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Deployment of a full-size converter utilised hydropower plant to enhance inter-area oscillation damping

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Abstract

Due to the increasing share of inverter-based renewable energy sources and the increased retrofitting of conventional hydropower plants with power electronics, novel possibilities arise for providing damping power in case of occurring inter-area oscillations in power systems. This paper presents a complete model of a variable-speed hydropower plant (VSHP) in a single-machine infinite bus system. The demonstrated analytical model is applied for small-signal stability analysis that contains all relevant converter dynamics and is verified by an additional non-linear time-domain simulation. The damping controller approach located in the full-size converter (FSC) consists of the classical power system stabilizer with additional phase compensation, to which an appropriate wide-area input signal is fed via a phasor measurement unit device. Subsequently, the FSC-VSHP with additional damping algorithm is examined with respect to the significantly higher damping performance with regard to inter-area modes in a three-machine model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1992-2005
Number of pages14
JournalIET Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • AC-AC power convertors
  • damping
  • hydroelectric generators
  • oscillations
  • power system dynamic stability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Fields of Expertise

  • Mobility & Production

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