Behavioral Modeling for Microgrid Simulation

Trends in power system simulation that demand computationally-intensive, physics-based models may impede the acquisition of useful results for applications like condition-based maintenance, electrical plant load analysis (EPLA), and scheduling tasking finite generation distribution resources. A tool can quickly evaluate many scenarios, as opposed to intense, high fidelity modeling a single operating scenario, best serve these applications. This paper presents behavioral simulator emulate operation relatively large collection loads, providing “what-if” evaluations various scenarios conditions more complete exploration design or envelope. The presented provide time-series data under loading usage assumptions interest. Comparisons field collected from microgrid on-board 270-foot (82 meter) US Coast Guard medium-endurance cutter demonstrate utility this approach.