Lab Tests: Verifying that Smart Grid Power Converters are Truly Smart

Anderson Hoke; Benjamin Kroposki; Gregory Martin; George Lauss; Thomas Strasser; Roland Brungliner; Jay Johnson; Erik Jong; Sudipta Chakraborty

doi:10.1109/MPE.2014.2379935

Lab Tests: Verifying that Smart Grid Power Converters are Truly Smart

Anderson Hoke, Benjamin Kroposki, Gregory Martin, George Lauss, Thomas Strasser, Roland Brungliner, Jay Johnson, Erik Jong, Sudipta Chakraborty

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Abstract

During the last few years, many countries around the world have seen a massive deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs) in their distribution systems. In certain regions, penetration has reached levels that increasingly challenge traditional power system management, affecting the overall stability, reliability, and efficiency of grids. The uncoordinated response of large numbers of DERs may even put overall grid security at risk. This fact was clearly highlighted by the famous 50.2 Hz problem in Europe: it was discovered that the simultaneous tripping of several gigawatts of DERs due to a minor overfrequency event could potentially lead to an undersupply in the European power system so large that it could not be compensated for by using conventional reserve capacities.

Original language	American English
Article number	7048021
Pages (from-to)	30-42
Number of pages	13
Journal	IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2014.2379935 https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2014.2379935
State	Published - 2015

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Keywords

ESIF
inverter
PHIL
standards
testing

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