A New Communication Concept for Efficient Configuration of Energy Systems Integration Co-Simulation

Abstract

By combining several existing simulators, co-simulation approaches are designed for efficient simulator development. Especially for energy systems integration simulations involving different physical domains, co-simulation is the required approach. However, co-simulation setup is complex, time-consuming, and additionally, error-prone for large simulations, especially if visualizations are included. Therefore, for an intensive information exchange between simulators, the present paper introduces a new network-based communication concept including the co-simulation setup procedure. The proposed setup concept enables an efficient configuration for the coupling of distributed simulation modules. The evaluation of the implemented concept on an exemplary power grid simulation with integration of power-to-gas and gas-to-power components and power grid visualization shows the ability for efficient handling of a high amount of exchanged simulation data.