MEI STI Competence Center

The STI MEI Center carries out activities in the main areas of development: NTI Enerdzhinet

• development, design and implementation of reliable and flexible electrical networks, including digital substations, intelligent switching devices, digital meters of electric quantities, universal measuring controllers, autonomous self-balancing microenergy systems, network management software;
• development, design and implementation of distributed energy facilities, including power storage and power semiconductor devices.

History

2019: Start of operation of Testbed Energy landfill

On November 29, 2019, the RVC announced that the stage of commissioning special equipment began at the STI Competence Center based on the MPEI "Technologies for transporting electricity and distributed smart power systems." The work is carried out as part of the project to develop the architecture of the Internet of energy in order to implement the Energy action plan of the National Technology Initiative.

Internet energy is a kind of ecosystem of energy producers and consumers that integrate into a common infrastructure and exchange energy.

The Internet architecture of energy is a decentralized electricity system in which intelligent control of electricity flows is implemented through energy transactions between its users.

To organize such an ecosystem, on the one hand, it is necessary to create a fundamentally different architecture of intelligent distributed networks, and on the other hand, create software based on artificial intelligence, capable of conducting so-called "power auctions" in real time and conducting transactions and transactions. The project also uses the basic principles of the Internet of Things.

Testbed Energy is a model testing complex for the development and testing of architectural and technical solutions for the project to create the Internet of energy and other solutions for technological development. the Russian power engineering specialists Such a complex will allow digital and cyber-physical modeling of complex electric power systems, and its capabilities exceed those available Russia in laboratories and test facilities through the use of Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop technology.

The equipment is four-quadrant amplifiers from PONOVO POWER Co. These amplifiers allow combining physical and mathematical models of power systems, thereby creating a cyber-physical model of power distribution systems with the inclusion of real power devices in the modeling loop.

A characteristic feature of four-quadrant power amplifiers, unlike conventional ones, is their ability not only to output power, but also to consume it. This allows you to simulate a full energy exchange between the digital part of the model and its real physical part. Such cyberphysical models allow you to create models of small and medium-sized distributed networks, including electricity storage, renewable energy sources and other promising equipment.

In addition, these models will allow you to connect real equipment for research and testing - energy coasters, power storage devices, controlled intelligent connections, etc.

The creation of the Testbed Energy landfill, operating using Power Hardware in Loop (PHIL) technology, is the first such project in Russia and one of the few in the world. The commissioning of the Testbed Energy landfill will be an important milestone in the implementation of the Energy action plan, as it will allow testing real power devices with their inclusion in the digital modeling circuit.

See also

• Russian economy
• Energy - National Technology Initiative (STI)
• Internet Energy (MicroGrid) Small Distributed Energy
• Alternative energy (Russia and the world)
• Electricity industry in Russia
• Solar Power (Global Market)
• Wind power and wind power plants (Russia and the world)
• Nuclear power. Facts and Myths
• Smart Grid
• Power generators (Russian market)