Advanced Grid Laboratory for Cyber-Physical
Energy System Applications at KAUST
Mohd Asim Aftab, Gabriel E. Mejia Ruiz, Shijie Pan, Shehab Ahmed, and Charalambos Konstantinou
ANGLE Lab provides a flexible platform for developing, testing and validating advanced control, protection, visualization, and
resilient solutions for energy systems. Specifically, real-time digital power system simulators replicate the operation of the grid
under study and provide an interface for interaction with power system model components. Real-time simulators – Opal-RT,
Typhoon HIL, and RTDS – are available for simulation and HIL-based studies on power networks and power electronics.
Power amplifiers are used for interfacing high/low-level signals to and from simulators. The PV emulator, programmable
loads, and inverters replicate realistic grid device behavior and help visualize power system dynamics. Protection relays collect
data from the power system simulation interface and take protective relaying action as needed. The network simulators add a
“cyber” layer to the setup providing a holistic cyber-physical testbed with real-time co-simulation capabilities.
Co-Simulation setup for TDA in Microgrid
Voltage and Current signal at Bus 5 after GPS spoofing attack
GPS spoofing attack demonstration in RTDS
VVC/VWC attack on Smart Inverter
Hardware Performance Counter (HPC) based cyberattack
detection on Smart Inverter
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High Fidelity Integrated Simulation and HIL Testing
Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS) for Situational Awareness
EV Charging Infrastructure
Interoperability Testing of Intelligence Electronic Devices (IEDs)
Network Co-Simulation and Communication Testing
Impact Assessment of Adverse Cyber-Physical Events and Resilient System
Operation
DERs Security and Control
Contact us:
Advanced Grid Laboratory for CyberPhysical Energy System Applications
(ANGLE), King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Building 5, level 2,
23955-6900 Thuwal,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
angle.lab@kaust.edu.sa