Revisiting Power Systems Time-Domain Simulation Methods and Models

Lara, Jose Daniel; Henriquez-Auba, Rodrigo; Ramasubramanian, Deepak; Dhople, Sairaj; Callaway, Duncan S.; Sanders, Seth

doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3303291

Revisiting Power Systems Time-Domain Simulation Methods and Models

Journal Article · 08 August 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3303291· OSTI ID:2406877

Lara, Jose Daniel; Henriquez-Auba, Rodrigo; Ramasubramanian, Deepak; Dhople, Sairaj; Callaway, Duncan S.; Sanders, Seth

The changing nature of power systems dynamics is challenging present practices related to modeling and study of system-level dynamic behavior. While developing new techniques and models to handle the new modeling requirements, it is also critical to review some of the terminology used to describe existing simulation approaches and the embedded assumptions. This article provides a first-principles review of the simplifications and transformations commonly used in the formulation of time-domain simulation models. It introduces a taxonomy and classification of time-domain simulation models depending on their frequency bandwidth, network representation, and software availability. Furthermore, it focuses on the fundamental aspects of averaging techniques, and model reduction approaches that result in modeling choices, and discusses the associated challenges and opportunities of applying these methods in systems with large shares of Inverter Based Resources (IBRs). The article concludes with an illustrative simulation that compares the trajectories of an IBR-dominated system.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2406877

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-6A40-90687; MainId:92465; UUID:af90eae1-fce0-4301-878e-ea12800a12d8; MainAdminId:73233

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 39

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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