Real‐time hybrid simulation platform for wide‐area monitoring and control applications

Abstract

As wide-area measurements and control techniques are being developed and deployed for a more resilient power system; the modern power grid is strongly integrated with its communication network. By combining power systems with communication network simulator, co-simulation technique or platform enables the simulations of electric power systems in which communication network properties can be taken into account. In this study, a real-time hybrid simulation platform is proposed and implemented, which can be used to implement electromechanical transient real-time electric power simulation of a large-scale power system and emulate the measurement, control and communication process of wide-area power grids. Applications to study the phasor measurement unit measurement error and wide-area monitor and control are presented, which further illustrates the important role of this platform in power system simulation and analyses.