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Load Flow and dynamic
Simulation with the Palau Grid
PowerFactory Version 15
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Table of Contents
Exercise 1 Load Flow Analysis ..............................................................................................3
1.1 PROJECT IMPORT.............................................................................................................................................3
1.2 LOAD FLOW CALCULATION ...............................................................................................................................5
1.3 FEEDERS..........................................................................................................................................................5
1.4 VOLTAGE PROFILES ..........................................................................................................................................8
1.5 LOAD SCALING.................................................................................................................................................9
1.6 LOAD CURVES VIA CHARACTERISTIC ............................................................................................................... 11
Exercise 2 Dynamic Simulation...........................................................................................15
2.1 ADDING MODELS FOR POWER PLANTS ............................................................................................................ 15
2.2 FAULT SIMULATION........................................................................................................................................ 17
2.3 CONCLUSIONS FROM FAULT SIMULATION ........................................................................................................ 22
Exercise 3 Adding a PV System...........................................................................................24
3.1 USING TEMPLATES ......................................................................................................................................... 24
3.2 SIMULATION WITH PV SYSTEM....................................................................................................................... 25
3.3 RESULT INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 27
Exercise 4 Adding a Battery................................................................................................30
4.1 RESULT INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 31
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Exercise 1 Load Flow Analysis
This first exercise will show you how a project can be imported into PowerFactory and how different
analysis can be executed. The analysis will be: defining feeders, load scaling using feeder information,
voltage profiling usage of time dependent load curves.
1.1 Project Import
The trainer will present you how the Palau Island data was imported in PowerFactory and how the
single line diagram was created.
The following part will cover the data import.
• Make sure that PowerFactory is started and that no other project is activated.
• Please click on File -> Deactivate Project to make sure that no project is active.
• Click then on File -> Import -> Data (*.dz,*.dat,*.pfd) and select the file “Palau.pfd”. The file
will be made available by the trainer like the project for the first part of the training.
• Press in the import dialogue “Execute” to import the project:
Note: If you import a project you should check that the field “Missing referenced objects” is
empty. The project is probably not complete if the field is empty.
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After a successful import you should see in the output window of PowerFactory the following
message:
• Activate now the project by clicking on File -> Activate Project..
• Select in the next window the just imported project (Palau) and press OK
You should see now the single line representation of the Palau power system:
Make yourself familiar with the network.
• Use the diagram colouring option ( ) and activate the “3. Other”
option, select Topology -> Voltage Levels and press then OK. The diagram will then be
coloured according to the nominal voltages of the nodes.
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1.2 Load Flow Calculation
We will use now a load flow calculation to compare the results against the results from the Easy
Power model which was the base for the PowerFactory network model.
• Run a balanced load flow ( )
• Display a grid summary report by clicking at Output -> Output Calculation Analysis... Select in
the following dialogue the Grid Summary Report.
• Maximize then the output window ( ) and compare the results against
the load flow results from the Easy Power model below:
System Summary Report (Easy Power)
Total kW kVAR kVA PF
Generation in System 15101 8168 17168 0.880
Load in System 14573 7058 16192 0.900
Shunt Load in System -0 -0
Losses in System 528 1110
Check of Balance 0 0
Note: Small differences between the Easy Power model and the load flow results from
PowerFactory are OK. The differences can be caused by some assumptions made for the
import since the source data was not 100% complete.
1.3 Feeders
When analyzing a system it is often useful to know where the various elements are receiving their
power supply from. In PowerFactory this is achieved using Feeder Definitions (ElmFeeder ).
A feeder is defined at a line or transformer end, and then the feeder definition algorithm searches the
system from the definition point to determine the extent of the feeder. The feeder ends when:
An open breaker is encountered; or
The end of a line of supply is encountered; or
Terminate feeder at this point is enabled in a cubicle (optional); or
A higher voltage is encountered (optional).
Once a feeder has been defined it may be used to scale the loads connected along it according to a
measured current or power, to create voltage profile plots or to select particular branches and
connected objects in the network. Following load flow calculations, special reports can be created for
the defined feeders. To distinguish the different feeder definitions, they can be coloured uniquely in
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the single line graphic. All feeder objects are stored in the Feeders folder ( ) in the Network Data
folder.
A new feeder is created by right-clicking on a cubicle (that is, when the cursor is held just above the
breaker in the single line diagram) and selecting Define -> Feeder... Once the option Feeder has been
selected, the Feeder dialog pops up. There you can define the desired options for the new object.
After pressing Ok, the new Feeder is stored in the Feeders folder of the Network Model.
Defining Feeders
The system contains already some feeders which were defined by the trainer. You have to define only
two feeders for learning the handling of this function. Activate first the feeder colouring to show the
already existing feeders in the network.
• Use the diagram colouring option ( ) and activate the “3. Other”
option, select Topology -> Feeders and press then OK. The diagram will then be coloured
according to the feeder definitions.
• Go to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ and define the feeders as highlighted below:
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You can use the “Mark in Graphic” function for finding the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’:
• Click for this at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the ElmTerm:
• Search then the ‘F-AIRAI-10’ either manually or by typing the name.
• Right click then at the symbol of ‘F-AIRAI-10’ and select ‘Mark in Graphic’
Define now the two feeders ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’ and ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’:
• Right click for this at the starting point of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’ and select
Define -> Feeder. Name the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’:
• The orientation should show into the distribution grid, select therefore ‘ Branch’ for the
orientation.
• Select the green colour (number 3).
• Press OK.
• Repeat the definition process for the feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’.
• Give the name ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’, select also ‘ Branch’ as orientation and select the
colour red (number 2).
• Check now via the colouring of the single line diagram if the feeders are successfully defined
(you should see now the two feeders through the colour ‘red’ and ‘green’.
The feeder is a virtual object which exists not as separate object in the single line diagram. But you
can edit the already existing feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’
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and select the ElmFeeder:
1.4 Voltage profiles
The feeder can be used among other functions to display a voltage profile for the part of the network
which is part of the feeder. Please execute first a load flow:
• Run a balanced load flow ( )
• Right click then at a node which is part of the feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ select Show ->
Voltage Profile:
The voltage profile plot show then the voltage in the network (y-axis) and the distance from the
starting point of the feeder (x-axis). Highly loaded lines would be shown in a different colour.
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The voltage profile plot can also be shown for the other feeders. You can create the plot also by
showing the list of the feeders via the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the
ElmFeeder, right click then at the feeder symbol and select also Show -> Voltage Profile.
• Use the voltage profile plot to find the lowest voltage of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’
and ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’.
1.5 Load Scaling
In any system some loads values may be accurately known whilst others are estimated. It is likely that
measurement points exist for feeders in the system as well, and thus the power that is drawn through
this feeder is also known. The load scaling tool assists the user in adjusting these estimated load
values by scaling them to match a known feeder power or current that has been measured in the real
system. More information about the use of the Load Scaling.
We will use now this load scaling function for finding for adjusting the loads which are part of the
feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
• Note the load flow result (active power) you can observe at the result box at the starting point
of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
______________kW
Let’s assume that the measured active power for this feeder was at a certain point in time only
850kW. This mean that the load of the feeder should be scaled down. This can either be done by
hand or by using the feeder load scaling function.
• Show the list of feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and
select the ElmFeeder:
• Open then the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
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• Switch to the load flow page of the feeder. Select for ‘Scaling Factor’ ‘Active Power’ and enter
0.85MW:
The load elements have a flag which marks if the single load should be scaled or not. We will check
now if this option is set in all loads which are part of the feeder.
• Go back to the ‘Basic Data’ page of the feeder and click at the button ‘Edit Elements’. You will
see now a list of all elements which belong to the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
• Enable a filter for loads:
• Switch to the load flow tap and make sure that the option ‘Adjusted by load scaling’ is
selected.
• Close then this selection window and press OK in the feeder to close the feeder too.
• Open now the load flow calculation tool and activate the ‘Feeder Load Scaling’:
• Press then the ‘Execute’ button and read again the load value from the starting point of the
feeder:
______________kW
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• You can make this load scaling permanent if you press the button ‘Update Database’, select
here only the option ‘Scaling Factor of Loads’:
• And press then ‘Execute’.
• You can now disable the option in the load flow command and the feeder will still consume
850kW active power.
1.6 Load Curves via Characteristic
In PowerFactory any parameter may be assigned a range of values (known as a Characteristic) that is
then selectable by date and time, or by a user-defined trigger. The range of values may be in the
form of a one-dimensional vector or a two-dimensional matrix, such as where:
Load demand varies based on the minute, day, season, or year of the study case.
Generator operating point varies based on the study being conducted.
Line/transformer ratings, generator maximum power output, etc. vary with ambient
temperature.
Wind farm output varies with wind speed, or solar farm output varies with irradiance.
The assignment of a characteristic may be made either individually to a parameter or to a number of
parameters. If the characteristic is to be applied to parameters across multiple objects (i.e. active
power of all loads), then a characteristic ’reference’ is used. Studies which utilize characteristics are
known as ’parametric studies’.
Adding Characteristics to Feeders
We will add now to the just created feeders characteristics for the current. The current is used since
this data was available for the feeders. The already existing feeders and also some loads are already
connected to characteristics. These characteristics are using the time of the study case. You have to
enable the function before you continue:
• Click at the button ‘Date/Time of Study Case’ ( ).
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• Remove in the following dialogue the flag ‘Ignore Time Trigger’ – this makes the time
available for characteristics.
• Show the list of feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and
select the ElmFeeder:
• Open now the just added feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ and set the scaling factor to
‘Current’. Right click then in the number field for the current and select New Characteristic ->
Reference:
• Select from the Equipment Type Library the Characteristic ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ and press
OK.
• Repeat the same process for the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
The load profile of the project depends now on the time of the study case. The just selected
characteristic contains data for six days with a resolution of one hour. PowerFactory is using a spline
approximation which calculates from the discrete hourly values a smooth time line:
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Manual Calculation
As a first step we will change the time manually and run load flows. This will be done for two points in
time:
• Click at the button ‘Date/Time of Study Case’ ( ).
• Enter for ‘Hour of Year’ 4 and press OK.
• Run a balanced load flow ( ) – make sure that the option ‘Feeder Load Scaling’ is selected!
• Display a grid summary report by clicking at Output -> Output Calculation Analysis... Select in
the following dialogue the Grid Summary Report.
• Note the total generation and load of the system:
_____ kW (generation) _____ kW (load)
• You can also have a look at the voltage profiles you created before the profiles will be
refreshed after the load flow calculation.
• Repeat now the calculation with the time 13 hour of the year.
• Note the total generation and load of the system:
_____ kW (generation) _____ kW (load)
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Using the Time Sweep Script
Repeating this kind of calculation for all time points (144) is a little bit too time consuming and the
result presentation is also not optimal. You can use therefore in PowerFactory a script which changes
for you the time of the study case and executing the load flow calculations. The script will also record
results of selected elements.
• Select in the single line diagram some elements you want to monitor over time (this can be
any element). Limit the selection to not more than 10 elements since the script will create for
each selected element a new virtual instrument panel.
• Right click then at one of the selected elements and select ‘Execute DPL Scripts’.
• You will see then a list with all build in DPL scripts. Select here the script ‘TimeSweep’ and
press OK.
• You will see then the interface of the script. We want to calculate load flows for 144hours with
a resolution of 1/4hour. Enter the configuration as shown below:
• Press then ‘Execute’.
The script will then calculate 145*4 = 580 load flows and it will display the results in plots. You can
use these plots to see the maximum and minimum voltage at some busses for the time.
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Exercise 2 Dynamic Simulation
The study of power system stability involves the analysis of the behaviour of power systems under
conditions before and after sudden changes in load or generation, during faults and outages. The
robustness of a system is defined by the ability of the system to maintain stable operation under
normal and perturbed conditions. It is therefore necessary to design and operate a power system so
that transient events (i.e. probable contingencies), can be withstood without the loss of load or loss of
synchronism in the power system. Transients in electrical power systems can be classified according
to three possible timeframes:
short-term, or electromagnetic transients;
mid-term, or electromechanical transients;
long-term transients.
The simulations we will execute during the training will use the RMS simulation function and refers
therefore to the mid-term range.
2.1 Adding Models for Power Plants
The imported project contains dynamic models for most of the generators. In this exercise, you will
add the dynamic models for the generators ‘NIIGATA1’ and ‘NIIGATA2’.
The used dynamic models represent the voltage regulator (i.e. the excitation system) and the
governor model (i.e. the mechanical drive train of the generator system).
• Select in the generator ‘NIIGATA1’ in the single line diagram (this generator is marked with
‘SLACK’).
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• Right click then at the generator and select Define -> Automatic Voltage Regulator (avr):
• Press in the following window the button ‘Global Types’ ( ) to jump to the pre-
defined voltage regulator models which are delivered with PowerFactory.
• Select then the voltage regulator ‘avr_ESAC8B’ and press OK.
• You will see then the configuration of the just added voltage controller. We can use in this
case the default configuration since there are no further details about the voltage regulators
available.
• Press also OK, you will see then the composite model of the ‘Plant_NIIGATA1’. This composite
model glues together the generator and the voltage regulator:
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One can see already the still empty slot for the governor (GOV) which will be filled in the next
steps.
• Right click for this in the empty cell next to ‘Gov Slot’ and select New Element/Type.
• Click again on the button ‘Global Types’ and select then the model ‘gov_DEGOV1’. Press OK.
• You will see then the configuration of the diesel governor model. We will use again the default
data since there is no detailed information available. Press again OK.
• You will see now the composite model of the plant which contains also the governor model:
• Press again OK to finish the dynamic plant model for ‘NIIGATA1’.
• Repeat now the steps above to add also a voltage regulator and a governor model to the
generator ‘NIIGATA2’.
The model is now ready for dynamic simulations of the current state of the Palau power system (i.e.
without renewable generation).
2.2 Fault Simulation
Before we start the simulation we will create a new study case which will store then the simulation
results and which will contain different virtual instrument panels compared to the base case.
Please follow the instructions below to do this:
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• Create a new study case via Insert -> Study Case.
• Name the new study case ‘Dynamic Simulation’.
• The newly create study case will appear on the project overview window on the left hand
side:
• Right click at the new study case ‘Dynamic Simulation’ and select ‘Activate’.
• Add the grid (which can be seen below the study cases in the project overview window) by
right clicking and selecting ‘Activate’.
Prepare now the dynamic simulations step by step:
Calculation of Initial Conditions
You have to initialize a simulation before the simulation can be started. During the initialization will the
simulation method and the step size be set.
• Select the toolbox ‘RMS/EMT Simulation’:
• Click then at the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’ ( ).
o Select here a balanced RMS simulation.
o Activate the option ‘Automatic Step Size Adaption’
• Switch to the ‘Step Sizes’ page and enter:
o Electromechanical Transients: 0.001s
o Maximum Step Size: 0.01s
o Start Time: -0.1s
• Press then execute and have a look into the output window to check the messages.
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The simulation is now basically ready but we have still to define simulation events and variables which
should be recorded..
Event Definition
We will simulate a fault at the node ‘AIRPORT’ with a fault resistance of 0ohm. The fault should occur
at 0s. The fault should be cleared by opening the breaker at the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ which supplies the
airport feeder
• Right click for this at the node ‘AIRPORT’ and select Define -> Short-Circuit Event..
• Configure the event as shown below:
• Click on OK to finish the short circuit definition.
• Move to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ (this is where the airport feeder starts) and double click at the
breaker which supplies the airport – this will create a switch event (only if you calculated
before the initial conditions):
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• Configure the switch event as shown below (switching time should be 0.2s):
The final step before we can start the simulation is to define a set of variables which will be recorded
during the simulation.
Variable Set Definition
• Show a list of all synchronous generators by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for
Calculation’:
• Mark all in service generators, right click at the symbol at the beginning of the row and select
Define -> Variable Selection (Sim).
PowerFactory will create now for each generator a variable selection with a set of commonly
used variables.
• Click ‘Close’ to finish.
Starting the Simulation
The simulation is now ready!
• Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of
10s.
• Press ‘Execute’ to start the simulation.
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Displaying Results
The simulation should take only very short time (few seconds). You can then display the results:
• Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the
configuration of a virtual instrument panel.
• Double click in the element cell and select all synchronous generators and press then OK:
• Double click then in the first row in the cell ‘Variable’ and select the speed of the machine
(variable s:xspeed Speed in p.u.).
• Copy the entry of the cell (s:xspeed), mark the whole column ‘Variable’ and paste:
• Press then OK and auto scale the axes via the following buttons:
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• You can also change the paper style for larger font:
2.3 Conclusions from Fault Simulation
The just create plot shows the speed of all generators in the grid. We can see that the speed is
dropping due to high active power flows (in the faulted feeder) during the fault. After the fault is
cleared one can see that the speed is recovering. The final speed is a little bit higher than the starting
speed of the machines. The finals speed is higher than the starting speed because there was a part of
the network load tripped to clear the fault. This leads to an excess of active power, which will be
compensated by the governor control of the generators. The governor control does NOT contain an
integral part (only proportional part). The higher speed results also in a higher network frequency.
One of the main results is that the system is stable under such a disturbance and that the frequency
deviation is not too large.
You can test now how long such a fault can exist before the frequency (i.e. the speed) falls below a
critical value. Let’s assume that the frequency should stay always above 59Hz – the nominal frequency
of the Palau power system is 60Hz. 59Hz corresponds therefore to 0.983p.u.
• Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’
• You can change the switch event which clears the fault as shown below:
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• Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of
10s.
• You can now add the speed threshold in the plot by right clicking in the plot, select then ‘Set
Constant’ -> ‘y-Value’. Enter here 0.983 and press ok.
• How fast as the fault to be cleared to have no drop below the just added threshold?
_________________ seconds
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Exercise 3 Adding a PV System
In this part you will add two photovoltaic systems to the Palau power system and investigate the
impact on the fault ride trough behaviour of the system.
3.1 Using Templates
The first system we will add is a 115kW photovoltaic system which will be connected to the bus
‘IKESIIL’. We will use a template to add the system.
• Find first the bus ‘IKESIIL’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button ‘Show
Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic).
• Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show
you now a new window with all available templates.
• Click once at the template ‘Photovoltaic_115kW’ and click then in the single line diagram. The
PV model will then be connected to the mouse pointer. Connect the PV system to the node
‘IKESIIL’ and close then the window with the templates:
The second PV system will be an aggregated system with a rated power of 1MW which will be directly
connected to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’.
A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 5 -
• Find first the bus ‘F-AIRAI-10’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button ‘Show
Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic).
• Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show
you now a new window with all available templates.
• Select and add the template ‘Photovoltaic_1MW’ as shown below:
3.2 Simulation with PV System
We will repeat now the simulation with the same fault duration you found in the exercise before
where you observed a frequency drop of 0.983p.u. Some additional variables will be added before the
simulation is started.
• Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’
• Right click now at the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ and select Define -> Variable Selection (Sim).
• Double click at the symbol of the PV system in the list and select the following variables:
o m:P:bus1 - Active Power
o m:Q:bus1 - Reactive Power
o m:i1P:bus1 – Active Current, positive Sequence
o m:i1Q:bus1 – Reactive Current, positive Sequence
• Press then OK and then Close:
A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 6 -
• Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of
10s.
• Have a look in the previously defined plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency):
________________ p.u. Speed
• Display also a virtual instrument for the ‘PV Generator_1MW’.
• Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the
configuration of a virtual instrument panel.
• Select the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ as Element, select the currents (active and reactive) as
variable.
You can see in the plot that the PV system increased the reactive current during the fault.
A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 7 -
3.3 Result Interpretation
The simulation result shows a larger speed/frequency drop after the PV system was added (see also
plot below). The explanation for this behaviour can be found in the configuration of the PV system.
The PV system is at the moment configured to comply with the German grid code. The German grid
code claims additional reactive current during the fault to support the voltage in the system. The
characteristic is shown in Figure 3-1.
This requirement is may be not the best for such a small power system like the Palau Island network.
In small island network can the frequency be a more critical value than the voltage. We will change
therefore the fault ride though behaviour of the PV systems so that they will prefer the active current
instead of the reactive current.
A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 8 -
Figure 3-1: Principle of voltage back-up in the case of network faults
Simulation with changed PV characteristic
We will change now the fault ride through characteristic of the PV system to prefer active current
instead of reactive current.
• Double click at the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ in the single line diagram.
• Click at ‘Model’, you will see now the composite model of the PV system.
• Double click at ‘Controller’ in the right column. You will see now the configuration of the
controller for the 1MW PV system.
• Change the parameter ‘preferP’ from 0 to 1 as shown on the screenshot on the next page.
• Repeat the steps above for the ‘PV Generator_115kW’
A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 9 -
The system is now ready for the next simulation!
• Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of
10s.
• Have a look in the previously defined plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency):
________________ p.u. Speed
• Note also the highest speed:
________________ p.u. Speed
You can see that the frequency drop is now smaller as before and not much deeper than in the case
without PV generation!
A d d i n g a B a t t e r y
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 3 0 -
Exercise 4 Adding a Battery
A battery energy storing system (BESS) is a possibility to support the active power balancing of a
power system and to reduce the load cycles of the diesel generators.
In this exercise we will add a battery system to the MALAKAL power station. The battery converter
has a rating of 1MW, the storage capacity of the battery is 2MWh (this is a big battery). The battery is
– like the PV system – available as template.
• Find first the bus ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button
‘Show Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic).
• Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show
you now a new window with all available templates.
• Click once at the template ‘BESS_1MW_2MWh_13.8kV’ and click then in the single line
diagram. The BESS model will then be connected to the mouse pointer. Place the BESS above
the node ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’ and close the template window.
• Connect now the BESS with a breaker to the bus ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’:
A d d i n g a B a t t e r y
P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 3 1 -
• Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’
• Right click now at the ‘BESS_1MW_2MWh_13.8kV’ and select Define -> Variable Selection
(Sim).
• Double click at the symbol of the BES system in the list and select the following variables:
o m:P:bus1 - Active Power
o m:Q:bus1 - Reactive Power
o m:i1P:bus1 – Active Current, positive Sequence
o m:i1Q:bus1 – Reactive Current, positive Sequence
• Press then OK and then Close.
•
• Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of
10s.
• Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the
configuration of a virtual instrument panel.
• Select the battery as element and show the active and reactive power as variable.
• Have a look in the previously defined speed plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency):
________________ p.u. Speed
• Note also the highest speed:
________________ p.u. Speed
4.1 Result Interpretation
The result shows now a smaller frequency deviation in both directions since the battery switches fast
between charging and discharging. The BESS model is equipped with a fast frequency control – this
leads to fast charging and discharging von the battery. A real battery may need a dead band in
frequency control to reduce the amount of charging cycles.

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DigSILENT PF - 05 irena exercises

  • 1. P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 - Load Flow and dynamic Simulation with the Palau Grid PowerFactory Version 15 Document Version 1.0
  • 2. T A B L E o f C O N T E N T S P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 - Table of Contents Exercise 1 Load Flow Analysis ..............................................................................................3 1.1 PROJECT IMPORT.............................................................................................................................................3 1.2 LOAD FLOW CALCULATION ...............................................................................................................................5 1.3 FEEDERS..........................................................................................................................................................5 1.4 VOLTAGE PROFILES ..........................................................................................................................................8 1.5 LOAD SCALING.................................................................................................................................................9 1.6 LOAD CURVES VIA CHARACTERISTIC ............................................................................................................... 11 Exercise 2 Dynamic Simulation...........................................................................................15 2.1 ADDING MODELS FOR POWER PLANTS ............................................................................................................ 15 2.2 FAULT SIMULATION........................................................................................................................................ 17 2.3 CONCLUSIONS FROM FAULT SIMULATION ........................................................................................................ 22 Exercise 3 Adding a PV System...........................................................................................24 3.1 USING TEMPLATES ......................................................................................................................................... 24 3.2 SIMULATION WITH PV SYSTEM....................................................................................................................... 25 3.3 RESULT INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 27 Exercise 4 Adding a Battery................................................................................................30 4.1 RESULT INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 31
  • 3. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 3 - Exercise 1 Load Flow Analysis This first exercise will show you how a project can be imported into PowerFactory and how different analysis can be executed. The analysis will be: defining feeders, load scaling using feeder information, voltage profiling usage of time dependent load curves. 1.1 Project Import The trainer will present you how the Palau Island data was imported in PowerFactory and how the single line diagram was created. The following part will cover the data import. • Make sure that PowerFactory is started and that no other project is activated. • Please click on File -> Deactivate Project to make sure that no project is active. • Click then on File -> Import -> Data (*.dz,*.dat,*.pfd) and select the file “Palau.pfd”. The file will be made available by the trainer like the project for the first part of the training. • Press in the import dialogue “Execute” to import the project: Note: If you import a project you should check that the field “Missing referenced objects” is empty. The project is probably not complete if the field is empty.
  • 4. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 4 - After a successful import you should see in the output window of PowerFactory the following message: • Activate now the project by clicking on File -> Activate Project.. • Select in the next window the just imported project (Palau) and press OK You should see now the single line representation of the Palau power system: Make yourself familiar with the network. • Use the diagram colouring option ( ) and activate the “3. Other” option, select Topology -> Voltage Levels and press then OK. The diagram will then be coloured according to the nominal voltages of the nodes.
  • 5. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 5 - 1.2 Load Flow Calculation We will use now a load flow calculation to compare the results against the results from the Easy Power model which was the base for the PowerFactory network model. • Run a balanced load flow ( ) • Display a grid summary report by clicking at Output -> Output Calculation Analysis... Select in the following dialogue the Grid Summary Report. • Maximize then the output window ( ) and compare the results against the load flow results from the Easy Power model below: System Summary Report (Easy Power) Total kW kVAR kVA PF Generation in System 15101 8168 17168 0.880 Load in System 14573 7058 16192 0.900 Shunt Load in System -0 -0 Losses in System 528 1110 Check of Balance 0 0 Note: Small differences between the Easy Power model and the load flow results from PowerFactory are OK. The differences can be caused by some assumptions made for the import since the source data was not 100% complete. 1.3 Feeders When analyzing a system it is often useful to know where the various elements are receiving their power supply from. In PowerFactory this is achieved using Feeder Definitions (ElmFeeder ). A feeder is defined at a line or transformer end, and then the feeder definition algorithm searches the system from the definition point to determine the extent of the feeder. The feeder ends when: An open breaker is encountered; or The end of a line of supply is encountered; or Terminate feeder at this point is enabled in a cubicle (optional); or A higher voltage is encountered (optional). Once a feeder has been defined it may be used to scale the loads connected along it according to a measured current or power, to create voltage profile plots or to select particular branches and connected objects in the network. Following load flow calculations, special reports can be created for the defined feeders. To distinguish the different feeder definitions, they can be coloured uniquely in
  • 6. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 6 - the single line graphic. All feeder objects are stored in the Feeders folder ( ) in the Network Data folder. A new feeder is created by right-clicking on a cubicle (that is, when the cursor is held just above the breaker in the single line diagram) and selecting Define -> Feeder... Once the option Feeder has been selected, the Feeder dialog pops up. There you can define the desired options for the new object. After pressing Ok, the new Feeder is stored in the Feeders folder of the Network Model. Defining Feeders The system contains already some feeders which were defined by the trainer. You have to define only two feeders for learning the handling of this function. Activate first the feeder colouring to show the already existing feeders in the network. • Use the diagram colouring option ( ) and activate the “3. Other” option, select Topology -> Feeders and press then OK. The diagram will then be coloured according to the feeder definitions. • Go to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ and define the feeders as highlighted below:
  • 7. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 7 - You can use the “Mark in Graphic” function for finding the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’: • Click for this at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the ElmTerm: • Search then the ‘F-AIRAI-10’ either manually or by typing the name. • Right click then at the symbol of ‘F-AIRAI-10’ and select ‘Mark in Graphic’ Define now the two feeders ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’ and ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’: • Right click for this at the starting point of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’ and select Define -> Feeder. Name the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’: • The orientation should show into the distribution grid, select therefore ‘ Branch’ for the orientation. • Select the green colour (number 3). • Press OK. • Repeat the definition process for the feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’. • Give the name ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’, select also ‘ Branch’ as orientation and select the colour red (number 2). • Check now via the colouring of the single line diagram if the feeders are successfully defined (you should see now the two feeders through the colour ‘red’ and ‘green’. The feeder is a virtual object which exists not as separate object in the single line diagram. But you can edit the already existing feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’
  • 8. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 8 - and select the ElmFeeder: 1.4 Voltage profiles The feeder can be used among other functions to display a voltage profile for the part of the network which is part of the feeder. Please execute first a load flow: • Run a balanced load flow ( ) • Right click then at a node which is part of the feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ select Show -> Voltage Profile: The voltage profile plot show then the voltage in the network (y-axis) and the distance from the starting point of the feeder (x-axis). Highly loaded lines would be shown in a different colour.
  • 9. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 9 - The voltage profile plot can also be shown for the other feeders. You can create the plot also by showing the list of the feeders via the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the ElmFeeder, right click then at the feeder symbol and select also Show -> Voltage Profile. • Use the voltage profile plot to find the lowest voltage of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’ and ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’. 1.5 Load Scaling In any system some loads values may be accurately known whilst others are estimated. It is likely that measurement points exist for feeders in the system as well, and thus the power that is drawn through this feeder is also known. The load scaling tool assists the user in adjusting these estimated load values by scaling them to match a known feeder power or current that has been measured in the real system. More information about the use of the Load Scaling. We will use now this load scaling function for finding for adjusting the loads which are part of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’. • Note the load flow result (active power) you can observe at the result box at the starting point of the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’. ______________kW Let’s assume that the measured active power for this feeder was at a certain point in time only 850kW. This mean that the load of the feeder should be scaled down. This can either be done by hand or by using the feeder load scaling function. • Show the list of feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the ElmFeeder: • Open then the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’.
  • 10. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 0 - • Switch to the load flow page of the feeder. Select for ‘Scaling Factor’ ‘Active Power’ and enter 0.85MW: The load elements have a flag which marks if the single load should be scaled or not. We will check now if this option is set in all loads which are part of the feeder. • Go back to the ‘Basic Data’ page of the feeder and click at the button ‘Edit Elements’. You will see now a list of all elements which belong to the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’. • Enable a filter for loads: • Switch to the load flow tap and make sure that the option ‘Adjusted by load scaling’ is selected. • Close then this selection window and press OK in the feeder to close the feeder too. • Open now the load flow calculation tool and activate the ‘Feeder Load Scaling’: • Press then the ‘Execute’ button and read again the load value from the starting point of the feeder: ______________kW
  • 11. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 1 - • You can make this load scaling permanent if you press the button ‘Update Database’, select here only the option ‘Scaling Factor of Loads’: • And press then ‘Execute’. • You can now disable the option in the load flow command and the feeder will still consume 850kW active power. 1.6 Load Curves via Characteristic In PowerFactory any parameter may be assigned a range of values (known as a Characteristic) that is then selectable by date and time, or by a user-defined trigger. The range of values may be in the form of a one-dimensional vector or a two-dimensional matrix, such as where: Load demand varies based on the minute, day, season, or year of the study case. Generator operating point varies based on the study being conducted. Line/transformer ratings, generator maximum power output, etc. vary with ambient temperature. Wind farm output varies with wind speed, or solar farm output varies with irradiance. The assignment of a characteristic may be made either individually to a parameter or to a number of parameters. If the characteristic is to be applied to parameters across multiple objects (i.e. active power of all loads), then a characteristic ’reference’ is used. Studies which utilize characteristics are known as ’parametric studies’. Adding Characteristics to Feeders We will add now to the just created feeders characteristics for the current. The current is used since this data was available for the feeders. The already existing feeders and also some loads are already connected to characteristics. These characteristics are using the time of the study case. You have to enable the function before you continue: • Click at the button ‘Date/Time of Study Case’ ( ).
  • 12. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 2 - • Remove in the following dialogue the flag ‘Ignore Time Trigger’ – this makes the time available for characteristics. • Show the list of feeders by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’ and select the ElmFeeder: • Open now the just added feeder ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ and set the scaling factor to ‘Current’. Right click then in the number field for the current and select New Characteristic -> Reference: • Select from the Equipment Type Library the Characteristic ‘AIRAI KOROR ( 13.8)’ and press OK. • Repeat the same process for the feeder ‘AIRAI AIRPORT ( 13.8)’. The load profile of the project depends now on the time of the study case. The just selected characteristic contains data for six days with a resolution of one hour. PowerFactory is using a spline approximation which calculates from the discrete hourly values a smooth time line:
  • 13. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 3 - Manual Calculation As a first step we will change the time manually and run load flows. This will be done for two points in time: • Click at the button ‘Date/Time of Study Case’ ( ). • Enter for ‘Hour of Year’ 4 and press OK. • Run a balanced load flow ( ) – make sure that the option ‘Feeder Load Scaling’ is selected! • Display a grid summary report by clicking at Output -> Output Calculation Analysis... Select in the following dialogue the Grid Summary Report. • Note the total generation and load of the system: _____ kW (generation) _____ kW (load) • You can also have a look at the voltage profiles you created before the profiles will be refreshed after the load flow calculation. • Repeat now the calculation with the time 13 hour of the year. • Note the total generation and load of the system: _____ kW (generation) _____ kW (load)
  • 14. L o a d F l o w A n a l y s i s P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 4 - Using the Time Sweep Script Repeating this kind of calculation for all time points (144) is a little bit too time consuming and the result presentation is also not optimal. You can use therefore in PowerFactory a script which changes for you the time of the study case and executing the load flow calculations. The script will also record results of selected elements. • Select in the single line diagram some elements you want to monitor over time (this can be any element). Limit the selection to not more than 10 elements since the script will create for each selected element a new virtual instrument panel. • Right click then at one of the selected elements and select ‘Execute DPL Scripts’. • You will see then a list with all build in DPL scripts. Select here the script ‘TimeSweep’ and press OK. • You will see then the interface of the script. We want to calculate load flows for 144hours with a resolution of 1/4hour. Enter the configuration as shown below: • Press then ‘Execute’. The script will then calculate 145*4 = 580 load flows and it will display the results in plots. You can use these plots to see the maximum and minimum voltage at some busses for the time.
  • 15. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 5 - Exercise 2 Dynamic Simulation The study of power system stability involves the analysis of the behaviour of power systems under conditions before and after sudden changes in load or generation, during faults and outages. The robustness of a system is defined by the ability of the system to maintain stable operation under normal and perturbed conditions. It is therefore necessary to design and operate a power system so that transient events (i.e. probable contingencies), can be withstood without the loss of load or loss of synchronism in the power system. Transients in electrical power systems can be classified according to three possible timeframes: short-term, or electromagnetic transients; mid-term, or electromechanical transients; long-term transients. The simulations we will execute during the training will use the RMS simulation function and refers therefore to the mid-term range. 2.1 Adding Models for Power Plants The imported project contains dynamic models for most of the generators. In this exercise, you will add the dynamic models for the generators ‘NIIGATA1’ and ‘NIIGATA2’. The used dynamic models represent the voltage regulator (i.e. the excitation system) and the governor model (i.e. the mechanical drive train of the generator system). • Select in the generator ‘NIIGATA1’ in the single line diagram (this generator is marked with ‘SLACK’).
  • 16. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 6 - • Right click then at the generator and select Define -> Automatic Voltage Regulator (avr): • Press in the following window the button ‘Global Types’ ( ) to jump to the pre- defined voltage regulator models which are delivered with PowerFactory. • Select then the voltage regulator ‘avr_ESAC8B’ and press OK. • You will see then the configuration of the just added voltage controller. We can use in this case the default configuration since there are no further details about the voltage regulators available. • Press also OK, you will see then the composite model of the ‘Plant_NIIGATA1’. This composite model glues together the generator and the voltage regulator:
  • 17. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 7 - One can see already the still empty slot for the governor (GOV) which will be filled in the next steps. • Right click for this in the empty cell next to ‘Gov Slot’ and select New Element/Type. • Click again on the button ‘Global Types’ and select then the model ‘gov_DEGOV1’. Press OK. • You will see then the configuration of the diesel governor model. We will use again the default data since there is no detailed information available. Press again OK. • You will see now the composite model of the plant which contains also the governor model: • Press again OK to finish the dynamic plant model for ‘NIIGATA1’. • Repeat now the steps above to add also a voltage regulator and a governor model to the generator ‘NIIGATA2’. The model is now ready for dynamic simulations of the current state of the Palau power system (i.e. without renewable generation). 2.2 Fault Simulation Before we start the simulation we will create a new study case which will store then the simulation results and which will contain different virtual instrument panels compared to the base case. Please follow the instructions below to do this:
  • 18. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 8 - • Create a new study case via Insert -> Study Case. • Name the new study case ‘Dynamic Simulation’. • The newly create study case will appear on the project overview window on the left hand side: • Right click at the new study case ‘Dynamic Simulation’ and select ‘Activate’. • Add the grid (which can be seen below the study cases in the project overview window) by right clicking and selecting ‘Activate’. Prepare now the dynamic simulations step by step: Calculation of Initial Conditions You have to initialize a simulation before the simulation can be started. During the initialization will the simulation method and the step size be set. • Select the toolbox ‘RMS/EMT Simulation’: • Click then at the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’ ( ). o Select here a balanced RMS simulation. o Activate the option ‘Automatic Step Size Adaption’ • Switch to the ‘Step Sizes’ page and enter: o Electromechanical Transients: 0.001s o Maximum Step Size: 0.01s o Start Time: -0.1s • Press then execute and have a look into the output window to check the messages.
  • 19. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 1 9 - The simulation is now basically ready but we have still to define simulation events and variables which should be recorded.. Event Definition We will simulate a fault at the node ‘AIRPORT’ with a fault resistance of 0ohm. The fault should occur at 0s. The fault should be cleared by opening the breaker at the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ which supplies the airport feeder • Right click for this at the node ‘AIRPORT’ and select Define -> Short-Circuit Event.. • Configure the event as shown below: • Click on OK to finish the short circuit definition. • Move to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’ (this is where the airport feeder starts) and double click at the breaker which supplies the airport – this will create a switch event (only if you calculated before the initial conditions):
  • 20. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 0 - • Configure the switch event as shown below (switching time should be 0.2s): The final step before we can start the simulation is to define a set of variables which will be recorded during the simulation. Variable Set Definition • Show a list of all synchronous generators by clicking at the button ‘Edit Relevant Objects for Calculation’: • Mark all in service generators, right click at the symbol at the beginning of the row and select Define -> Variable Selection (Sim). PowerFactory will create now for each generator a variable selection with a set of commonly used variables. • Click ‘Close’ to finish. Starting the Simulation The simulation is now ready! • Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of 10s. • Press ‘Execute’ to start the simulation.
  • 21. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 1 - Displaying Results The simulation should take only very short time (few seconds). You can then display the results: • Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the configuration of a virtual instrument panel. • Double click in the element cell and select all synchronous generators and press then OK: • Double click then in the first row in the cell ‘Variable’ and select the speed of the machine (variable s:xspeed Speed in p.u.). • Copy the entry of the cell (s:xspeed), mark the whole column ‘Variable’ and paste: • Press then OK and auto scale the axes via the following buttons:
  • 22. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 2 - • You can also change the paper style for larger font: 2.3 Conclusions from Fault Simulation The just create plot shows the speed of all generators in the grid. We can see that the speed is dropping due to high active power flows (in the faulted feeder) during the fault. After the fault is cleared one can see that the speed is recovering. The final speed is a little bit higher than the starting speed of the machines. The finals speed is higher than the starting speed because there was a part of the network load tripped to clear the fault. This leads to an excess of active power, which will be compensated by the governor control of the generators. The governor control does NOT contain an integral part (only proportional part). The higher speed results also in a higher network frequency. One of the main results is that the system is stable under such a disturbance and that the frequency deviation is not too large. You can test now how long such a fault can exist before the frequency (i.e. the speed) falls below a critical value. Let’s assume that the frequency should stay always above 59Hz – the nominal frequency of the Palau power system is 60Hz. 59Hz corresponds therefore to 0.983p.u. • Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’ • You can change the switch event which clears the fault as shown below:
  • 23. D y n a m i c S i m u l a t i o n P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 3 - • Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of 10s. • You can now add the speed threshold in the plot by right clicking in the plot, select then ‘Set Constant’ -> ‘y-Value’. Enter here 0.983 and press ok. • How fast as the fault to be cleared to have no drop below the just added threshold? _________________ seconds
  • 24. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 4 - Exercise 3 Adding a PV System In this part you will add two photovoltaic systems to the Palau power system and investigate the impact on the fault ride trough behaviour of the system. 3.1 Using Templates The first system we will add is a 115kW photovoltaic system which will be connected to the bus ‘IKESIIL’. We will use a template to add the system. • Find first the bus ‘IKESIIL’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button ‘Show Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic). • Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show you now a new window with all available templates. • Click once at the template ‘Photovoltaic_115kW’ and click then in the single line diagram. The PV model will then be connected to the mouse pointer. Connect the PV system to the node ‘IKESIIL’ and close then the window with the templates: The second PV system will be an aggregated system with a rated power of 1MW which will be directly connected to the node ‘F-AIRAI-10’.
  • 25. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 5 - • Find first the bus ‘F-AIRAI-10’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button ‘Show Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic). • Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show you now a new window with all available templates. • Select and add the template ‘Photovoltaic_1MW’ as shown below: 3.2 Simulation with PV System We will repeat now the simulation with the same fault duration you found in the exercise before where you observed a frequency drop of 0.983p.u. Some additional variables will be added before the simulation is started. • Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’ • Right click now at the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ and select Define -> Variable Selection (Sim). • Double click at the symbol of the PV system in the list and select the following variables: o m:P:bus1 - Active Power o m:Q:bus1 - Reactive Power o m:i1P:bus1 – Active Current, positive Sequence o m:i1Q:bus1 – Reactive Current, positive Sequence • Press then OK and then Close:
  • 26. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 6 - • Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of 10s. • Have a look in the previously defined plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency): ________________ p.u. Speed • Display also a virtual instrument for the ‘PV Generator_1MW’. • Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the configuration of a virtual instrument panel. • Select the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ as Element, select the currents (active and reactive) as variable. You can see in the plot that the PV system increased the reactive current during the fault.
  • 27. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 7 - 3.3 Result Interpretation The simulation result shows a larger speed/frequency drop after the PV system was added (see also plot below). The explanation for this behaviour can be found in the configuration of the PV system. The PV system is at the moment configured to comply with the German grid code. The German grid code claims additional reactive current during the fault to support the voltage in the system. The characteristic is shown in Figure 3-1. This requirement is may be not the best for such a small power system like the Palau Island network. In small island network can the frequency be a more critical value than the voltage. We will change therefore the fault ride though behaviour of the PV systems so that they will prefer the active current instead of the reactive current.
  • 28. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 8 - Figure 3-1: Principle of voltage back-up in the case of network faults Simulation with changed PV characteristic We will change now the fault ride through characteristic of the PV system to prefer active current instead of reactive current. • Double click at the ‘PV Generator_1MW’ in the single line diagram. • Click at ‘Model’, you will see now the composite model of the PV system. • Double click at ‘Controller’ in the right column. You will see now the configuration of the controller for the 1MW PV system. • Change the parameter ‘preferP’ from 0 to 1 as shown on the screenshot on the next page. • Repeat the steps above for the ‘PV Generator_115kW’
  • 29. A d d i n g a P V S y s t e m P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 2 9 - The system is now ready for the next simulation! • Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of 10s. • Have a look in the previously defined plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency): ________________ p.u. Speed • Note also the highest speed: ________________ p.u. Speed You can see that the frequency drop is now smaller as before and not much deeper than in the case without PV generation!
  • 30. A d d i n g a B a t t e r y P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 3 0 - Exercise 4 Adding a Battery A battery energy storing system (BESS) is a possibility to support the active power balancing of a power system and to reduce the load cycles of the diesel generators. In this exercise we will add a battery system to the MALAKAL power station. The battery converter has a rating of 1MW, the storage capacity of the battery is 2MWh (this is a big battery). The battery is – like the PV system – available as template. • Find first the bus ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’ in the single line diagram (you can use the button ‘Show Calculation Relevant Objects’ and mark then the node in the graphic). • Click then at the button ‘General Templates’ . PowerFactory will show you now a new window with all available templates. • Click once at the template ‘BESS_1MW_2MWh_13.8kV’ and click then in the single line diagram. The BESS model will then be connected to the mouse pointer. Place the BESS above the node ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’ and close the template window. • Connect now the BESS with a breaker to the bus ‘PP-MALAKAL-BUS4’:
  • 31. A d d i n g a B a t t e r y P o w e r F a c t o r y T r a i n i n g – G r i d C o n n e c t i o n o f R e n e w a b l e G e n e r a t i o n . V e r s i o n 1 . 3 - 3 1 - • Calculate again the initial conditions by pressing the button ‘Calculate Initial Conditions’ • Right click now at the ‘BESS_1MW_2MWh_13.8kV’ and select Define -> Variable Selection (Sim). • Double click at the symbol of the BES system in the list and select the following variables: o m:P:bus1 - Active Power o m:Q:bus1 - Reactive Power o m:i1P:bus1 – Active Current, positive Sequence o m:i1Q:bus1 – Reactive Current, positive Sequence • Press then OK and then Close. • • Click now at the button ‘Start Simlation..’ and enter a simulation time of 10s. • Click at the button ‘Display Simulation Plot’ to show the configuration of a virtual instrument panel. • Select the battery as element and show the active and reactive power as variable. • Have a look in the previously defined speed plot and note the lowest speed (i.e. frequency): ________________ p.u. Speed • Note also the highest speed: ________________ p.u. Speed 4.1 Result Interpretation The result shows now a smaller frequency deviation in both directions since the battery switches fast between charging and discharging. The BESS model is equipped with a fast frequency control – this leads to fast charging and discharging von the battery. A real battery may need a dead band in frequency control to reduce the amount of charging cycles.