Energy Grids Simulation and Analysis Laboratory (EGSAL)

Markus Breig (KIT)
Real Time Digital Simulator in EGSAL of the Energy Lab 2.0 (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT)

The Energy Grids Simulation and Analysis Laboratory is a hardware and software infrastructure for modeling, simulation and analysis of energy grids. Both microgrids (house networks, island networks) and the KIT Campus North power grid as well as interconnected networks (Karlsruhe city grid, transmission and distribution networks Germany, transmission network in Europe) are being investigated. State-of-the-Art software and self-developed, novel computer solutions form the basis for this.

Energy networks (electricity, gas, heat, fuels) connect producers, storage facilities and consumers. The future electricity grid will play a central role in the integration of all energy forms and networks in the energy transition. Planning, simulation, analysis and optimization of the interconnected grid is therefore imperative.

Uwe Kühnapfel (KIT)
Models of transmission and distribution networks in Germany (Source: Uwe Kühnapfel, KIT)

Research topics

  • Modeling of multimodal energy networks
  • Simulation of multimodal energy networks
  • Multi-physics co-simulation
  • Analysis of multimodal energy networks

 

Equipment

Hardware

  • Computing server (GPU high performance system)
  • Real Time Digital Simulator Systems

Software

  • Tools for energy network modeling, simulation and analysis
  • Energy network models (e.g. KIT Campus North Network Model)
  • Current side models of the sector coupling elements in Energy Lab
  • Weather data archives

 

Selected scientific publications


  1. Coordinated price-based control of modulating heat pumps for practical demand response and peak shaving in building clusters
    Langner, F.; Kovačević, J.; Zwickel, P.; Dengiz, T.; Frahm, M.; Waczowicz, S.; Çakmak, H. K.; Matthes, J.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2024. Energy and Buildings, 324, 114940. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114940 
  2. ePowCoRe: A Generic Representation of Power Grids Enabling Open-Source Model Conversion Modules
    Weber, M.; Kocher, A.
    2024. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13827587 
  3. ePowCoRe: A Novel Generic Representation of Power Grids Enabling Open-Source Model Conversion Modules
    Weber, M.; Kocher, A.; Çakmak, H. K.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2024. Proceedings of 2024 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), 6 S., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/OSMSES62085.2024.10668981 
  4. Hardware-Based Microgrid Coupled to Real-Time Simulated Power Grids for Evaluating New Control Strategies in Future Energy Systems
    Kyesswa, M.; Wiegel, F.; Wachter, J.; Kühnapfel, U.; Waczowicz, S.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2024. arxiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2409.01809 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
  5. Privacy Protection in Collaborative Geographically Distributed Co-Simulation of Multimodal Energy Systems
    Kocher, A.; Kovačević, J.; Süß, A.-C.; Saner, C. B.; Dindar, B.; Ehsan, M. A.; Çakmak, H. K.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2024. e-Energy ’24 : Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Future and Sustainable Energy Systems, Singapore, 4th-7th June 2024, 639–647, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3632775.3661990 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
  6. Integrated concept of local heat transition using geothermal heat production, aquifer storage and optimization of distribution network
    Zwickel, P.; Bauer, F.; Schätzler, K.; Steiner, U.; Waczowicz, S.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Schill, E.
    2022. European Geothermal Congress 2022 : Berlin, Germany, 17-21 October 2022 : proceedings, European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
  7. Introduction to eASiMOV-eCoSim
    Kovacevic, J.; Süß, A.-C.; Çakmak, H. K.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2023. doi:10.5445/IR/1000159679 
  8. Distributed Co-Simulation of Multimodal Energy Systems using eASiMOV : Tutorial 5
    Süß, A.-C.; Kovacevic, J.; Cakmak, H.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2023. 2023 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 
  9. A Digital Framework for Locally and Geographically Distributed Simulation of Power Grids
    Kyesswa, M.; Weber, M.; Wiegel, F.; Wachter, J.; Waczowicz, S.; Kühnapfel, U.; Hagenmeyer, V.
    2023. Energy Technology, 11 (3). doi:10.1002/ente.202201186 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
  10. Power Hardware In the Loop infrastructure at KIT
    Hubschneider, S.; Waczowicz, S.; Wiegel, F.; Karrari, S.; Sousa, W. T. B. de; Carne, G. de; Geisbüsch, J.; Hiller, M.; Leibfried, T.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Noe, M.
    2020, June 18. RT20: Opal-RT’s 12th Conference on Real-Time Simulation (2020), Online, June 18, 2020 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
  11. Information and communication technology in energy lab 2.0: Smart energies system simulation and control center with an open-street-map-based power flow simulation example
    Hagenmeyer, V.; Cakmak, H. K.; Düpmeier, C.; Faulwasser, T.; Isele, J.; Keller, H. B.; Kohlhepp, P.; Kühnapfel, U.; Stucky, U.; Waczowicz, S.; Mikut, R.
    2016. Energy Technology, 4 (1), 145–162. doi:10.1002/ente.201500304 

Contact persons

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

Dr.-Ing. Simon Waczowicz
Dr.-Ing. Simon Waczowicz
Head of Research Platform Energy

+49 721 608-24918simon waczowicz ∂does-not-exist.kit eduwww.iai.kit.edu/english/RPE.php207668 Campus Nord