The Real-Time Co-Simulation Platform with Hardware-in-Loop for Cyber-Attack in Smart Grid

With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), the observability and controllability of smart grid have been greatly enhanced. The smart grid is gradually evolving into cyber-physical-power systems (CPPS). The influence of communication network and control device on power system stability becomes more obvious. Thus, it is essential to set up the real-time co-simulation platform with hardware-in-loop to reflect cyber-attack process. In this paper, a co-simulation platform is designed based on RT-LAB, OPNET and real security and stability control device. The modeling and implementation methods of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack in the communication network are elaborated. The simulation results validate the capability of the co-simulation platform.