Hardware-in-the-loop test bench for investigation of DER integration strategies within a multi-agent-based environment

Concept and implementation of a test bench for investigation of new grid integration strategies of distributed energy resources (DER) is presented. It focuses on a multi-agent-based architecture of the system as analyzed within the Callia project. The goal of the project is to achieve an optimal control of the local flexibilities in order to avoid congestions within the grid. The presented test bench is based on the hardware-in-the-loop technology and includes a numeric real-time-capable model of the power grid and a decentralized multi-agent (MA) platform hosted on external hardware units. Performed simulations are part of the preparation for the field tests to be carried out within the Callia project.