Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability

Zhang, Shuoting; Liu, Bo; Zheng, Sheng; Ma, Yiwei; Wang, Fei; Tolbert, Leon M.

doi:10.1109/TPEL.2018.2805835

Title: Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability

Abstract

A transmission line emulator has been developed to flexibly represent interconnected ac lines under normal operating conditions in a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power system emulation platform. As the most serious short-circuit fault condition, the three-phase short-circuit fault emulation is essential for power system studies. Here, this paper proposes a model to realize a three-phase short-circuit fault emulation at different locations along a single transmission line or one of several parallel-connected transmission lines. At the same time, a combination method is proposed to eliminate the undesired transients caused by the current reference step changes while switching between the fault state and the normal state. Experiment results verify the developed transmission line three-phase short-circuit fault emulation capability.

Authors:

Zhang, Shuoting ^[1]; Liu, Bo ^[1];

^[1]; Ma, Yiwei ^[1]; Wang, Fei ^[2];

^[2]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center

Publication Date:: 2018-02-14

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1430600

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0885-8993

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; Hardware test-bed (HTB); Transmission line emulator; Short-circuit fault emulation; Transmission line fault

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                    Zhang, Shuoting, Liu, Bo, Zheng, Sheng, Ma, Yiwei, Wang, Fei, and Tolbert, Leon M. Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Zhang, Shuoting, Liu, Bo, Zheng, Sheng, Ma, Yiwei, Wang, Fei, & Tolbert, Leon M. Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2805835

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                    Zhang, Shuoting, Liu, Bo, Zheng, Sheng, Ma, Yiwei, Wang, Fei, and Tolbert, Leon M. Wed .  
"Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2805835.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430600.

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  title        = {Development of a Converter-Based Transmission Line Emulator with Three-Phase Short-Circuit Fault Emulation Capability},

  author       = {Zhang, Shuoting and Liu, Bo and Zheng, Sheng and Ma, Yiwei and Wang, Fei and Tolbert, Leon M.},

  abstractNote = {A transmission line emulator has been developed to flexibly represent interconnected ac lines under normal operating conditions in a voltage source converter (VSC)-based power system emulation platform. As the most serious short-circuit fault condition, the three-phase short-circuit fault emulation is essential for power system studies. Here, this paper proposes a model to realize a three-phase short-circuit fault emulation at different locations along a single transmission line or one of several parallel-connected transmission lines. At the same time, a combination method is proposed to eliminate the undesired transients caused by the current reference step changes while switching between the fault state and the normal state. Experiment results verify the developed transmission line three-phase short-circuit fault emulation capability.},

  doi          = {10.1109/TPEL.2018.2805835},

  journal      = {IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 33,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {2}

}

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