Young-Do Choy

Stepwise Inertial Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator to Prevent a Second Frequency Dip

To arrest a frequency nadir, a stepwise inertial control (SIC) scheme generates a constant active power reference signal of a wind turbine generator (WTG) immediately after a disturbance and maintains it for the predetermined time. From that point, however, the reference of a WTG abruptly decreases to restore the rotor speed for the predefined period. The abrupt decrease of WTG output power will inevitably cause a second frequency dip. In this paper, we propose a modified SIC scheme of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) that can prevent a second frequency dip. A reference value of the modified SIC scheme consists of a reference for the maximum power point tracking control and a constant value. The former is set to be proportional to the cube of the rotor speed; the latter is determined so that the rotor speed does not reach the minimum operating limit by considering the mechanical power curve of a DFIG. The performance of the modified SIC was investigated for a 100 MW aggregated DFIG-based wind power plant under various wind conditions using an EMTP-RV simulator. The results show that the proposed SIC scheme significantly increases the frequency nadir without causing a second frequency dip.

A Practical Power System Stabilizer Tuning Method and its Verification in Field Test

This paper deals with parameter tuning of the Power System Stabilizer (PSS) for 612 MVA thermal power plants in the KEPCO system and its validation in a field test. In this paper, the selection of parameters, such as lead-lag time constants for phase compensation and system gain, is optimized using linear and eigenvalue analyses. This is then verified through the time-domain transient stability analysis. In the next step, the performance of PSS is finally verified by the generators on-line field test. After the field test, measured and simulated data are also compared to prove the effectiveness of the models used in the simulations.

A Tuning Method for the Power System Stabilizer of a Large Thermal Power Plant and Its Application to Real Power System : Part I-Selection of Parameters by Off-line Simulation

This paper, which consists of two parts, dealt with the parameter tuning of the power system stabilizer for a 612[MVA] thermal power plant in KEPCO system and its validation in field test. In Part 1 of the paper, the selection of parameters such as lead-lag time constants for phase compensation, system gain was optimized by using linear & eigenvalue analyses and they were verified through the time-domain transient stability analysis. In part 2, the performance of PSS was finally verified by the generator`s on-line field test. Through the comparisons of simulation results and measured data before and after tuning of the PSS, the models of generator and its controllers including AVR, Governor and PSS used in the simulation are validated and confirmed.

Application of Multi-step Undervoltage Load Shedding Schemes to the KEPCO System

This paper deals with improvements to the special protection schemes (SPS) which have been applied to the low probability and high impact contingencies in the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) system since 2004. Among them, the SPS for voltage instability in the Seoul metropolitan area is considered in this paper, and is a form of event-based undervoltage load shedding with a single-step scheme. Simulation results based upon a recent event that occurred on 765kV lines show that the current setting values of the SPS have to be revised and enhanced. In addition, by applying response-based multi-step undervoltage load shedding (UVLS) schemes to severe contingencies in the system, more effective results than those of the existing single-step SPS can be obtained. Centralized and distributed UVLS schemes are considered in the simulation. ULTC-based load recovery models and over excitation limiters (OXL) for the KEPCO system are also included in the long-term voltage instability studies.

A Study on the Method to Evaluate Minimum Capacity of Energy Storage System(ESS) for Micro Grid(MG) Design

In this paper, we propose a probability method to determine minimum capacity of energy storage system(ESS) for Micro-grid Because of high capital cost of ESS, It`s very important to determine optimal capacity of ESS and for stable operation of Micro grid(MG), we should determine minimum capacity of ESS. The proposed method has abilities to consider forced outage rate of generators and intermittent of non-dispatchable generators and minimum capacity make MG keep energy balancing by oneself.

Reduction of current ripples due to current measurement errors in a Doubly Fed Induction Generator

This paper is concerned with the current ripples which originate from the current measurement errors of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG). In this paper, a new compensation algorithm of the current measurement errors is proposed. The main concept of the proposed algorithm is implemented by integrating 3-phase rotor currents in the stationary reference frame to compensate the measured current ripples in DFIG (doubly fed induction generator). This algorithm has several features: easy implementation, less computation time, and robustness with regard to the variation of the electrical parameters. The experiment results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Modelling and Analysis of Faults in Wind Power

This paper deals with the transient performance of induction generator in wind power plant. Induction generator and grid equipments may be damaged when a sudden disturbance occurs, for example, like a sudden disconnection from the utility grid. The reasons of this are due to over-voltage and over speed. This paper analyzed this phenomena using PSCAD/EMTDC and coincides with mathematics equation

Study on the Estimation of Macroscopic Outage Cost using Reduction of Regional Added Value due to Power Outage

To establish the transmission system expansion plan based on reliability, valuation of outage cost become more important. In previous studies about outage cost estimation, macroscopic, microscopic and analytic methods are proposed but they have some limit. For instance, microscopic method involves a complex field survey process and macroscopic method can not estimate regional outage cost. So in this paper, a new method to estimate regional macroscopic outage cost using the reduction of value added due to power outages is proposed. This method uses regional add value according to production activities called Gross Regional Domestic Product(GRDP) and regional electricity sales.

Analysis on Voltage Compensating Effect of DVR using PSCAD/EMTDC

There are many researches on Power Quality Device to protect the critical load and power system as the nonlinear load and precision load are adopted into the power system recently. To analyze the voltage compensation of voltage sag and voltage swell by DVR, which is connected to the important load in series, this paper shows PSCAD/EMTDC simulation and its verification by comparing with the actual DVR output of 2MVA. DVR control scheme in this paper is applicable to compensate single-phase, 2-phases or 3-phases voltage sag as well as DVR for distribution system.