Prosumer Lab FHNW

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.

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.

For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Martin Geidl.

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