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Abstract - Distributed Energy Resources (DER), e. g. wind turbines, combined heat and
power units, photovoltaic and inverter controlled DER, gain importance in todays power system. Their fluctuating behaviour and their specific control characteristics require manifold investigations. Due to the nature of ATP-EMTP with regard to simulating supply structures it is a suitable tool for such investigations, but requires the addition of models of DER. ISET has utilised ATP-EMTP for different power system studies with consideration of DER. The developed DER-models will be introduced in this contribution. A compilation of the different DER-models into a library is planned. Keywords: Power system analysis, distributed energy resources, system control, wind turbines, inverter control
1 Introduction
Distributed Energy Resources (DER), e. g. wind turbines, combined heat and power units, photovoltaic and inverter controlled DER, gain importance in todays power system. Their fluctuating behaviour and their specific control characteristics require manifold investigations. ATP-EMTP is an established analysis tool for power systems. It is also a suitable tool to study the integration of DER into power systems. Due to the license conditions it is especially attractive for universities and education. However, suitable models for DER need to be developed. ISET has utilised ATP-EMTP for different power system studies with consideration of DER. In the following sections we present some of the developed models and give a few application examples.
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Compensation unit consisting of 12 condenser banks and the control logic. The different steps of the compensation unit are automatically connected with a certain time delay. Logical block which evaluates the rotor speed Logical block which evaluates the voltage Measurement of rotor speed (signal required to limit rotor speed via a brake) Group to simulate a mechanical brake Group to simulate wind speed including tower shadow effect Group for grid connection and for measurement of active, reactive and apparent power, power factor, current, and voltage. Output transformer connected over a line
Figure 1: ATP-Draw representation of the wind turbine model implemented in ATP-EMTP. The different functional groups are mentioned in the text.
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Figure 2: ATP-Draw representation of the DGS model using a synchronous machine model SM59_FC. (1): voltage control loop, (2) frequency measurement (3) frequency control loop.
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Figure 4: Executable part of ATP-EMTP Models description for the frequency and voltage variable three-phase battery inverter
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ATP-EMTP has been used to perform load flow analyses, to get voltage profiles and for the determinations of the loading of the lines. The achieved results compare well to results obtained with dedicated load flow analysis programs like PowerFactory from DIgSILENT. A transient analysis has been performed to study the effect of wind power on voltage variations, and to study the response to short circuits followed by a short-term interruption. Figure 6 shows the power output of the simulated wind turbine (RMS time domain). The response of the power output to the wind speed variations as well as the function of the compensation unit can be seen. The model was successfully applied to study the voltage variations in the power supply system of the island.
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(2) Active and recative power (W) of wind turbine vs time Figure 6: (1) Wind speed and (2) corresponding power output of wind turbine. The turbine is connected at the time t=6s to the grid. The peaks in the power output result from the operation of the compenstation unit. The small ripple on the power output is due to the assumed tower shadow effect.
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Figure 8: Active power of the inverters (W). The load of 100 kW is shared between the three inverters.
Figure 9: Frequency of the island system (Hz). The frequency change results from a load step (100 kW)
3.2.2 Laboratory validation of ATP-EMTP simulations The computer simulations are compared to laboratory measurements. For the laboratory experiments two three-phase inverter clusters with the bi-directional battery inverter Sunny Island 4500 from SMA Technology AG are used. They are connected with 14 kWh battery banks. The Sunny Island battery inverter can be operated in three different modes. In the experiments a droop mode with a frequency droop and a voltage droop is used. Several Sunny Islands in parallel connection act as grid forming devices. Due to this functionality, it is possible to expand a supply system and to enable power sharing by using different slopes for the droops.
Figure 10 Island grid system configuration with two 3-phase inverter clusters and different loads
Although, the Sunny Island is only available as a single-phase version, three Sunny Islands can be connected together in order to form a three-phase inverter cluster (Figure 10). A load step of 18 kW resistive load is applied to the parallel connected inverter clusters with different settings of the frequency droops (Figure 11 and 12).
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Figure 12: Output currents of the Sunny-Island inverters with unequal frequency droops (ratio kp1/kp2=2) and a load step 18 kW: a) ATP-EMTP simulation; b) laboratory results
Figures 11 and 12 show the same qualitative results for the laboratory experiments and the computer simulations during transients and steady state. Even without the consideration of the dynamics of the semi-conductor switches the model of the inverter represented by an ideal voltage source shows sufficient accuracy.
4 Conclusion
ATP-EMTP has been successfully used for the investigation of power systems including distributed energy resources (DER). Suited models for some DER have been developed to enable these investigations. These models include specific control functions of the devices e.g. active power frequency and reactive power voltage droops of the battery inverters. The models were implemented using standard ATP-EMTP components and features like the ATP-EMTP Models language. The ATP-Draw Group feature is used to organise
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the specific DER models into a single block. The performed investigations are focused on steady state analysis (load flow), RMS time domain and transients. The simulation environment has also been used to support the development of control techniques for inverters. For the support of the analysis, suited measuring blocks have been compiled. The developed models are shown in Figure 10. A compilation of the different models into a library is planned.
Generators Wind turbine generator
Three phase voltage source inverter Diesel generator set Grid with adjustable impedance Measuring devices Computation of rectangular components for one phase systems Calculation of RMS
Calculation of active, reactive and apparent power in single phase systems Computation of rectangular components for threephase system
Literature [1] A. Engler: Regelung von Batteriestromrichtern in modularen und erweiterbaren Inselnetzen. Dissertation.de, Berlin, 05/2002, ISBN 3-89825-439-9 [2] A. Engler, O. Osika: Simulation of Inverter Dominated Minigrids. 2nd European PVHybrid and Mini-Grid Conference, 25./26.09.2003, Kassel Acknowledgement: We would like to express our thanks to the European Commission for their support in the MicroGrids project ENK5-CT-2002-00610 and the DISPOWER project ENK5-CT-200100522.