SimAGC - An open-source power system dynamic simulator for AGC study

Author

Feng Ma ; Xiaochuan Luo

Author_Institution

ISO New England Inc., Holyoke, MA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents an open-source software, namely SimAGC, for power system dynamic simulation. As its name suggests, SimAGC mainly focuses on system frequency response study and evaluating the performance of automatic generation control (AGC) with detailed modeling of system network, generator, governor-turbine, and the frequency dependence characteristics of loads. In addition, two AGC performance criteria (i.e. CPS1 and CPS2) recommended by North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) are provided for compliance evaluation. The graphic user interface and open architecture makes SimAGC a valuable tool for educational and research purposes.

Keywords

control engineering computing; power engineering computing; power generation control; power system security; power system simulation; public domain software; AGC study; CPS1 performance criteria; CPS2 performance criteria; SimAGC; automatic generation control; open source power system dynamic simulation; system frequency response study; Automatic generation control; Frequency control; Generators; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Automatic Generation Control (AGC); Java; Open-source; dynamic simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672617

Filename

6672617