Hardware-based Advanced Electromagnetic Transient Simulation for A Large-Scale PV Plant in Real Time Digital Simulator

Conference · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE53617.2023.10362673· OSTI ID:2283863

Choi, Jongchan ^[1]; Marthi, Phani Ratna Vanamali ^[1]; Debnath, Suman ^[1]; Arifujjaman, Md ^[2]; Rexwinkel, Nicole ^[2]; Khalilpour, Farzad ^[2]; Arana, Andrew ^[3]; Karimjee, Huzaifa ^[3]

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1. ORNL
2. Southern California Edison (SCE)
3. Florida Power and Light

Power electronics-based resources, such as high-voltage direct current (HVdc) substations, photovoltaic (PV) plants, wind plants, electric vehicle charging stations, and energy storage systems, are increasingly being integrated within the power grid. Recently, multiple reports have emphasized the necessity for high-fidelity electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations of these large-scale power electronics-based resources to accurately understand their behavior in power grids. However, performing hardware-based EMT simulations with high-fidelity models for such large power electronics systems is challenging due to the small time-step requirements and the involvement of a large number of states. This paper presents the implementation of hardware-based high-fidelity EMT dynamic model of a large-scale PV plant, accomplished through custom model development using the specific-C language in real-time digital simulator hardware (RTDS) and software (RSCAD).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 2283863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English