A real-time dynamic simulation tool for transmission and distribution power systems

Author

Jalili-Marandi, Vahid ; Ayres, Fabio Jose ; Ghahremani, E. ; Belanger, Jean ; Lapointe, Vincent

Author_Institution

OPAL-RT Technol. Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

ePHASORsim tool offers real-time dynamic simulations for transmission and distribution power systems. Applications such as contingency studies, testing control devices, operator training, and SCADA system tests are examples for employing this tool. This paper describes the hardware and software architecture of the ePHASORsim and its development. The accuracy of the tool has been evaluated in comparison to other commercial, but non-real-time, simulation packages for both transmission and distribution systems. Its real-time performance has been tested with a time-step of 10ms on a real-time simulator for large-scale power systems in the order of 20000 buses, 5000 generators, and over 9000 control devices.

Keywords

distribution networks; power system simulation; software packages; transmission networks; distribution power systems; ePHASORsim tool; hardware architecture; large scale power systems; real time dynamic simulation tool; software architecture; transmission power systems; Computational modeling; Libraries; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Real-time systems; Large-scale systems; power system dynamics; power system simulation; real-time simulation; time domain analysis;

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.2013.6672734

Filename

6672734