Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI
Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI

Network Evaluation Technologies

 

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Software

We offer software solutions for

  • Simulation, analysis, and planning of energy networks
  • Manipulation and analysis of energy distribution and transmission networks
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Offers

  • Research collaboration on energy transition and on resilience of energy infrastructure to extreme weather events
  • Tailored software development for the simulation of energy networks
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Projects

Approaches to tackle the challenges of the energy transition.

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The work of the Network Evaluation Technologies (NET) business area concentrates on

  • Network analysis, simulation, optimization, and planning for energy networks, including gas, electricity, heat, and water (heating and cooling) networks.
  • Sector coupling: integrating different energy consumption sectors, such as electricity, gas (hydrogen), and heat.
  • Cascading failures of intra-energy networks to simulate how a failure in one energy sector, such as the power grid, causes other interconnected sectors, such as gas networks, and vice versa.

NET’s cooperation partners and customers stem from areas such as oil and gas, chemistry, microelectronics, and engineering.

We develop mathematical methods and software products. Our range of services includes:

  • Studies
  • Licenses for our products
  • Tailored software solutions
  • Integration of our software modules into other software products

Customer comments

"We have been using MYNTS productively for half a decade. The classical world of natural gas, hydrogen, and increasingly other media can be solved in a physically sophisticated model".

Open Grid Europe, network planning (2023)

Open Grid Europe 



"MYNTS provides a valuable and comprehensive tool for mapping and calculating complex gas network infrastructures."

Bundesnetzagentur (2023)

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Background

Efficient gas, electricity, and water transport networks are paramount in industrialized countries. To enable and expand the use of renewable energies, the German government supports the modernization and construction of thousands of kilometers of new power networks.

The new simulation software MYNTS (Multiphysical Network Simulator) helps to plan and operate such complex networks. For example, MYNTS can calculate how temperature fluctuations change the flow rates and how the failure of a sub-network affects the other network components.

The software is also of interest to SmartGrids. The intelligent networking and control of power generators, storage facilities, consumers, and network resources are among the most significant economic and environmental challenges. Local solutions can also make essential contributions: Improved time management and savings, especially for energy-intensive companies, could cut consumption peaks and bring electricity and gas consumption into line with supply. However, this increases complexity, costs, and susceptibility.