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Stabilizing Inverter-Based Transmission Systems: Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Experiments with a Megawatt-Scale Grid-Forming Inverter

Journal Article · · IEEE Electrification Magazine
This article presents what the authors believe to be the first experimental verification of the ability of grid-forming (GFM) inverters to stabilize a transmission electric power system that is otherwise unstable. The experiments described here were performed using power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation to connect a megawatt-scale battery inverter to a real-time electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation of the near-future Maui power system. This allows the dynamic interactions between the inverter and the power system to be observed without putting the real power system at risk. The ability to use the actual inverter hardware removes the need to rely on a computer model approximation of the inverter's behavior.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308; AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1897996
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5D00-81398; MainId:82171; UUID:8d3c6ba4-2f81-4e04-bb73-35a5d5bc786c; MainAdminID:64829
Journal Information:
IEEE Electrification Magazine, Journal Name: IEEE Electrification Magazine Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Pathways to the Next-Generation Power System With Inverter-Based Resources: Challenges and recommendations journal March 2022
A Future With Inverter-Based Resources: Finding Strength From Traditional Weakness journal November 2021
Multi-megawatt-scale fower-hardware-in-the-loop interface for testing ancillary grid services by converter-coupled generation conference July 2017