Operability of a Power System with Synchronous Condensers and Grid-Following Inverters

Marena Trujillo, Rick Kenyon, Gemini Yau, Li Yu, Andy Hoke, Bri-Mathias Hodge

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Abstract

Growing shares of inverter-based resources gener-ally correlate with a reduction in inertia as synchronous genera-tors are displaced. Along the path to high shares of inverter-based resources, in particular with only conventional grid-following inverter controls, a proffered solution is the use of synchronous condensers as a source of inertia to maintain the frequency-power balance relationship. An outstanding question is whether only grid-following inverters and synchronous condensers yield a viable power system; i.e., all frequency response is derived from inverters. A validated electromagnetic transient model of the Maui system, with many nonlinear elements such as load-shedding, line tripping, and inverter ride through criteria disabled, is used to investigate the stability of such a system. Two types of perturbations were applied, a 15% generation loss and a fault event, and it was found that the system remains stable.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages1038-1042
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022 - Philadelphia, United States
Duration: 5 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

Conference

Conference49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia
Period5/06/2210/06/22

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NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5D00-85223

Keywords

  • grid-following invert-ers
  • inertia
  • inverter-based resources
  • PSCAD
  • synchronous condensers

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