Stability analysis of inverter based generator emulator in test-bed for power systems

In this project to develop a reconfigurable electrical grid emulator, a Hardware Test-Bed (HTB) is being developed that emulates large scale power system generators and loads by using power electronic converters. Source converters in the HTB system are designed to emulate power generators. A synchronous generator model is implemented in the converter to calculate the voltage references in the dq axis, and a voltage controller is added to achieve zero steady state error. In the HTB, synchronous generator emulators (SGEs) are connected with each other through transformers and transmission line emulators to form a microgrid. To study the parallel behavior and the stability of the SGEs with voltage controller, a small signal statespace model of the multi SGE system is established, and the eigenvalues are then analyzed. Experiments are conducted in the HTB.