Abstract
This paper presents the development of an accelerated real-time cosimulation and testing platform, especially for long-term simulations of power systems. The platform is planned to be utilized in the development and testing of active network management functions for microgrids and smart grids. Long-term simulations are needed in order to study, for example, the potential weekly, monthly, or yearly usage of distribution-network-connected distributed energy resources for different technical flexibility services. In order to test new algorithms in long-term study cases, real-time simulations or hardware-in-the-loop tests should be accelerated. This paper analyzes the possibilities and challenges of accelerated long-term simulations in studying the potential use of a large-scale wind turbine for reactive power flow control between distribution system operator (DSO) and transmission system operator (TSO) networks. To this end, the reactive power flow control is studied for different voltage levels (HV and MV) in the Sundom Smart Grid in Vaasa, Finland. The control of reactive power flow between HV and MV networks is realized with a reactive power window control algorithm for a 3.6 MW MV-network-connected wind turbine with a full-scale power converter. The behaviour of the reactive power controller during long-term simulations is studied by offline and real-time simulations. Moreover, the real-time simulations are performed with both software-in-the-loop and controller-hardware-in-the-loop.
Highlights
Utilization of the distribution-network-connected distributed energy resources (DER), that is, flexibilities, is becoming increasingly important for improving local and system-wide grid resiliency and for providing the technical flexibility services needed by DSOs and TSOs
Flexibilities consist of active (P) and reactive (Q) power control of flexible resources, such as controllable distributed generation (DG) units, energy storages (ESs), controllable loads, and electric vehicles (EVs), which are connected in DSO grids. e flexibility services from DER for DSOs and TSOs can, for example, be realized as part of active network management (ANM) functions for grid-connected microgrids
Based on the results presented in [35], there would be an 80 k€ yearly cost for the DSO, caused by the capacitive reactive power flow generated by the cables in the Sundom Smart Grid (SSG)
Summary
Is paper presents the development of an accelerated real-time cosimulation and testing platform, especially for long-term simulations of power systems. Is paper analyzes the possibilities and challenges of accelerated long-term simulations in studying the potential use of a large-scale wind turbine for reactive power flow control between distribution system operator (DSO) and transmission system operator (TSO) networks. In order to test new algorithms in long-term study cases, real-time simulations or hardware-in-the-loop tests should be accelerated. To this end, the reactive power flow control is studied for different voltage levels (HV and MV) in the Sundom Smart Grid in Vaasa, Finland. The real-time simulations are performed with both software-in-the-loop and controller-hardware-in-the-loop
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