A standards-based approach for domain specific modelling of smart grid system architectures

Abstract

The ongoing integration of decentralized, renewable energies is a major challenge for today's power system. In order to control the volatile behaviour of these Distributed Energy Resources (DER), the electricity system has to evolve towards a Smart Grid. The development of this critical and complex System-of-Systems involves different stakeholder from different disciplines. Thus, domain specific engineering concepts on system level are needed. To foster the interdisciplinary development, the proposed approach presents a standards-based architecture framework, implemented as Domain Specific Language (DSL). Moreover, the DSL is used to develop a reference architecture on basis of the NIST Logical Reference Model. To evaluate the applicability of the reference architecture model it is used for instantiation of a particular system solution.