Innovative Multi-Layered Architecture for Heterogeneous Automation and Monitoring Systems: Application Case of a Photovoltaic Smart Microgrid

Intelligent energy facilities, e.g., smart grids and microgrids are the evolution of traditional through digital transformation. These modern paradigms expected to foster utilization renewable energies, sustainable development, resilience power grid. A barrier found when deploying experimental consists handling heterogeneity required hardware software components as well available commercial equipment. Despite fact that there is various architecture proposed in previous literature, it commonly lacks validation, specification involved equipment concerning industrial/proprietary or open-source nature, concretization communication protocols. To overcome such drawbacks, this paper proposes an innovative multi-layered deploy heterogeneous automation monitoring systems for microgrids. The structured into six functional layers organize integrated manner. open protocol Modbus TCP chosen harmonize communications, enabling interconnection from industrial scopes, indeed nature. An photovoltaic-based microgrid reported application case demonstrate suitability validity proposal.