Energy Grids Simulation and Analysis Laboratory (EGSAL)

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In EGSAL, we model, simulate, and analyze the integration of energy producers, storage systems, and consumers. This allows us to account for all forms of energy in the energy network of the future.

The Energy Grids Simulation and Analysis Laboratory in the SEnSSiCC building combines hardware and software components for simulating, modelling and optimising energy grids. All four sectors (electricity, gas, heat and fuel) are taken into account.

Different energy networks, so-called grids, are investigated, microgrids (e.g. house grids or the KIT Campus North Grid) and interconnected grids (the Karlsruhe city grid) as well as large transport grids (e.g. transmission and distribution grids in Baden- Württemberg and Germany or the Central European Interconnected Grid).

The main components of EGSAL are a Real-Time-Dynamic Simulation Cluster and two NovaCore-Racks, which are connected to the KIT data centre via a high-speed network. On these racks, power grids, gas grids, and heat grids and, accordingly, new plant components and systems can be explored during simulation.

In addition, virtual plants - for example, wind power plants - can be simulated and integrated into the model grid. In these simulations, weather data is considered to illustrate and analyse the energy demand and energy production under constantly changing weather conditions.

Richard JumarKIT – Bramsiepe
Richard Jumar
Head of Energy Grids Simulation and Analysis Laboratory (EGSAL)

+49 721 608-22881richard jumar ∂does-not-exist.kit eduwww.iai.kit.edu/english/RPE-EGSAL.php103666 Campus Nord

Research Topics and Objectives

  • Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Multimodal Energy Networks
  • Multi-Physics Co-Simulation
  • Tracking Digital Twins for Power Grids
  • Methods for Distribution and Coupling of Real-Time Simulations
  • Applications of IEC61850 Sampled Value Streams for Energy System Analysis

Equipment

Hardware

- Real-Time Digital Simulator Systems (RTDS and OPAL-RT)
- FPGA simulation extensions for MMC simulation and massively parallel SV streaming

Software

- Tools for energy network modeling, simulation, and analysis
- Energy network models (e.g., KIT Campus North network model)
- Electrical models of sector coupling elements in Energy Lab 2.0