This paper presents the use of emulator devices to represent different elements of a microgrid system. In this sense, the emulation concept and its advantages are explained. Each emulator is implemented by means of power converters which receive a determined power reference according to the energy resource that it means. Therefore, connecting a determined number of these emulators into the same system it is possible to create several microgrid configurations, which will be capable of performing ...
This paper presents the use of emulator devices to represent different elements of a microgrid system. In this sense, the emulation concept and its advantages are explained. Each emulator is implemented by means of power converters which receive a determined power reference according to the energy resource that it means. Therefore, connecting a determined number of these emulators into the same system it is possible to create several microgrid configurations, which will be capable of performing different test and obtaining the same result that in a real system. In the end, as an example of the advantages that the emulators are able to offer, an experimental platform is presented.