Simulation of Low Inertia Power Systems Based on Shifted Frequency Analysis

Jan Dinkelbach, Ghassen Nakti, Markus Mirz and Antonello Monti
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Jan Dinkelbach: Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Ghassen Nakti: Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Markus Mirz: Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Antonello Monti: Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: New types of power system transients with lower time constants are emerging due to the replacement of synchronous generation with converter interfaced generation and are challenging the modeling approaches conventionally applied in power system simulation. Quasi-stationary simulations are based on classical phasor models, whereas EMT simulations calculate the instantaneous values of models in the time domain. In addition to these conventional modeling approaches, this paper investigates simulation based on dynamic phasor models, as has been proposed by the Shifted Frequency Analysis. The simulation accuracy of the three modeling approaches was analyzed for characteristic transients from the electromagnetic to the electromechanical phenomena range, including converter control as well as low inertia transients. The analysis was carried out for systems with converter interfaced and synchronous generation whilst considering the simulation step size as a crucial influence parameter. The results show that simulations based on dynamic phasors allow for larger step sizes than simulations that calculate the instantaneous values in the time domain. This can facilitate the simulation of more complex component models and larger grid sizes. In addition, with dynamic phasors, more accurate simulation results were obtained than with classical phasors, in particular—but not exclusively—in a low inertia case. Overall, the presented work demonstrates that dynamic phasors can enable fast and accurate simulations during the transition to low inertia power systems.

Keywords: shifted frequency analysis; dynamic phasors; real-time simulation; power electronics; converter interfaced generation; low inertia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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