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Smart Grid laboratory

Tampere University

Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics

Hervanta Campus

Sähkötalo, SF215, SF216

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RTDS simulator
- 7 PB5 processors cards
- 2 GPC processor cards
- 3 GTNET X2 communication cards with IEC 61850, IEC 104 and COMTRADE
- GTIO cards
dSPACE; real-time simulator for control systems
Amplifiers
- 3 Omicron CMS156 signal amplifiers
- 9 self-made verified current signal amplifiers
- Adapters to connect IEDs with analog signals
- Power amplifier, 20 kW

Distribution grid automation
- ABB SSC 600
- ABB COM 600
- ABB SYS 600C
Protection
- ABB REF 615 IEC
- Siemens Siprotec differential protection
- FLISR demo: Schneider Electric HU_AF and AB_AC
Monitoring
- Smart meters: Landis+Gyr E650; Kamstrup Omnipower
- RTU: iGRID iRTU and iRTUe; ABB REC 603
- Secondary substaion automation: Landis+Gyr Discos
- PMU: ABB RES 521
- NI CompactRIO + Magnelab Rogowski coils
- Power quality analysers
- Self-made measurement systems
  - National wide synchronized global solar radiation measurements
  - Inexpensive synchronized voltage and current datalogging of low voltage grids
Control devices
- ABB REU 615 IEC B
- ABB Unitrol 1020 F+PSS
Automation software
- ABB MicroSCADA DMS 600
- OPC: Security gateway, UA wrapper, UA proxy, Data manager, Server for ICCP and Tunneler
- Serial SCADA protocol analyzer
- Lib IEC61850 open source library
- Protocol test harness
- IED Scout
- Configuration: ABB PCM 600; ABB IET 600; SCL tool; ISaGRAF workbench
- Self-made software: IDE4L demo, OVR demo

Microgrid devices
- PV emulator
- AGCO series hybrid diesel genset
- Hot water storage
- Tesvolt battery + SMA Sunny island inverters + island operation switches
Software
- Energy management system in Matlab
- Microgrid controllers in Raspberry

Communication devices
- Industrial switches: ABB AFS660-CR; Cisco IE 2000U; AJECO DSiP multichannel routing (together with Automation lab)
- Modems: ABB 2G; Phoenix contact 3G; Cisco 4G; Cisco 5G
- Gateway: HMS Labsline SG 10; iGrid GW; VPN gateway; Peak-Systems CAN-USB hub ja CAN-Ethernet gateway; Phoenix contact Modbus RTU to Modbus TCP converter
Time synchronization; Meinberg LANTIME M600
Server to host virtual machines and docker containers for lab and simulation demonstrations