Smart Electricity Distribution Grids Based on Distribution Management System and Distributed Generation

This project will raise the functionality of electricity distribution networks to a very high level imposed by the 21st century needs. This level is defined by Smart Grid concept which is considered in this project as an integration of two large software products: DMS Software and SCADA system on one, and distributed generation and other energy resources on the other side. Special attention will be paid to both sociological and environmental protection aspects of the Smart Grid effects. Basic researches on DMS Software are done at the Power Engineering Department at the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTS) and ones on SCADA system at Mihajlo Pupin Institute, providing a quality basis for the integration of the two software systems in DMS (Distribution Management System). Basic research necessary for distributed generation concept is done at the Department of Power Electronics and Converters at FTS as well as at the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, providing a quality basis for the integration of distributed generation with DMS. Finally, the researches on sociological and environmental protection aspects are done at the Department for Fundamental Disciplines and the Department for Environmental Engineering at FTS, respectively. In this way, executors of this project are fully prepared to face the interdisciplinary nature of this project subject – Smart Electricity Distribution Grids – as one of the biggest challenges at the beginning of the 21st century.