC

F/S

OA

P

SAP-Database

auctioneer

e-meter

Software

Architecture

CM

IR, RC

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Interfaces PowerM

atcher SH/SG

Reference Business Cases:

Example for

Information/Interface

Partner1

Partner2

Proposed

Protocol/

Technology

Further layer

Bid

Agent, C

oncentr

ato

rC

oncentr

ato

r, A

uctio

neer

WC

F/S

OA

PT

CP

/IP

Real-tim

e p

rice

Auctio

neer,

Concentr

ato

rC

oncentr

ato

r, A

gent

WC

F/S

OA

PT

CP

/IP

Regis

try

and D

iscove

ryA

gent, C

oncentr

ato

r, A

uctio

neer

Netw

ork

Serv

ice

WC

F/S

OA

PT

CP

/IP

Fore

casts

(clim

ate

, m

ark

et)

Ext

ern

al P

ort

al /

Webserv

ice

Agent

SO

AP

or

XM

LT

CP

/IP

Ow

n e

nerg

y usage

Loads, G

enera

tors

Ele

ctr

icity

Mete

r

Realti

me m

ete

ring d

ata

Ele

ctr

icity

Mete

rC

usto

mer

Inte

rface M

ete

ring

Serv

ices / S

AP

Data

base

Ele

ctr

onic

bill

of custo

mer

SA

P-D

ata

base

Bill

-checki

ng a

pplic

atio

n o

n

custo

mer

inte

rface

? D

PW

S ?

TC

P/IP

Sensor

data

Load / G

enera

tor

Contr

olle

rA

gent

802.1

1 / R

F / P

LC

Sw

itchin

g c

om

mands

Agent

Load / G

enera

tor

Contr

olle

r802.1

1 / R

F / P

LC

Substa

tion L

oad

Substa

tion M

onito

ring

Substa

tion A

gent

Virtu

al P

ow

er

Pla

nt S

etp

oin

tV

PP

Opera

tor

VP

P A

gent

TC

P/IP

POWERMATCHER BASED: IMBALANCE REDUCTION -

RESERVE CAPACITY - CONGESTION MANAGEMENT

PowerMatcher MeteringLocal

Control

Business

Control

Out of pro

ject scope?

See IS

ET

ove

rvie

w

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Some remarks

•S

oft

ware

arc

hitectu

re f

its w

ell

with B

EM

I arc

hitectu

re

•A

ge

nts

repre

sent

devic

es a

t lo

w leve

l nod

es

•A

ge

nts

repre

sent

busin

ess c

ases a

t hig

her

leve

l nod

es

•S

oft

ware

pro

tocol based o

n S

OA

P/X

ML,

fits

well

with d

iffe

rent com

munic

ation m

ed

ia a

nd

with s

erv

ice o

riente

d a

rchitectu

re

•A

dva

nce

d m

ete

ring,

e.g

. need f

or

mete

ring

diffe

rentiation b

y d

evic

es

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Architecture

WP3 –Field test A

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WP 3A: Aggregation of SmartHouses&

Enterprise Systems Testing

•P

art

ners

: ECN (lead) & SAP

•F

ocus:

Automatic Aggregated Control of end-user systems for energy

efficiency combined with Testing of Information Exchange with

Enterprise Systems using Data Traffic at Mass-Application

Strengths.

•M

ain

Obje

ctives:

-V

alid

ation o

f M

ulti-A

gent S

yste

ms-b

ased A

ggre

gation o

f S

ma

rt

Houses for

ene

rgy e

ffic

iency e

nha

ncem

ent and e

lectr

icity t

rade

optim

ization u

tiliz

ing r

eal-tim

e v

ary

ing tariffs.

-T

esting the info

rmation e

xchange

of such a

syste

m w

ith E

nte

rprise

syste

ms (

e.g

. fo

r bill

ing)

at da

ta t

raffic

levels

of

ma

ss-a

pplic

ation

(~1,0

00

,000 c

usto

mers

).

•Location:

-C

luste

r of S

ma

rt H

ouses: N

L (

con

nection w

ith In

tegra

l P

roje

ct)

-D

ata

Aggre

gato

rs (

Contr

ol In

form

ation, M

ete

ring D

ata

): N

L

-E

nte

rprise S

yste

m S

erv

ers

: G

erm

an

y.

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•C

ore

Functio

na

lity (

Re-)

Desig

n a

nd I

mple

menta

tion

•P

M C

ore

-C#,

.NE

T

-WC

F (

Win

do

ws C

om

munic

atio

n F

oundatio

n)

-Event-

base

d inte

ractio

ns

•A

ge

nt

Lib

rary

-WC

F/S

OA

P

•P

ow

erM

atc

her3

im

ple

menta

tion c

om

ple

ted in 2

008

•S

imu

lation e

nvironm

ent to

be c

om

ple

ted n

ext

month

•In

tegra

l field

test second q

uart

er

of

2009

Version 3, current status

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Software

Decomposition

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WP 3.A Setup

Maintenance

Maintenance

Maintenance

Maintenance

Application

Application

Application

Application

Production

Production

Production

Production

Planning

Planning

Planning

Planning

CRM

CRM

CRM

CRM

En

terp

rise

Se

rvic

es

Service

Service

Service

Bu

sin

ess

Pro

cess

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Bu

sin

ess

Ru

le E

ng

ine

Ale

rt

Me

ter

Me

ter

Me

ter

Concentrator

Me

ter

Me

ter

Me

ter

Me

ter

Me

ter

Me

ter

Concentrator

ap

pro

x. 1

00

rea

l da

ta

con

cen

tra

tors

ap

pro

x. 1

00

0 0

00

re

al a

nd

mim

ick

ed

me

ters

ap

pro

x.

10

00

0

mim

icke

d d

ata

con

ce

ntr

ato

rs

Fie

ld C

lust

er

of

rea

l Sm

art

Ho

use

s

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Simulation Tool, old

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Simulation Tool, old, 2

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•N

ew

desig

n in P

ow

erM

atc

her3

•A

ge

nts

as a

uto

nom

ou

s p

rocesse

s

Simulation Tool, new, 3

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FlexDiModel

FlexDiModel

FlexDiModel

FlexDiModelSimulation

Simulation

Simulation

Simulation- ---Lelystad Model

Lelystad Model

Lelystad Model

Lelystad Model

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FlexDiModel

FlexDiModel

FlexDiModel

FlexDiModelSim

ulation

Sim

ulation

Sim

ulation

Sim

ulation– –––Bee

Bee

Bee

BeeModel

Model

Model

Model

Building and Energy

Building and Energy

Building and Energy

Building and Energy Equipment

Equipment

Equipment

Equipment

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FlexDiModelSim

ulation

•(E

CN

) netw

ork

sta

bili

ty,

respo

nse o

nslo

w v

ariations:

-w

ind s

peed v

ari

ations

-all

µC

HP

sta

rtin

gup m

ore

or

less

the s

am

etim

e (

morn

ing

situation)

-all

PV

varies

str

ong

more

or

less

the s

am

etim

e (

movin

gclo

uds)

-lo

ad

vari

atio

ns

-heat

variations

(µC

HP

).

As t

hese e

vents

all

dep

end

on

the localclim

ate

, th

ey

shou

ld

depe

nd

on

the v

ery

sam

eclim

atic

data

file

in o

rder

to g

et

the

rig

ht

ord

er

of

events

in t

he t

ime d

om

ain

. T

his

alread

yis

the c

ase

with

the

BE

E_m

ode

l (E

CN

).

•2.

(TU

/e)

netw

ork

sta

bili

ty,

response o

nfa

st

variatio

ns:

-short

circuit in t

he n

etw

ork

(re

sultin

gin

volta

ge a

nd p

hase

ste

p)

-sw

itch-o

ffof

the t

ota

lW

ind f

arm

during

peak

opera

tion

-huge

load

ste

ps.