Modbus TCP/IP connection of power analysers for real-time monitoring of a demonstration microgrid: A Simulink approach

• Autor(a) principal: Peleman, Anthony
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/9309
• topic: Energy Demand; Energy monitoring; MODBUS TCP/IP; Matlab/Simulink

The demand for energy is growing more than ever and energy consumption is higher than the natural resources are able to supply. Therefore it becomes necessary that companies start reducing their energy consumption. Governments are creating more stringent environmental regulations, which raise energy costs for polluting companies and makes energy-saving measures more attractive. Companies are constantly searching for methods to lower their energy costs. Hereby energy monitoring can offer a solution, as companies can examine their energy consumption at any time and every consumer can be watched separately. By linking the measurement devices via a Modbus TCP/IP connection it is possible to make numerous measurements in various places. The software program proposed in this work does not depend on a specific brand of power analyser, making it an interesting and very flexible tool. The Matlab/Simulink software provides a perfect program environment, giving a transparent and clear overview of the measured values. The software is easy to handle, even for beginners and makes it possible to make changes really fast. In several case studies the program was tested on different types of consumers. This way the accuracy and the reliability of the program could be concluded.