Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations

The usual practice to study a large power system is through digital computer simulation. However, the impact of large scale use of small distributed generators on a power network cannot be evaluated strictly by simulation since many of these components cannot be accurately modelled. Moreover, the ne...

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Main Authors: Dargahi, M., Ghosh, Arindam, Davari, P., Ledwich, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19588
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Ghosh, Arindam
Davari, P.
Ledwich, G.
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Davari, P.
Ledwich, G.
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description The usual practice to study a large power system is through digital computer simulation. However, the impact of large scale use of small distributed generators on a power network cannot be evaluated strictly by simulation since many of these components cannot be accurately modelled. Moreover, the network complexity makes the task of practical testing on a physical network nearly impossible. This study discusses the paradigm of interfacing a real-time simulation of a powersystem to real-life hardware devices. This type of splitting a network into two parts and running a real-time simulation with a physical system in parallel is usually termed as power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation. The hardware part is driven by a voltage source converter that amplifies the signals of the simulator. In this paper, the effects of suitable control strategy on the performance of PHIL and the associated stability aspects are analysed in detail. The analyses are validated throughseveral experimental tests using an real-time digital simulator.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-195882017-09-13T13:46:03Z Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations Dargahi, M. Ghosh, Arindam Davari, P. Ledwich, G. The usual practice to study a large power system is through digital computer simulation. However, the impact of large scale use of small distributed generators on a power network cannot be evaluated strictly by simulation since many of these components cannot be accurately modelled. Moreover, the network complexity makes the task of practical testing on a physical network nearly impossible. This study discusses the paradigm of interfacing a real-time simulation of a powersystem to real-life hardware devices. This type of splitting a network into two parts and running a real-time simulation with a physical system in parallel is usually termed as power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation. The hardware part is driven by a voltage source converter that amplifies the signals of the simulator. In this paper, the effects of suitable control strategy on the performance of PHIL and the associated stability aspects are analysed in detail. The analyses are validated throughseveral experimental tests using an real-time digital simulator. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19588 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0848 The Institution of Engineering and Technology restricted
spellingShingle Dargahi, M.
Ghosh, Arindam
Davari, P.
Ledwich, G.
Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title_full Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title_fullStr Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title_full_unstemmed Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title_short Controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
title_sort controlling current and voltage type interfaces in power-hardware-in-the-loop simulations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19588