Impact of Inverter Based Resource Negative Sequence Current Injection on Transmission System Protection

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1595917· OSTI ID:1595917

Behnke, Michael Robert ^[1]; Custer, Gary ^[2]; Farantatos, Evangelos ^[3]; Fischer, Normann ^[4]; Guttromson, Ross ^[5]; Isaacs, Andrew ^[6]; Majumder, Rajat ^[7]; Pant, Siddhart ^[8]; Patel, Manish ^[9]; Reddy-Konala, Venkat ^[10]; Voloh, Ilia ^[11]

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1. Cinch, Inc., Livermore, CA (United States)
2. SMA, Rocklin, CA (United States)
3. Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
4. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory, Pullman, WA (United States)
5. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
6. Electranix Corporation, Winnipeg (Canada)
7. Siemens-Gamesa, Orland, FL (United States)
8. GE Renewable Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
9. Southern Company Service, Birmingham, AL (United States)
10. First Solar, Germantown, MD (United States)
11. GE Multilin, Markham (Canada)

This report documents the results of analysis performed to investigate the impact of inverter-based resource (IBR) response to unbalanced faults on transmission system protective relay dependability and security. Electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations were performed to simulate IBR response to these faults using existing manufacturer-developed EMT models for four separate IBRs. The study team was composed of IBR manufacturers, relay manufacturers, transmission providers, reliability coordinators and industry consultants with experience in EMT simulation and system protection. The results indicate that under certain conditions, IBR response can result in protective relay misoperations if current protection practices, which were developed based on conventional power sources, are not adapted to the characteristics of IBRs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States): SMA, Rocklin, CA (United States): Cinch, Inc., Livermore, CA (United States); Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory, Pullman, WA (United States); Electranix Corporation, Winnipeg (Canada): Siemens-Gamesa, Orland, FL (United States); GE Renewable Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States): Southern Company Service, Birmingham, AL (United States); First Solar, Germantown, MD (United States); GE Multilin, Markham (Canada)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1595917
• Report Number(s): SAND--2020-0265; 683084
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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