Validating Performance Models for Hybrid Power Plant Control Assessment

Vahan Gevorgian, Przemyslaw Koralewicz, Lennart Petersen, Florin Iov, German Tarnowski, Daniel-Ioan Stroe

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Abstract

The need for simple, but accurate performance models of wind turbine generators (WTGs), photovoltaic (PV) plants, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) for various hybrid power plant (HPP) studies motivates the present work. Particularly, the development and verification stage of HPP controls requires reduced-order models to minimize the complexity and computation effort of simulation platforms. In this paper, such models are proposed, and the most essential parts of the models are validated through field measurements. The models target power system integration studies involving active and reactive power, as well as frequency and voltage regulation where detailed models, as proposed in the standards, can be cumbersome. Field measurements of two Vestas WTGs, one 1-MW PV plant, and one 1-MW/1-MWh BESS are used for model validation. The results show that the WTG and PV performance models correctly estimate the power generation variability according to fluctuations in wind speed and solar irradiance. The BESS performance model provides satisfactory results related to grid-forming control performance and estimation of state-of-charge. The presented validation work enables using the proposed performance models for power system studies and HPP control design in all model-based design stages, that is, preliminary analysis, design, verification, and validation with a high level of confidence.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number4330
Number of pages26
JournalEnergies
Volume12
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

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NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5D00-75364

Keywords

  • Battery storage
  • Control assessment
  • Hybrid power plant
  • Model-based design
  • Performance models
  • Solar photovoltaic
  • Validation
  • Wind power

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