November 2019
Successful presence at European Utility Week - EUW 2019, on Stand R50.I6 at Initiate! Hub
November 12-14, Paris
www.european-utility-week.com/
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exhibition of K-INF technology
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demonstration of K-INF power management system capabilities via our customized real-time hardware-in-the loop demonstrator
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visits on our stand and networking
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presence in “The New Energy System” pitch session on Wednesday November 13th 2019 at Theatre 1 / Initiate! Hub
https://www.european-utility-week.com/hub-sessions-programme/panel#/
The pitch speech can be listened here
(starting from 10'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph8C4np5WJo&list=PL-hIQamIit0ux5KPiJpbmq_VL8q4pzzwV&index=8
December 2019
User-friendly K-INF design interface in MATLAB®/ Simulink® is fully operational
Application software used for designing
and off-line closed-loop testing the H-infinity controller which is the core of K-INF power management system.
This interface contains a comprehensive mix of design and test functions and is intended to be used within an iterative design approach.
The user inputs the plant parameters and closed-loop desired behavior. Then the plant model, templates of sensitivity functions (TSF) and the controller itself are automatically computed.
The closed-loop behavior is verified within a four-step procedure via frequency- and
time-domain simulations. If one of this steps yields non-satisfactory results, the design process is resumed from the beginning by altering the TSFs' initial parameters (desired performance).
January 2020
Tests of LiFePo batteries with K-INF PMS will be finished
Tests of LiFePo batteries working in the micro-grid frequency regulation use-case simulated environment, equipped of K-INF PMS, are in progress on the real-time demonstrator, in order to further build a sound comparison basis with state-of-the-art PMS performance.
Batteries have been solicited within accelerated operation cycles relevant to the frequency regulation use case in order to quantify fatigue effects on their state of health (SoH).