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Virtualization Management Concept for Flexible and Fault-Tolerant Smart Grid Service Provision

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  • Shadi Attarha

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Anand Narayan

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Batoul Hage Hassan

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Carsten Krüger

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Felipe Castro

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Davood Babazadeh

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Sebastian Lehnhoff

    (OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany)

Abstract

In modern power systems, reliable provision of grid services (e.g., primary and ancillary services) are highly dependent on automation systems in order to have monitoring, processing, decision making and communication capabilities. The operational flexibility of automation systems is essential for the reliable operation of power systems during and after disruptive events. However, this is restricted by integrated hardware-software platforms. Therefore, it will be difficult to reconfigure control strategies during run time. This paper presents the concept of Grid Function Virtualization (GFV) as a potential approach to improve the operational flexibility of grid automation systems. GFV has been proposed to offer a new way to deploy and manage grid services by leveraging virtualization technology. The main idea of GFV is to run grid services (i.e., software implementation of services) independently from underlying hardware. To realize the important design considerations, the GFV architecture and its building blocks is elaborated in details. To this end, an exhaustive review of applications of virtualization in several domains is provided to show the importance of virtualization in improving flexibility and resource utilization. Finally, the advantages of the proposed concept to deal with disruptions in power systems is demonstrated in a proof of concept based on a CIGRE MV benchmark grid.

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  • Shadi Attarha & Anand Narayan & Batoul Hage Hassan & Carsten Krüger & Felipe Castro & Davood Babazadeh & Sebastian Lehnhoff, 2020. "Virtualization Management Concept for Flexible and Fault-Tolerant Smart Grid Service Provision," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:9:p:2196-:d:353219
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