Design and Simulation of Smart-Grids using OMNeT++/Matlab-Simulink Co-simulator

In smart-grids (SGs), advanced digital communication (ADC) and information technology (IT) represent important aspects to develop a real relationship between power and communication. Simulation is considered as an important tool to simulate and design smart-grids. The simulator software used for smart-grids must be able to emulate the main characteristics of design. Up to now, the majority of simulators are unable to simulate the smart-grids in terms of power and communication simultaneously. The goal of this paper is to realize a new co-simulator that combines between different simulators. The co-simulator realized is hybridization between OMNeT++ and Matlab-Simulink software. In this research work a renewable smart-grid taking into account an isolated load profile has been developed.