TY - GEN
T1 - An integrated transmission-distribution modeling for phasor-domain dynamic analysis in real-time
AU - Bharati, Guna R.
AU - Chakraborty, Sudipta
AU - Duan, Chao
AU - Nishikawa, Takashi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) under award DE-AR0000702 to Adilson E. Motter at Northwestern University. OPAL-RT is a subrecipient under this award.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under award DE-AR0000702 to Adilson E. Motter at Northwestern University. OPAL-RT is a subrecipient under this award.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - The interactions between transmission and distribution (TD) networks have become extremely important in recent years with the increase of dynamic loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) in the distribution networks that impacts the operation of transmission systems. Since conventional tools can only model and analyze TD networks separately, there is a need for modern modeling tools capable of integrated analysis of these strong TD interactions. To address this need, a TD integration method in ePHASORsim software is presented in this paper utilizing the dynamic Thevenin equivalents. Additionally, ePHASORsim allows users to run these integrated models in real-time, enabling hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of grid optimization and control with real devices. The integrated modeling method was demonstrated using a positive-sequence transmission network modeled in PSS/e with around 7000 buses and an unbalanced three-phase distribution network modeled in CYME with around 3000 nodes. These models were validated individually first and then integrated for dynamic simulation. The integrated model was run in real-time on OPAL-RT's OP5600 simulator with a time step of 10ms and tested successfully for simulation of TD interactions.
AB - The interactions between transmission and distribution (TD) networks have become extremely important in recent years with the increase of dynamic loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) in the distribution networks that impacts the operation of transmission systems. Since conventional tools can only model and analyze TD networks separately, there is a need for modern modeling tools capable of integrated analysis of these strong TD interactions. To address this need, a TD integration method in ePHASORsim software is presented in this paper utilizing the dynamic Thevenin equivalents. Additionally, ePHASORsim allows users to run these integrated models in real-time, enabling hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of grid optimization and control with real devices. The integrated modeling method was demonstrated using a positive-sequence transmission network modeled in PSS/e with around 7000 buses and an unbalanced three-phase distribution network modeled in CYME with around 3000 nodes. These models were validated individually first and then integrated for dynamic simulation. The integrated model was run in real-time on OPAL-RT's OP5600 simulator with a time step of 10ms and tested successfully for simulation of TD interactions.
KW - CYME
KW - Distributed energy resources (DERs)
KW - Dynamic simulation
KW - EPHASORsim
KW - Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
KW - PSS/e
KW - Real-time simulation
KW - Transmission and distribution (TD)
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U2 - 10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087705
DO - 10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087705
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85086273226
T3 - 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020
BT - 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020
Y2 - 17 February 2020 through 20 February 2020
ER -