The Prosumer Lab offers our partners from the industry and research sector equipment and test benches for testing, developing and testing a wide range of smart grid technologies.
Our offer
In the prosumer lab, we support you in the development, testing and optimization of hardware and software for controlling loads and generators:
- Development of algorithms for load control and flexibility utilization in prosumer systems (customer-serving, grid-serving, system-serving).
- Implementation and testing of interfaces for controlling devices (e.g. heat pumps, electric charging stations, battery storage, PV inverters).
- The automated system can be used to run predefined and, if required, time-scaled test programs. The test results are clearly displayed in a KPI dashboard.
- The tests in our prosumer laboratory are the sought-after and important intermediate step between the development and roll-out of a technology.
Get in touch with us
For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Martin Geidl.
Infrastructure
The test stand is constantly being expanded with new technology. We currently operate the following components:
- Smart meters from various manufacturers
- Devices/systems for load control, e.g. from Clemap, Evulution, Tiko
- PV inverters with artificial DC source
- Emulated heat pump loads
- Electric boilers
- Battery storage, e.g. from E3DC, Varta
- Charging stations for electric vehicles, e.g. from Evtech, Etrel, Zaptec
- Various other controllable loads
The Prosumer Lab is part of the FHNW Institute of Electric Power Systems
Institute of Electric Power Systems
The main areas of our work are power electronic systems and drives, as well as power grids.