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Title: Modeling and Compensation Design for a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of an AC Distribution System: Preprint

Abstract

Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation, where actual hardware under text is coupled with a real-time digital model in closed loop, is a powerful tool for analyzing new methods of control for emerging distributed power systems. However, without careful design and compensation of the interface between the simulated and actual systems, PHIL simulations may exhibit instability and modeling inaccuracies. This paper addresses issues that arise in the PHIL simulation of a hardware battery inverter interfaced with a simulated distribution feeder. Both the stability and accuracy issues are modeled and characterized, and a methodology for design of PHIL interface compensation to ensure stability and accuracy is presented. The stability and accuracy of the resulting compensated PHIL simulation is then shown by experiment.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Formerly NREL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1399214
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-70263
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the 2016 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 18-20 September 2016, Denver, Colorado
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; power hardware-in-the-loop; power system simulation; power system dynamics; stability analysis

Citation Formats

Prabakar, Kumaraguru, Ainsworth, Nathan, Pratt, Annabelle, Baggu, Murali M, and Hariri, Ali. Modeling and Compensation Design for a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of an AC Distribution System: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Prabakar, Kumaraguru, Ainsworth, Nathan, Pratt, Annabelle, Baggu, Murali M, & Hariri, Ali. Modeling and Compensation Design for a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of an AC Distribution System: Preprint. United States.
Prabakar, Kumaraguru, Ainsworth, Nathan, Pratt, Annabelle, Baggu, Murali M, and Hariri, Ali. 2017. "Modeling and Compensation Design for a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of an AC Distribution System: Preprint". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399214.
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author = {Prabakar, Kumaraguru and Ainsworth, Nathan and Pratt, Annabelle and Baggu, Murali M and Hariri, Ali},
abstractNote = {Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation, where actual hardware under text is coupled with a real-time digital model in closed loop, is a powerful tool for analyzing new methods of control for emerging distributed power systems. However, without careful design and compensation of the interface between the simulated and actual systems, PHIL simulations may exhibit instability and modeling inaccuracies. This paper addresses issues that arise in the PHIL simulation of a hardware battery inverter interfaced with a simulated distribution feeder. Both the stability and accuracy issues are modeled and characterized, and a methodology for design of PHIL interface compensation to ensure stability and accuracy is presented. The stability and accuracy of the resulting compensated PHIL simulation is then shown by experiment.},
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