1. SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL)
APEC-ISGAN Workshop
Smart Grid International Research Facility Network (SIRFN)
January 24-25, 2012
Washington, DC
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND P

2. Country/Economy Smart Grid Needs (Testbed Perspective)
Easily reconfigurable infrastructure for a variety of experiments
Protocols in place to apply international standards
Ability to assess components (hardware-in-the-loop) and integrated systems
Ability to work at large scale, to simulate “real-world” grid-level effects
High level of rigor in data collection, calibration, and accuracy
Multiple layers of infrastructure: power systems, data/information processing, communications

3. A Reconfigurable Smart-Grid Testbed
DETL:
A Reconfigurable Smart-Grid Testbed
Optimization of new DG/DER components and systems
R&D and product development
Pre-commercial testing and characterization
Protocol and standards development
Demonstration
Scenarios
Grid-connected and off-grid
Controllable loads simulate residential, commercial
Multiple sources
Energy storage
Home/building/network EMS

4. Energy Storage Test Pad
DETL Features
Lab Facilities
Energy Storage Test Pad
Offices
150 kW PV
1MW-hr storage capability
250 kW inverter capacity
3-Ø, 1-Ø µ-grids
Communications infrastructure (ethernet, wireless, PLC)
10-node residential
µ-inverter testbed
200kW diesel genset
Linkages to smart-grid field demos: - Mesa del Sol
PNM Prosperity project
NMSU campus microgrid
Others

5. 3-Phase 480Vac Node/Microgrid
Micro turbine

6. 1-Phase 120Vac Node/Microgrid

7. Labview-based SCADA/EMS Platform

8. Phasor Measurement Units (PMU)
GPS clock
PMU 1
Phasor Data Concentrator
PMU 2

9. External PMU Network 18 MW PV Plant in southern CO DETLPMU
500 kW PV/Battery
Site in Central NM
Sandia PDC
500 kW PV Plant
in Northern NM
Microgrid Site
at NMSU (planned)
Future
PMU

10. Test Capabilities Arc Fault Detection and Mitigation
Intentional Islanding, voltage control
Emerging Communication Protocols

11. Solar Reconfigurable Open Architecture Design (ROAD)
Replicate high PV penetration at residential scale
Full flexibility at each node
PV system
Energy storage
Programmable loads
Smart Meter
Utility/Home EMS
Service transformer
Single-phase Lateral, kV

12. Large Inverter Testbed
12.47 kV
Xfrmr
500 kVa phase
480 V
250 kW 3-Phase Inverter Testbed
Existing DETL
3-Phase
Node/Microgrid
Series Reactor
Program. AC Source
PV Array Simulator AC
Fully programmable AC and DC sources
Ability to test larger PV inverters
Ability to create 3-phase 480V microgrid setup
with “feeder” impedance
PV Inverter Under Test DC

13. Large-Scale Energy Storage Testbed
DETL Tie
PV/WIND SIMULATOR
1 MW
(FUTURE)

14. Value of an International Collaboration
DETL works with many industry partners interested in global markets
Advances in power electronics are taking place across the globe – access to latest in new developments
Greater knowledge/understanding of standards and protocols from other parts of world can facilitate in-country development
Development and operations of test facilities can benefit from knowledge of testbed innovations in other countries