A Novel Design, Economic Assessment, and Fuzzy-Based Technical Validation of an Islanded Microgrid: A Case Study on Load Model of Kibber Village in Himachal Pradesh

Table 8

Salient features and summarized details of the hardware system.

Sr. No.	Feature	Details
1.	Power supply	230 V AC
2.	SMPS	230 V AC to 24 V DC
3.	PLC	Reconfigurable 12/8 I/O 24 V DC
3.1.	Product name/Catalog ID	Micro820/2080-LC20-20QBB
3.2.	Software used	CCW standard edition v12.0
3.3.	Total input/output	12/8 (analog I/O channels–4/1 and digital I/O channels–8/7)
3.4.	Dimensions (H × W × D, mm)	90 × 100 × 80
3.5.	User-defined function blocks	Yes
3.6.	Languages	Ladder diagram, function block, structured text
3.7.	Program steps	10,000 steps
3.8.	MicroSD card slot	1 (32 GB max.)
3.9.	Base serial port	RS232/485 nonisolated, CIP serial, modbus RTU, ASCII
3.10.	Base programming port	Embedded ethernet port
3.11.	Reconfigurable	Yes
4.	Relay card	24 V DC 8channel card with the indicator (s)
5.	LED lights	Pilot LEDs with 22.5 mm diameter
6.	Potentiometer	5 kΩ with knob 0–180̊
7.	Toggle switches	6 A on/off metallic switches