Technical Presentations

Reactive Power Energy Management, Analysis of Reactive Power Consumption in Solar Power Plant847

Abstract
For any Power Plant, it is aimed to have maximum Energy Generation and yielding for the Power Output. Solar power plant comprises PV cells, framing array by connecting with each solar panel and then c... see moreonnected with step-up transformer (Inductive element) by cable network (capacitance formed). The energy generated by PV cells are being converted by Solar inverters (Power electronics) and operated at almost Unity Power Factor.
It has been observed that with export of Active energy and increasing output, there is also import of Reactive energy varying with solar generation. The Tariff charges are involved and applicable for Reactive Power Consumption in said solar power plant. Active energy also imported during evening and night hours in absence of solar generation to run critical equipments and trend between active and reactive energy has been observed vice versa.
As per the State Tariff regulations, beneficiary must pay/gets paid for reactive power drawl/supply which is decided and bounded by the system voltage limit (e.g. 97% to 103% of Rated system voltage).

Considering varying MVAR absorption phenomena associated with active power generation and effect of supply voltage, it has been decided to study and model solar generation in EMTP. Different cases have been simulated in EMTP software. Major sources consume Reactive Power identified from modelling and matched observation with actual recorded data. Mitigation technique for reactive power compensation has been studied and modelled. Rating for reactive power compensation source has been validated. Switching phenomena associated with reactive power compensation technique along with voltage profile at different points has also been studied and appropriate rating for switching devices/switchgear has been suggested.
Detail study and simulation results will be shared during presentation.

Tag(s): reactive power, compensation, pv park, inverter

Optimization of Control Parameters of Grid-Connected PV System in EMTP845

Abstract
It is observed that the controller gain parameters of the PV model have a significant impact on the PV plant’s response during the fault recovery and the PV plant’s interaction with the rest of th... see moree system in general. Manual tuning of the PV park parameter considering multiple fault and contingency scenarios is a time-consuming task and might even be impossible. Optimization techniques such as particle swarm optimization (PSO) can be used to optimize the gain parameters considering fault/ contingency scenarios. The presentation will talk about the implementation of PSO in EMTP using javascript to optimize PV park controller gain parameters.

Tag(s): pv plant, ibr, pso, optimization, scripting, pll, inverter control, inverter based resources, DER

Transient immunity assessment of wind and solar parks773

Abstract
Abstract
Inverter-base Resources (IBRs), such as solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind parks are subject to transients which may cause more issues as compare to traditional generation due to the colle... see morector grid and the geographical spread between converters. In this webinar, we present several challenges which may be faced by planners and park developers:
- Transient immunity against utility-owned capacitor bank switching. Assessment of IEEE Std 1547-2018.
- Ferroresonance after open-phase faults.
- Temporary overvoltage (TOV) in a PV parks after a phase-to-ground fault
Events and EMTP simulations will be described and analysed during the webinar.
This work was performed with the collaboration of Bob Arritt, EPRI and Chest Li, Hydro One

Presenters:
• Hossein Ashourian - Power System Modeling and Simulation Specialist

• Anton Stepanov - Research And Development Specialist