Research projects
Smart grid lab hessen
The Smart Grid LAB Hessen was set up at the site of Ingenieurbüro Pfeffer in Rödermark under the direction of Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In this realistic laboratory, the smart grid of the future was examined holistically from various perspectives. The electrical grid was constructed using equipment from public grids. All energy sources and consumers are based on real models. This allowed challenging grid situations to be presented without risk. The Smart Grid LAB Hessen physically recreated what the “street of the future” looks like in a residential area. The performance data of the individual buildings, which act as “prosumers”, were measured and evaluated in the smart grid of the real-world laboratory and used to control the energy flows. The LAB is a model demonstration of the dynamic, efficient and secure energy infrastructure of the future. It is adaptable and can also represent and analyze grid situations in other countries.
The investigations provided important answers for the practical introduction of the smart grid:
- How can grid stability be ensured if many electric vehicles are to be charged on days with low power generation?
- How can a grid collapse be prevented if, for example, storage systems fail?
- How can it be detected that hackers are manipulating the data and possibly causing a blackout?
The project, which was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), had a funding period from December 2020 to March 2023. The funding amounted to just under half of the total project volume of €3.3 million. The realistic laboratory was built with the help of project partners JEAN MÜLLER, House of Energy, Ingenieurbüro Pfeffer, QGroup and Tractebel.
Download the brochure: Results from the Smart Grid LAB Hessen
diNET-SB
The transition of electrical energy networks into a sustainable, intelligent supply system requires technical solutions for elctrical equipment that can be implemented easily, quickly, flexibly and inexpensively into the existing infra-structure. With the project „Digitale Verteilnetze mit strukturierter Betriebs-führung (diNET-SB)”, the innovative approach of a digital low-voltage distribution with integrated measurement technology will be tested under real technical conditions in a field test. The dynamic system control is organized by a databased and structured orchestration approach.
dc-industrie
DC Networks in Industrial Production
With the 6th Energy Research Programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, the Federal Government supports companies and research institutions that develop innovative energy technologies. Within this framework, the starting signal for the cross-sector DC research project “DC INDUSTRY” was given on 1 July 2016.
A total of 21 companies from industry, four research institutes and the ZVEI are working together in the project to implement the energy revolution in industrial production and to bring more energy efficiency and energy flexibility into industrial production.
The goal of the DC-INDUSTRIE research project is to redesign the power supply of industrial plants via a smart, open DC grid and to digitize the industrial energy supply architecture. This will create the industrial energy system of the future, a DC-based smart grid for industry.
“JEAN MÜLLER will contribute both know-how and products to the topics of protection, switching and selectivity”.
Source: ZVEI
