Tactical Microgrid Standards Consortium

US Army Engineer R&D Center (ERDC)

US Army Communications-Electronics

RD&E Center (CERDEC)

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

As of 26 August 2016

TMSC Overview

Distribution Statement A

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

• To develop standards for Tactical Microgrids including:

• Safety, Protection, & Human Factors

• Electrical Interconnection

• Communications, Controls, & Cybersecurity

• A consortium approach will be used to incorporate relevant organizations –such as, DOE, NIST, and industry – and related on-going work to develop a joint standard.

• This vision involves near real time management of generators, renewables such as solar and storage with intelligent management that minimizes the size and variability of the loads, to minimize the total mission weight (more than 40%) of fuel and power equipment.

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TMSC Objective

Tactical Power Deployment Configurations

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Central Plant Microgrid

Distributed Microgrid

The tactical situation determines

what and how devices are

configured into a microgrid.

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Create Interoperability Between Devices

Fueled Generation

Energy Storage &

Conditioning

Distribution

Loads

Intelligent

Management

System

Power

Data

Renewables Inverter/Converter

Future tactical microgrids will rely on cybersecure communications and

intelligent control to ensure efficient and effective microgrid operations that

are enabled by secure, reliable, standards-based device interactions.

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Sample of Reference Industry Standards

• ANSI/NEMA C84.1-2006 • IEEE: C37.2, 519, 754, 802.1X, 945, 1003.1, 1159, 1278,

1547, 1588, 1668, 2030• IETF RFC: 2616, 4253, 4716, 5216, 5246, 5280, 5424, 5425,

5848, 5878, 5905, 5996, 6818, 6960, 7627• ISO/IEC: 10646, 14496-22, 60559, 61000-4, 61131-3, 61727,

61850• OASIS SAML 2.0• OMG: DDS, DDS-RPC, DDS-RTPS, IDL, UML• NFPA 70, 70E

• TCG: TPM 1.2

• Other: ITU-T I.371, ITU-T X.509, ITU-T X.690, NIST 800-57,

SAE J1939, SEMI F47-0706, SunSpec, VDE-AR-N 4015

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Sections and Select Subsections of theDraft Tactical Microgrid Standard

Scope

Applicable Documents

Definitions

General Requirements

Detailed Requirements► Safety

► Human Factors

► Data Model Overview

► Communication Interfaces

► Electrical Interconnection

► Cybersecurity

Appendices

The data model heavily leverages industry standards while addressing

unique DoD requirements

- Cryptographically enforced identity and trust

- Either distributed or centralized controls with defined arbitrage processes

Control 1 DER 1 DER 2

Trust

Data Sheets

Grid Forming,

Load Sharing,

Demand

Response

Discovery

Fault Handling

Configuration

Operation

Control 2

It begins with an integrated data model

Principal Risk Management Framework (RMF) Documents

ATO Authority to Operate A&A Assessment & Authorization

AO Authorizing Official C&A Certification & Accreditation

DAA Designated Accrediting Authority

Safe and Secure Tactical Microgrid Operations by Design

Integrating Risk

Management

Framework (RMF)

from the beginning

DIACAP

System

ATOAO / DAA

A&A / C&A

RMF TM Standard

Design

Requirements

Safe & Secure

Operational

System

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• Equipment Electrical Performance Requirements

• Generator Secondary Controller Methods

• Load Sharing Methods

• Microgrid System Performance Considerations

Generator Control MethodsSecondary Control Electrical

Performance

Intelligent Load PerformanceAnd Behavior

Inverter (Grid-feeding) Performance and behavior

Microgrid Connect/Disconnect Process

Microgrid System Performance

Generator Load Sharing Techniques

Degraded Operations

Electrical Interconnection

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The TMSC Workspace

https://community.apan.org/wg/tactical-microgrids/p/howtoparticipate

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Upcoming Events

September 2017: Stand up TMSC Workspace II

1st Quarter, FY 17

► Government Cybersecurity Workshop

► Military SME Review

► DoD – DOE SME Technical Exchange

► Industry Technical Exchange

► TMSC – Industry Webinars and One-on-One Discussions

• Controls

• TMSC Data Model

• Communication Architecture

• Cybersecurity

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Future Milestones

Current: Laboratory Testing and continuous draft revision

September 2016: Initial draft MIL-STD complete

October 2016: PM E2S2 Independent MIL-STD Microgrid test begins

November 2016-June 2017: Monthly reviews of findings from Laboratory and Independent Testing and draft updates

July-August 2017: White – Green Interoperability Demonstration

September 2017: Final Draft MIL-STD submitted for approval

August 2018: Tactical Microgrid MIL-STD approved by DSPO

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Life after TMSC?

Grow the number of microgrids globally through the development of advanced power and distribution systems for Civil and Military Applications

► DoD and DOE joint development

► USG and Industry

► USA and Global Partners

“Push the Possible” through Technical Demonstrations

► Family of Interoperable Microgrid Devices concept (Self-organizing microgrids)

► Remote Area Advanced Autonomous Microgrids for Civil and Military Applications demonstration proposals

Adoption of select sections of the Tactical Microgrid Interoperability MIL-STD by Industry Standards Organization