CoSES Laboratory for Combined Energy Systems At TU Munich

This paper describes a newly built laboratory at the Research Center for Combined Smart Energy Systems (CoSES) at TU Munich. The laboratory is designed to provide a facility for analysis and testing of integrated energy systems (electricity, heating, cooling, e-mobility) in a holistic manner, which is recognized as a necessary approach in successful transition to sustainable energy systems. A distinct characteristic of the CoSES laboratory, besides the multi energy approach, is the full emulation of high power energy grids without the usage of real-time simulators. The control subsystem is based on the NI real-time hardware, while the NI VeriStand platform provides easy transition from the software models to the hardware prototypes.