TY - GEN
T1 - Cascading collapse of a large-scale mixed source microgrid caused by fast-acting inverter-based distributed energy resources
AU - Choi, Jongchan
AU - Illindala, Mahesh S.
AU - Mondal, Abrez
AU - Renjit, Ajit Anbiah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/5/30
Y1 - 2018/5/30
N2 - Power electronics-based distributed energy resources (DERs) are being increasingly deployed for achieving high energy efficiency, power quality, and flexibility of power system operation and controls. They facilitate access to various kinds of energy sources including renewables, fuel cells, microturbines, variable speed engine-generator sets, etc. However, recent tests carried out at the Consortium of Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) Microgrid have indicated that their deployment in the mixed source microgrid can cause a cascading collapse during extreme events. Simulation models of two types of DERs are developed in PSCAD/EMTDC software and validated with the experimental test results. The validated models are used to study a cascading collapse problem in a large-scale mixed source microgrid on the benchmark IEEE 33-bus test system. This paper evaluates three alternative techniques to prevent the cascading collapse in the large-scale microgrid caused by fast-acting power electronics-based DERs.
AB - Power electronics-based distributed energy resources (DERs) are being increasingly deployed for achieving high energy efficiency, power quality, and flexibility of power system operation and controls. They facilitate access to various kinds of energy sources including renewables, fuel cells, microturbines, variable speed engine-generator sets, etc. However, recent tests carried out at the Consortium of Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) Microgrid have indicated that their deployment in the mixed source microgrid can cause a cascading collapse during extreme events. Simulation models of two types of DERs are developed in PSCAD/EMTDC software and validated with the experimental test results. The validated models are used to study a cascading collapse problem in a large-scale mixed source microgrid on the benchmark IEEE 33-bus test system. This paper evaluates three alternative techniques to prevent the cascading collapse in the large-scale microgrid caused by fast-acting power electronics-based DERs.
KW - Cascading collapse
KW - Distributed power generation
KW - Fast-acting power electronics
KW - Microgrids
KW - PSCAD
KW - Power system dynamics
KW - Power system protection
KW - Survivability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048355173&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICPS.2018.8370011
DO - 10.1109/ICPS.2018.8370011
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048355173
T3 - Conference Record - Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - 2018 IEEE/IAS 54th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, I and CPS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 54th IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, I and CPS 2018
Y2 - 7 May 2018 through 10 May 2018
ER -