DSGrid
| POCI-01-0247-FEDER-011122 subcontract 3 years (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) | |
| Summary: | DSGrid is a multidisciplinary project that brings together areas of knowledge of (i) power, (ii) automation and protection, (iii) communications, (iv) real-time systems, (v) embedded systems, (vi) cybersecurity and (vii) information and software technologies contributed by the four participating entities. This fully digital system type is characterized by the integration of networks and replacement of analog subsystems signaling and electronic real-time communications, transforming substation to an advanced integrated automation, control, protection, monitoring and information platform from the process to remote interfaces of supervision and maintenance / management. The benefits include the simplification of systems and processes, flexibility and scalability, interoperability, performance and reliability and safety (safety) operation. |
| Funding: | Global: 923KEUR, CISTER: 125KEUR |
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PT2020 project on Smartgrid moves ahead
CISTER met with EFACEC associates to discuss the status and future steps of the DSGrid project. DSGrid, part of the PT2020 program, aims to develop technical knowledge, engineering skills and products towards the establishment of third generation automation systems for substations, and similar smart-grid applications. It works on smarter transmission and distribution grids to deliver answer to the challenges of operational optimization of grid assets and systems.
The project is owned by EFACEC with contributions by EDP Distribuição, ISEP (through CISTER) and the University of Minho (through HASLab). CISTER is central to the innovations related to embedded systems and to provide tools and analysis related to the systems’ temporal properties.
The meetings, attended by Rui Dias Jorge and Fernando Gomes from EFACEC along with CISTER researchers Eduardo Tovar, Raghuraman Rangarajan, David Pereira, and Pedro Santos, evaluated the current progress and discussed potential future work based on the issues arising from the prototyping by EFACEC. This includes analysis of network architectures for timing synchronization in digital substations, analysis of task separation in multicore processors and development of a toolchain.
HAPPY NEW 2017!
DSGrid kick-off meeting held
PT2020 proposal DSGrid accepted
CISTER’s efforts in the preparation of PT2020 proposals has started to show results with the approval of the DSGrid proposal. The objective of the DSGrid project is to deliver new scientific and technical knowledge, new engineering skills and new products towards the establishment of third generation automation systems for substations and similar applications. It is set in the current development trend where the concepts of smarter transmission and distribution grids are delivering an answer to the challenges of energy efficiency, quality of power supply and lifecycle operational optimization of grid assets and systems. The project is owned by EFACEC with important contributions by EDP Distribuição, ISEP (through CISTER) and the University of Minho (through HASLab). CISTER will be central in the innovations related to embedded systems and to provide tools and analysis related to systems’ temporal properties. In meanwhile, collaborations of CISTER with EFACEC on related topics were discussed during an informal visit of CISTER researchers Eduardo Tovar and Jibran Ali to the EFACEC premises in Maia last May 27.