Fault Response of Distributed Energy Resources Considering the Requirements of IEEE 1547-2018

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Abstract

Inverter-based DER responses to faults on the electric power system are different than those of conventional generators and are often poorly understood. Inverter fault responses are largely software-defined, within physics-based constraints. DERs are regulated by standards and grid codes that also constrain their responses. Though fault response of DERs will vary widely, for any DER following any particular standard, a pattern of fault response can be synthesized by observing that particular standard. In this paper, the recently published IEEE 1547-2018 is examined to explore the general fault response of any DER that follows IEEE 1547-2018. Additionally, an IEEE 1547-2018 compliant inverter model is developed and tested in simulation to find the fault response, and that response is compared with the fault response of a commercial off-the-shelf inverter.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NamePresented at the IEEE Power and Energy General Meeting (PES), 3-6 August 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-5D00-77208

Keywords

  • DER
  • fault current
  • IEEE 1547-2018
  • inverter
  • inverter-interfaced distributed generation

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